Unsecured installment loans are used when someone needs to borrow money but has limited cash on hand and no assets on which to secure the loan.
Pros:
You do not have to provide title to a car, vehicle, or home. There is no risk of your only means of transportation or your residence being taken away by unscrupulous creditors.
Installment loans allow you time until the first installment to get a job or raise the cash for payments.
Installments can often be negotiated. Set up the first installment to be due after your first paycheck, instead of simply coming due at the first of the month.
Cons
Because these loans are unsecured, unsecured installment loans have higher interest rates than other forms of debt.
Unsecured installment loans are not available in very high amounts because they are unsecured and the low risk of repayment.
These loans cannot be rolled over into a larger installment loan in most cases if you cannot make an installment payment.