Personal loan reportLive · as of 1 OctoberOctober 2026

The lowest unsecured rate is 5.95% and the average 10.54%. No lender moved a rate.

Lowest rates

As of 1 October 2026
  1. 1st=Unsecured Personal LoanPepper Money5.95%
  2. 1st=Plenti Personal LoanPlenti5.95%
  1. 4=Liberty Unsecured personal loan6.30%
  2. 4=MoneyPlace Unsecured personal loan6.30%
  3. 6Australian Mutual Bank LTD Fixed Rate Car Loan$150 to apply6.40%
  4. 7People First Bank Discounted Personal Loan$250 to apply6.84%
  5. 8MoneyMe MoneyMe Personal Loan$495 to apply · $10 a month6.95%
  6. 9Horizon Bank Fixed Personal Loan$150 to apply6.96%
  7. 10Revolut Revolut Personal LoanNo comparison rate6.99%
Compare all 194 loans

Ranked by comparison rate, which counts the fees on $30,000 over five years. Each is the lowest rate in the lender's range; what you're offered depends on your credit.

Comparison rates are based on a loan of $30,000 over 5 years, secured or unsecured as each loan is. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the example given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.

Average rates

194 loans · 68 lenders
AverageFixedVariableNo fees
Unsecured89 loans10.54%9.62%11.48%21
Secured105 loans8.51%8.14%8.95%28

Changes in October

Since 1 October

No lender changed a rate or fee in October.

Not counted as changes: 48 loans we started tracking this month. Places are within each kind, among the 146 loans tracked all month.

Data
Each lender's Consumer Data Right (open banking) product feed, read nightly. A reading is recorded when a loan's comparison rate, advertised rate or fees differ from the last one stored.
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Changes and places compare loans tracked on both dates. Our own corrections are taken back to the start and never counted as a lender's move.
Scope
Personal and car loans a member of the public can apply for directly, as listed on BankMate. Not financial advice. Methodology · Today's full ranking

As of 1 October 2026, the lowest unsecured personal loan comparison rate tracked by BankMate was 5.95% from NOW Finance (Unsecured Personal Loan). The average across 89 unsecured loans was 10.54% (median 10.21%). The lowest secured rate was 5.79% from SWSbank, with secured loans averaging 8.51%. These are the lowest rates in each lender's published range, offered to the strongest applicants. No rate or fee changes were recorded during October 2026.