If you can borrow the money you need from friends or family, this may be preferable to taking out a payday advance loan. However, if this is not an option, or if it will cause unnecessary hassles, and you are happy to pay the interest on the payday advance loan, then this is an option you can consider.

3) Are you employed?

As the title suggests, you are required to be in full time employment when applying for pay day advances. If you are a student or currently unemployed, you cannot apply for payday loans.

4) Are you eligible for a payday advance loan?

To be eligible for our payday advance loans you need to meet the following criteria:

• Aged 18 years old or more
• Resident in the UK
• Earning a minimum of £750 a month after tax
• Wages must be paid directly into a UK bank account
• You must have a debit card for the bank account your wages are paid into

Most, if not all, online payday loan companies will require a direct bank transfer of your wages into an account that you hold a debit card for. You will not be eligible for a Payday Express payday advance loan if you are paid by cheque or cash.

Similarly, if you don't meet any of the other base criteria, you will not be eligible for a payday advance loan.

5) What is the length of time you need a cash advance for?

Payday advance loans are short-term loans. They are designed to bridge the gap between when you need some extra money and your next payday. If you need to borrow cash for a longer period of time, then a payday advance loan isn’t ideal.

On the other hand, if you only need the cash until payday, then a payday advance loan could be a viable option for you.

6) How much money do you need to borrow?

Pay day advances are valued between £80 and £800. However, we, like other payday loan companies, won’t lend you £800 if you only earn £800 as you need to be in a position where you can afford to repay the payday advance loan on your next payday. We also have a cap on our first time loans of £500. Once you have established a payment record with us you may then be eligible for a limit increase up to £800, subject to earnings.

If you are looking to borrow more than £800, or more than you can afford to repay on your following payday, then payday advance loans are not the right option for you and you should look for alternative forms of credit.

If, however, you only want a relatively small amount of cash that you can afford to pay back on your next payday, then loans till payday could be the option you are looking for.

7) Can you afford to repay a payday advance loan?

If you know that you will not afford to repay a payday advance loan when payday comes around, then you should look elsewhere for a longer term solution to your credit need.

8) How quickly and easily do you want the cash, and are you happy to undergo a credit check?

Some payday loan companies require that you provide various forms of documentation, including bank statements, on which to base your loan approval. Aside from being tedious, this process could mean that you can't receive a same day payday advance loan, as you need to spend time getting the documents together and faxing or posting them to the lender and then waiting for the manual approval decision. If you want quick cash loans with a simple application route, then a same day instant payday loan online is what you are after.

In order to be able to offer you a payday advance today we provide no fax payday loans and instead carry out a quick credit check, which means we can approve your loan instantly while you’re applying online.

If getting a footprint on your credit file showing you searched for credit bothers you, then this is something to consider before applying for an online payday advance loan. However, it should be noted that, provided your loan does not go into default, the credit check could lead to a favourable entry on your credit file, since we are obliged to not only report all defaults but also all successful loan repayments to our Credit Reference Agency, who will then add this to your file, which could help improve your credit rating.

9) Are you happy to pay the interest charges associated with payday advance loans?

Before you decide to take out a payday advance loan you need to be aware of the costs and make sure that the benefits outweigh these costs for you.

All companies offering credit are required to quote an APR (Annual Percentage Rate). While the APR on payday advances is extremely high, you need to bear in mind that APR is an annualised means of showing interest and charges and, since payday advances are due for repayment within a month, APR is misleading. What should be considered instead is the cost of credit within that month, which is 29% for a Payday Express loan. So, if you borrowed £100 in cash, for example, you would need to repay a total of £129, so £29 in interest. You need to consider whether you are happy to pay this amount of interest before applying for a payday advance today.

10) Do you have other debts that are becoming uncontrollable?

If you already have a lot of outstanding credit and are finding it difficult to meet monthly payments, then you should consider that a payday advance loan may not be an ideal option for you.

Pay day advances should not be used to solve long term credit or debt problems. If used in this way, they will more than likely simply add to these problems. You must only apply for a payday advance loan if you are confident you can afford to pay it back and only if it is used for a short-term cash need.

If, after all these considerations, you have decided that this form of short term credit is right for you, then apply for a payday advance today by filling in our online application form.