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Upstart personal loans: what to check before you borrow
What to check
Upstart: a fee can be taken from the loan before the cash reaches you. Check the dollars you receive, not just the loan amount. The legal lender listed in this record is varies. Confirm the name and terms on your own offer. These facts describe the dated sample, not a promised rate or approval.
This 17-program sample is not the whole market and cannot predict your offer. CC BY 4.0 covers Rung-owned work, with third-party material excluded. This working report is public. Publisher review and third-party source clearance remain pending; no completed reviewer approval is claimed.
- Published fee: We could not confirm this. Treatment: deducted.
- Legal lender: A regulated financial institution or licensed lending partner makes the loan; the specific creditor is disclosed with the offer and note.
- State access: broad with named amount exceptions.
- Still unclear from public sources: origination fee min
These terms may not match your offer
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| What to check | Published information |
|---|---|
| Product | Unsecured personal loans through the Upstart marketplace |
| Provider role | marketplace |
| APR | 6.30% to 35.99% |
| Origination fee | We could not confirm this |
| How the fee is charged | deducted |
| Loan amount | $1,000 to $75,000 |
| Loan length | 36, 60 months |
| State or access rule | United States with state-specific minimums and possible maximum differences; GA $3,100, HI $1,500, MA $7,000 minimums disclosed |
A deducted fee can make the loan larger than the cash you get
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| Cash you need | Fee basis | Fee rate | Loan amount | Fee removed | Fits published range? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | representative example | 8.15% | $5,443.66 | $443.66 | Yes |
| $10,000 | representative example | 8.15% | $10,887.32 | $887.32 | Yes |
| $20,000 | representative example | 8.15% | $21,774.63 | $1,774.63 | Yes |
The legal lender may differ from the brand
Brand or platform: Upstart Network, Inc.
Legal lender: varies
Servicer: Upstart Network, Inc. or varies
A regulated financial institution or licensed lending partner makes the loan; the specific creditor is disclosed with the offer and note.
Public borrower data describes a group, not you
Where the evidence centers: not confirmed. Evidence type: insufficient product specific evidence. Confidence: low.
The public platform evidence does not isolate a current FICO distribution for unsecured personal loans across lending partners.
People covered: We could not confirm this. Period end: 2026-09-05.
Most funded-loan records cover a limited group or period
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| People or loans covered | Comparison class | Scope | Period end | APR | Why it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mixed product total | C | Marketplace originations including personal loans, small-dollar loans, auto loans, HELOC commitments, and Cash Line draws | 2026-06-30 | Not reported | The originations metric cannot be isolated to core unsecured personal loans from the filing table. The funding distribution is for the six-month period, while the volume and count are Q2. |
Your state or membership can change the answer
United States offering through lending partners, subject to state and creditor limits.
Public map status: broad with named amount exceptions. Named as included: We could not confirm this. Named as excluded: We could not confirm this.
- GA: $3,100 minimum.
- HI: $1,500 minimum.
- MA: $7,000 minimum.
Confirm every answer the public pages leave open
- origination fee min
- origination fee max
- actual creditor before offer
- direct pay available
- complete availability list
- maximum amount by state
- creditor by state or offer
- fee rules by state
- Upstart Network, Inc.: Personal Loans. official product page; checked 2026-09-05. Product disclosure footnotes; APR based on June 2026 rates, amount and term ranges, representative example, state minimums, and unsecured-product warning
- Upstart Network, Inc.: Upstart Terms and Conditions. official terms; checked 2026-09-05. Section 6, Fees
- Upstart Holdings, Inc.: Quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2026. sec filing; checked 2026-09-05. Overview and Key Operating Metrics; SEC HTML lines 2804-2913
Dataset personal-loan-funded-cost@2026-09-05.collection.3. Snapshot September 5, 2026. No independent reviewer is credited.
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Confirm your APR, fee, cash received, payment, total repayment, loan length, legal lender, and state rules.