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Payday Loans

Payday loans are popular with people who don't qualify for conventional bank loans. Payday lenders usually don't do credit checks on borrowers, but borrowers do need to have a job and a checking account. Payday lenders approve loan amounts for customers based on their income. Borrowers are required to write postdated checks for the amount of their loans. The lenders hold the checks until a borrower's next payday, which is usually two weeks. The loan is paid back at that time when the lender cashes the borrower's postdated check. Customers may pay a fee of $15 or more for every $100 they borrow, according to the Associated Press.

Title Loans

People who have paid off their vehicles can use their vehicles to get a title loan without a credit check. However, lenders require borrowers to sign over the titles to their cars as security for the amount of money borrowed. Customers are usually required to pay back their loans within 30 days. Title loans have high fees, but the biggest drawback with these loans is that people can lose their vehicles if they fail to pay off their loans as agreed. Title lenders have the right to sell vehicles to recoup their customers' unpaid debts.

Cash Advances

Some credit cardholders can use their cards to get cash advances. Credit card companies that allow cash advances usually send their customers personal identification numbers that they can use with their cards to withdraw cash from automated teller machines. Cash advances from credit cards come with upfront fees from the card issuer, ranging from about 2 to 4 percent of the amount of money borrowed. Card issuers also charge higher interest rates for cash advances than they charge for regular credit card purchases.

Scams

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission warns consumers to watch out for scams involving no-credit-check loans. Some companies approve people for such loans without telling them they'll have to pay a fee to receive the money they've requested. The FTC says consumers should be leery of companies that ask for Social Security numbers and bank account information if they claim they don't do credit checks and haven't cited any fees. Those companies may use the account information they collected to charge you fees they haven't disclosed.