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Legit loan apps, ranked by what you pay back

For ₱5,000 over 120 days, Pocketcash (Elending) costs the least among apps on the SEC list, ₱5,300 back in total; Vplus is the cheapest that asks only for an ID, at ₱5,300. Change the amount and term to rank them for your loan.

Pay back in (days)

Top picks for ₱5,000 over 120 days

  1. Pocketcash (Elending)Lowest total payback
    You pay back
    ₱5,300on ₱5,000, 120 days
    Approval needs
    Resident of the Philippines; At least 18 years old
    Suits
    Borrowers who may need up to ₱50,000 later
    Watch out
    Rated 4.7 on Google Play; read the Disclosure Statement first.

    Is Pocketcash (Elending) legit? Costs and requirements · Official app on Google Play

  2. VplusCheapest that asks only for an ID
    You pay back
    ₱5,300on ₱5,000, 120 days
    Approval needs
    One valid ID, no payslip
    Suits
    Borrowers with no payslip
    Watch out
    Rated 4.6 on Google Play; read the Disclosure Statement first.

    Is Vplus legit? Costs and requirements · Official app on Google Play

  3. HappyPera2Next-lowest payback; lends up to ₱100,000
    You pay back
    ₱5,395on ₱5,000, 120 days
    Approval needs
    One valid ID, no payslip
    Suits
    Borrowers with no payslip
    Watch out
    Skip it if you have no regular income: it asks for "steady source of income".

    Is HappyPera2 legit? Costs and requirements · Official app on Google Play

Picks: the lowest total payback among apps on the SEC list that lend this amount and term, the cheapest one that asks only for an ID, and the next-cheapest that lends ₱50,000 or more, for a bigger loan later. Ranked on each app’s published maximum.

Small loans are capped at 6% a month interest and 12% a month all-in, up to ₱10,000 and 120 days (SEC MC No. 14 s.2025, from Apr 1, 2026). No lender pays to appear here or to change its position.

Is my app legit?

181 from SEC-registered companies · 205 revoked or not listed

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69 lenders

SEC registeredLending company

Pocketcash (Elending)

Elending Lending Inc · CA No. 3044

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,300
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 360 days
Stated price
Maximum daily interest 0.05%; maximum APR 18% inclusive of applicable fees.
Google Play
4.7 / 5
Installs
50K+
SEC registeredLending company

Vplus

Peso Agad Lending Corporation · CA No. 3158

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,300
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum annual interest rate 18%. No hidden fees.
Google Play
4.6 / 5
Installs
100K+
SEC registeredLending company

HappyPera2

Royal Yohoo Lending Investors Corporations · CA No. 2940

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,395
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱100,000
Term
91 to 360 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 24%.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
100K+
SEC registeredFinancing company

Pesoplus

Singularity Financing Inc. · CA No. 1326

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,395
Lowest published ₱5,058Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱3,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 120 days
Stated price
Annual interest rate 3.5% to 24%.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
5K+
SEC registeredFinancing company

Pesos.ph

Philippine Rup Financing Corporation · CA No. 1218

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,395
Lowest published ₱5,058Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,500 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Annual interest rate 3.5% to 24%.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
1M+
SEC registeredLending company

Cashmum

Cashmum Lending Investors Corp. · CA No. 3413

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,411
Lowest published ₱5,058Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱25,000
Term
Up to 180 days
Stated price
Interest from 3.5% up to 25% a year (APR), including all interest and processing fees.
Google Play
1.9 / 5
Installs
100K+
SEC registeredLending company

Pesocash

MyLoan Lending Investors Inc. · CA No. 2866

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,300
Cash you get ₱4,870
Loan amount
₱1,500 to ₱8,000
Term
120 to 210 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 18.25% (0.05% a day); transaction fee ₱25 to ₱130, charged in advance by the transaction channel.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
5M+
SEC registeredLending company

Loanova

Leaflending Inc. · CA No. L-24-0801-50

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,480
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱4,000 to ₱100,000
Term
91 to 365 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 29.2%.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
10K+
SEC registeredFinancing company

Lpeso

Singularity Financing Inc. · CA No. 1326

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,480
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱3,000 to ₱60,000
Term
91 to 365 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 29.2%; processing, service and other fees ₱0 in the sample loan.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
10K+
SEC registeredFinancing company

Mega Peso

Ceimmarj Financing Inc. · CA No. 330

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,480
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 29.2% (0.08% a day).
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
1M+
SEC registeredLending company

