Loans being taken out by Hispanics and Latinos
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Banks are marketing to Latinos and Hispanics communities. Little do they know that they are the same people.
The one thing that remains the same is the amount of loans that Hispanics take out. The biggest reason is Hispanics have bad credit. Think about it, for years and still today Hispanics do business with cash and not with loans.
Recently more and more Hispanic and Latino individuals are taking out more loans. The reason for this is simple; they are sold a product that they think they can afford.
This is the same for Anglos. Anglos take out huge mortgage loans. The pitfall for Hispanics are the small purchases that make up monthly payments.
The time for Hispanics to buy it on the weekend. Buying things is a family event and so they will go and buy new cars and funiture and make monthly payments on their purchases.
In the United States, Hispanics will take out credit until they can no longer afford to add another monthly payment to their budget.
Just one generation back, Latinos were not attracted to the thought of having loans to pay back. Latinos used to pay cash everywhere they went. For one reason they had cash because they knew how to use their money wisely and also because they could not open a bank accout without a social security number.
But now you have these loan companies who are making it easy for Hispanics to take out loans and so they do. Hispanics get behind on a payment and they take out a loan.
That is why it is necessary to educate Hispanics and Latinos alike how to manage their money wisely. The loan industry is getting out of hand and Hispanics are becoming their number one returning customers.
