Alicia Hahn

High origination fees: All loans are charged an origination fee, which can be as high as 9.99%. This is higher than what many other personal loan lenders charge, and will reduce the amount you have available to spend or pay off creditors.
High APRs: Even on the low end, Universal Credit’s APRs are higher than many other competitors. (If you have bad credit, expect to pay a rate around 30%, regardless of the lender you choose.)

Writer

10+ years covering personal finance
Byline at NewsBreak, Yahoo Finance, New York Post, New York Times, and Finance Buzz

Experience

Alicia Hahn is a personal finance writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience. She has worked as a student loans editor at Forbes Advisor, an executive editor at Student Loan Hero and an editor at Finance Buzz. Her byline has been featured by Yahoo Finance. Alicia is currently the credit cards editor at Yahoo.

Expertise

Student loans
Refinancing
Credit cards

Education

Hahn has a bachelor's in English from the University of California Santa Barbara and a master's in publishing and writing from Emerson College.