A loan is a type of debt. Like all debt instruments, a loan entails the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the lender and the borrower.

In a loan, the borrower initially receives or borrows an amount of money, called the principal, from the lender, and is obligated to pay back or repay an equal amount of money to the lender at a later time. Typically, the money is paid back in regular installments, or partial repayments; in an annuity, each installment is the same amount. The loan is generally provided at a cost, referred to as interest on the debt, which provides an incentive for the lender to engage in the loan. In a legal loan, each of these obligations and restrictions is enforced by contract, which can also place the borrower under additional restrictions known as loan covenants. Although this article focuses on monetary loans, in practice any material object might be lent.

Acting as a provider of loans is one of the principal tasks for financial institutions. For other institutions, issuing of debt contracts such as bonds is a typical source of funding.

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What kind of Private loans should I look into?
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A. Jnaujo: Honestly? Any kind you can get. The news is taking a long time to trickle down through the affected students, but the private educational loan market was eviscerated by the worldwide banking and lending crisis. At least 80% of the lenders who once made these loans have either folded, or are no longer accepting private loan applications. The lenders that have folded were many of the most active participants in this market - names like Astrive, Campus Door, My Rich Uncle, and NextStudent.. Other lenders have failed and been merged into other banking institutions - Wachovia is now part of Wells Fargo, but Wachovia had long since pulled out of the private educational loan market, anyway. There are a handful of major lenders who… [cont.]
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Can student loans prevent you from leaving the US?
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A. Anita: Don't be silly. Your creditors can not prevent you from leaving the country. "I'm sorry, ma'am, you'll have to step out of this flight check-in line. We've received a report that you owe Shell money on your gas credit card bill." Let's put it this way - though they can't keep you from leaving the country, it's to your benefit to stay on good terms with your lender. One way to fall out of favor with your student loan holder is to fall behind on your payments and become unreachable. When that happens, they make (perfectly reasonable) assumptions about your intentions. If you're going to be leaving the country for an extended period of time, make the necessary arrangements to have your loan payments made while you're away. If you're [cont.]
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A. If you receive a 1098, it will tell you want you can report on your taxes. That amount is technically not a deduction, it is an adjustment to your income. It would be entered on line 33 (of form 1040) or line 18 (of 1040A). It will reduce you overall taxable income in a manner similar to a deduction. See page 30 of the attached pdf link from the IRS.
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