Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of helloloansg.com and the loan-matching services provided through the website.

The website is operated by and trading as “Hello Loans” (“Hello Loans”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

By accessing our website or submitting a loan-matching request, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the website or submit your information.

1. About Hello Loans

Hello Loans operates an online loan-matching platform that helps users connect with participating third-party lenders in Singapore.

Hello Loans:

  • Is not a lender
  • Does not provide or disburse loans
  • Does not make final credit or approval decisions
  • Does not guarantee that a user will receive a loan offer
  • Does not determine a lender’s interest rates, fees or loan terms
  • Is not a bank, financial institution or licensed moneylender
  • Does not act as your financial, legal or debt adviser

Any loan offered to you is provided directly by the relevant lender and is subject to a separate agreement between you and that lender.

2. Eligibility

You may use our loan-matching service only if you:

  • Are at least 18 years old
  • Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement
  • Are submitting a request for yourself and not impersonating another person
  • Provide accurate, complete and current information
  • Meet any additional eligibility requirements imposed by a participating lender

Submitting a request through Hello Loans does not mean that you satisfy a lender’s eligibility requirements.

3. How the loan-matching service works

When you submit a request, we may use the information provided to identify one or more participating lenders whose stated criteria may be relevant to your circumstances.

We may then disclose relevant information to selected participating lenders so that they can:

  • Review your request
  • Assess your eligibility
  • Contact you for further information
  • Explain available loan options
  • Conduct their own verification and assessment
  • Decide whether to offer you a loan

A match is not a recommendation, endorsement, approval or guarantee. We do not promise that every request will be referred to multiple lenders or that any lender will contact you.

You are not required to accept an offer merely because you submitted a request through Hello Loans.

4. Loan decisions and agreements

Each participating lender is solely responsible for:

  • Assessing your application
  • Verifying your identity and information
  • Conducting any lawful credit or background checks
  • Deciding whether to approve or reject an application
  • Determining the loan amount
  • Setting interest rates, fees and repayment terms
  • Preparing and explaining the loan agreement
  • Disbursing and administering the loan
  • Collecting repayments
  • Handling questions, complaints or disputes concerning the loan

If you accept a loan, your legal relationship will be directly with the lender. Hello Loans will not be a party to the loan agreement and will not be responsible for either party’s performance of that agreement.

5. No guarantee of approval

Completing our form or being matched with a lender does not guarantee:

  • Loan approval
  • Approval within a particular period
  • Approval for the amount requested
  • A particular interest rate or fee
  • Same-day disbursement
  • Any minimum number of offers
  • That the displayed representative example will apply to you

Approval is subject to each lender’s assessment, eligibility requirements and applicable laws.

We reserve the right not to process, match or refer a request without being required to provide a reason, subject to applicable law.

6. Loan information and representative examples

Information displayed on the website, including possible loan amounts, interest rates, annual percentage rates, repayment periods, monthly repayments, fees and representative examples, is provided for general information only.

Actual terms may differ depending on factors such as:

  • The lender
  • Your income and employment
  • Your credit profile
  • The requested loan amount
  • The repayment period
  • The lender’s assessment criteria
  • Applicable laws and regulations

Calculations and representative examples may be rounded or based on assumptions. They do not constitute a binding quotation or offer.

Before accepting a loan, you should obtain and carefully review the lender’s final written terms, repayment schedule, interest charges, fees and consequences of late or missed payments.

7. Your responsibilities

You agree to:

  • Provide truthful, accurate, complete and current information
  • Review information before submitting it
  • Promptly update any information that becomes inaccurate
  • Use the platform only for lawful purposes
  • Keep your devices and communication accounts secure
  • Independently assess whether a proposed loan is affordable and suitable
  • Read and understand the lender’s terms before signing
  • Ask the lender to clarify anything you do not understand
  • Verify that a lender is properly licensed or authorised, where applicable

You must not submit false documents, misleading financial information or information belonging to another person without proper authority.

We may suspend or refuse to process a request if we reasonably suspect fraud, impersonation, unlawful conduct, misuse or inaccurate information.

8. Verifying participating lenders

Participating lenders are independent third parties. Their inclusion on our platform does not constitute a guarantee of their services or suitability for your circumstances.

Where a participating lender is described as a licensed moneylender, you should independently verify its current status against the official Registry of Moneylenders’ list before entering into a loan agreement.

You should not proceed if a person claiming to represent a lender:

  • Asks for your Singpass password
  • Requests an upfront payment before loan disbursement
  • Refuses to provide clear written loan terms
  • Uses threats, harassment or abusive language
  • Claims to be licensed but cannot be found on the official register

Report suspicious or potentially unlawful activity to the relevant authorities.

9. No financial advice

Information on the website is general in nature and does not constitute financial, credit, legal, tax or debt-management advice.

Hello Loans does not assess whether taking a loan is suitable for your personal financial circumstances. You are responsible for evaluating:

  • Whether you need to borrow
  • Whether you can afford the repayments
  • The total cost of borrowing
  • Alternative sources of financing
  • The consequences of late or missed payments

If necessary, obtain independent professional advice before entering into a loan agreement.