Akulaku

Streetcorner Lending Corp. · CA No. 1830

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,493
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱60,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 30%; no service fee.
Google Play
4.6 / 5
Installs
500K+
SEC registeredLending company

Finplo

LENDORA LENDING CORP. · CA No. 3101

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,493
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 360 days
Stated price
Maximum APR up to 30% a year, including applicable interest and service fees.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
10K+
SEC registeredLending company

SurePeso

AETHERIUM LENDING, INC. · CA No. 3059

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,493
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱40,000
Term
90 to 360 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 30%; transaction fee ₱0; service fee ₱0.
Google Play
4.4 / 5
Installs
10K+
SEC registeredLending company

Xlkash

Xlkash Lending Corp. · CA No. 3136

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,500
Lowest published ₱5,300Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱60,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Minimum APR 18%; maximum APR 30%.
Google Play
4.6 / 5
Installs
500K+
SEC registeredFinancing company

Pesoloan

Masaganang Buhay Finance Philippines Corp. · CA No. 1185

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,510
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱100,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 31%.
Google Play
4.7 / 5
Installs
1M+
SEC registeredLending company

Microloan

Dolphin Lending Investor, Inc. · CA No. 3037

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,542
Lowest published ₱5,197Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱30,000
Term
120 to 210 days
Stated price
APR 12% to 33%.
Google Play
3.4 / 5
Installs
100+
SEC registeredLending company

Prima Loan

Prima Fintech (Philippines) Lending Corporation · CA No. 2917

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,570
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱35,000
Term
91 to 365 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 34.67%. Payment transaction fee ₱8 to ₱20, charged by the payment channel.
Google Play
4.6 / 5
Installs
100K+
SEC registeredPay later

Atome

NeuronCredit Financing Company Inc. · CA No. 1178

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,592
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
Up to ₱55,000
Term
Up to 360 days
Stated price
Cash loan from 1.75% a month; APR up to 36%.
Google Play
4.8 / 5
Installs
5M+
SEC registeredLending company

Mr. Cash

e-Generation Lending Corp. · CA No. L-21-0036-70

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,592
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 181 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 36%.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
5M+
SEC registeredLending company

FT Lending

FT Lending Master Philippines Corp · CA No. 3025

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,600
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱30,000
Term
120 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 36%; transaction fee 0.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
1M+
SEC registeredLending company

Kusog Pera

Kusog Pera Lending Inc. · CA No. 3118

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,600
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱2,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 180 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 36%.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
100K+
SEC registeredLending company

SnaPera

Kusog Pera Lending Inc. · CA No. 3118

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,600
Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱50,000
Term
91 to 120 days
Stated price
Maximum APR 36%.
Google Play
4.4 / 5
Installs
500K+
SEC registeredLending company

Maypera

Lucky Shell Fintech Lending, Inc. · CA No. 3055

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,230
Cash you get ₱4,500
Loan amount
₱1,000 to ₱100,000
Term
120 to 180 days
Stated price
Annual interest rate up to 14%; one-time service fee 10%, taken off the cash you receive.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
1M+
SEC registeredLending company

Kredivo

Kredivo Philippines Lending Corp. · CA No. 1323

Most you pay backon ₱5,000, 120 days₱5,798
Lowest published ₱5,000Cash you get ₱5,000
Loan amount
Up to ₱50,000
Stated price
0% to 3.99% a month; APR 0% to 115%.
Google Play
4.5 / 5
Installs
500K+

How to check if a loan app is legit

  1. Find the company name and numbers. SEC rules require every lender to show its corporate name, SEC Registration No. and Certificate of Authority No. in its ads and its app (SEC MC No. 19, s.2019). Google Play requires the same in the app description. An app that hides them fails here.
  2. Look it up on the SEC list. Open the List of Recorded Online Lending Platforms and find the company. The app name you are using must appear next to it: some companies have only their website or a Facebook page on the list. Search the list here.
  3. Match the Certificate of Authority. The CA number in the app, on Google Play and on the website should be the same.
  4. Read the Disclosure Statement before you accept. It lists the amount you will receive, every fee, the effective rate and your due dates.

Each app page here shows the result of steps one to three. The 205 apps the SEC has revoked or named as not authorized to lend are on the list of illegal online lending apps.

Shortlists: Lowest-interest loan apps · SEC registered loan apps: search the list · List of illegal online lending apps · Loan calculator · Loan app harassment: your rights · Loan apps with no payslip needed · Loans for OFWs and seafarers · Loan apps for students.

Before you accept any of these loans

  1. Get the Disclosure Statement first. Under RA 3765, the Truth in Lending Act, Sec. 4, it must show the total amount to be financed; the finance charge in pesos and centavos; the finance charge as a simple annual rate on the unpaid balance. Interest and every processing or service fee count in the finance charge. If one is missing, the lender owes you ₱100 or twice the finance charge, up to ₱2,000, claimable within one year (Sec. 6(a)).
  2. Know the late-payment cap. On loans up to ₱10,000 and four months, the penalty is capped at 5% a month on the amount due, and interest, fees and penalties together cannot pass the amount you borrowed (SEC MC No. 14 s.2025, Sec. 3, effective Apr 1, 2026).
  3. Report a charge above the cap to the SEC on hotline 14732 or the SEC iMessage portal.

If your app is not on any list here, search the SEC list of recorded lending apps or the list of apps the SEC has named as illegal. Of the 110 Google Play and App Store listings the SEC printed in its advisories, 110 now show no app, and 17 of the 34 websites it named still load. The SEC named 28 apps in more than one document, some under a new name, so match the company and Certificate of Authority number, not the app name.

Your contacts and collection calls

A joint advisory of 18 March 2026 from the DICT, the National Privacy Commission and the SEC says lenders may not ask for app permissions they do not need, especially access to your contacts, and may not contact anyone in your contacts other than the guarantors you named. Google's Play policy bars personal loan apps from reading contacts at all. If an app asks for that permission, decline it and pick a different lender. Collectors also may not shame you, threaten you or call before 6 a.m. or after 10 p.m.: your rights against loan app harassment, and where to complain.

This page compares published terms of apps on the SEC list, not the offer an app makes you after a credit check. For a dispute over a specific loan, contact the lender, then the SEC; for a legal claim, a lawyer.

Questions

What is the best loan app in the Philippines?

It depends on how much you need and for how long. For ₱5,000 over 120 days, the apps on the SEC list with the lowest published maximum cost are Pocketcash (Elending) (at most ₱300 in interest and fees), Vplus (at most ₱300 in interest and fees), HappyPera2 (at most ₱395 in interest and fees). Change the amount and term above to rank them for your own loan.

Which loan apps are legit?

A loan app is legit when the app itself, not just its company, is on the SEC's List of Recorded Online Lending Platforms. As of Sep 29, 2026 that list has 127 companies and 195 platforms. 172 of the apps on this page are on it by name.

Is MabilisCash illegal?

No. MabilisCash, run by Mabilis Cash Financing Corp., is on the SEC list of recorded online lending platforms. Cash Mabilis is a different app from Microdot Lending Corporation, also on the list, so check the company name in the app.

What is the maximum interest a loan app can charge?

For unsecured loans up to ₱10,000 with terms up to four months, interest is capped at 6% a month and the all-in effective rate at 12% a month. Late penalties are capped at 5% a month, and the total of interest, fees and penalties cannot exceed the amount you borrowed.

Which loan apps have been revoked?

On this page: Digido, UnaCash, Robocash, PesoPop, NewCash, Delisha Lending. The SEC revokes and reinstates lenders often, so check the current list before you borrow.

Can a loan app message the people in my contacts?

No. SEC MC No. 18 s.2019 makes it an unfair collection practice to contact anyone in your contacts other than your named guarantors or co-makers, even with your consent, and a March 2026 DICT, NPC and SEC advisory repeats it. Report it to the SEC on 14732 and the National Privacy Commission at complaints@privacy.gov.ph.

Which loan app has the lowest interest?

The apps with the lowest published cost, for a ₱10,000 loan over 120 days and over a year, are ranked on the low-interest list.

The SEC record in numbers

Loan apps on the SEC list by name:
172.
list dated Sep 29, 2026.
Revoked by the SEC:
6.
lending company authority revoked.
Named by the SEC as not authorized:
199.
in SEC advisories and orders to Aug 24, 2026.
Interest cap:
6% a month.
SEC MC No. 14 s.2025, from Apr 1, 2026.
All-in cost cap (EIR):
12% a month.
loans up to ₱10,000 and 120 days.

SEC list of recorded online lending platforms, Sep 29, 2026; SEC MC No. 14 s.2025, effective Apr 1, 2026; Latest SEC advisory, Aug 24, 2026.