10. Fees and referral arrangements

Use the following clause if Hello Loans does not charge applicants:

Hello Loans does not charge users a fee for submitting a loan-matching request through the website. A participating lender may impose interest, administrative fees or other charges if you enter into a loan agreement. These charges must be explained by the lender.

Optional referral-fee clause:

Hello Loans may receive a referral, marketing or service fee from a participating lender when we introduce a user or when a referred user enters into a loan agreement. This arrangement does not guarantee approval and does not make Hello Loans a party to the loan agreement.

11. Communications and consent to be contacted

By submitting a loan-matching request, you agree that Hello Loans and the participating lenders to whom your request is referred may contact you concerning that request through:

  • Telephone calls
  • SMS
  • Email
  • WhatsApp or other messaging services
  • Other contact methods you have provided

These service-related communications may include requests for additional information, application updates and explanations of possible loan options.

Marketing communications are governed by your separate marketing consent and our Privacy Policy. You may withdraw optional marketing consent without withdrawing the information required to process an existing request.

12. Personal data

Our collection, use, disclosure, storage and protection of personal data are governed by our Privacy Policy.

By submitting a request, you acknowledge that personal data relevant to the request may be disclosed to selected participating lenders for assessment and follow-up.

After receiving your personal data, a participating lender may process it under its own privacy policy and legal obligations.

13. Third-party websites and services

Our website may contain links to participating lenders, service providers or other third-party websites.

These links are provided for convenience only. We do not control and are not responsible for:

  • Third-party website content
  • Products or services provided by third parties
  • Security or availability of third-party systems
  • Third-party privacy practices
  • Representations made by third parties
  • Transactions between you and a third party

Accessing a third-party website is at your own discretion and subject to that party’s terms and privacy policy.

14. Acceptable use

You must not:

  • Use the website for an unlawful, fraudulent or abusive purpose
  • Submit false, misleading or unauthorised information
  • Impersonate another person
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or its systems
  • Introduce viruses, malware or harmful code
  • Interfere with the website’s operation or security
  • Use automated tools to scrape, copy or extract website content
  • Reverse-engineer or attempt to discover the website’s source code
  • Use the website to send unsolicited communications
  • Reproduce or commercially exploit our content without permission
  • Assist another person in carrying out any prohibited activity

We may restrict or block access where we reasonably believe these Terms have been breached.

15. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, all rights in the website and its content, including its branding, logo, design, text, graphics, software and arrangement, belong to Hello Loans or its licensors.

You may view and use the website for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, modify, publish, distribute, sell, license or commercially exploit any part of the website without our prior written permission.

Third-party names, logos and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

16. Website availability and changes

We aim to keep the website available and accurate, but we do not guarantee that:

  • The website will always be available
  • Access will be uninterrupted or error-free
  • All content will always be complete or current
  • Defects will be corrected immediately
  • The website will be free from viruses or security threats
  • A submitted request will be received or processed within a particular time

We may modify, suspend, restrict or discontinue any part of the website or matching service at any time.

If your financial need is urgent, you should not rely solely on the availability or operation of this website.

17. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hello Loans will not be liable for loss or damage arising from:

  • A lender’s approval or rejection decision
  • The terms, cost or suitability of a loan
  • A lender’s conduct, statements or omissions
  • Your decision to accept or reject a loan
  • Inaccurate information provided by you or a third party
  • Delays in processing, approval or disbursement
  • Reliance on indicative calculations or website information
  • Unavailability, interruption or technical failure of the website
  • Unauthorised access caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control
  • Third-party websites, systems or services
  • Loss of profit, income, opportunity, data, goodwill or anticipated savings
  • Any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including liability arising from fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

18. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify Hello Loans against claims, losses, liabilities and reasonable expenses arising directly from:

  • Your unlawful or fraudulent use of the website
  • Information or documents you submit without authority
  • Your material breach of these Terms
  • Your infringement of another person’s rights

This clause does not require you to indemnify us for loss caused by our own fraud, wilful misconduct or liability that cannot be excluded by law.

19. Termination or suspension

We may suspend or terminate your access to the website or stop processing a request if:

  • You breach these Terms
  • You provide false or misleading information
  • We reasonably suspect fraud, misuse or unlawful activity
  • Continued access creates a security or legal risk
  • We are required to do so by law or a competent authority

Provisions intended to continue after termination, including those concerning intellectual property, liability, indemnity and governing law, will remain effective.

20. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to our services, business practices or legal obligations.

Updated Terms will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Changes will apply from the date of publication unless otherwise stated.

Your continued use of the website after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

21. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or treated as removed.

The remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

22. No waiver

If we do not immediately enforce a provision of these Terms, this does not mean that we have waived our right to enforce it later.

23. Entire agreement

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Hello Loans concerning your use of the website and loan-matching service.

They do not replace or modify any separate loan agreement entered into between you and a participating lender.

24. Third-party rights

A person who is not a party to these Terms has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 to enforce any provision of these Terms.

25. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Singapore.

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms, the website or our loan-matching service will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.