Birmingham City Council Payroll scheme

The benefit of fair and easy borrowing through your employer.

Looking to borrow to improve your home or buy a car? Need to take control of your finances?

Birmingham City Council provide this scheme for you view –  Easy finance access through payroll

As an employee of Birmingham City Council, your employer offers access to ethical, fair-interest Citysave loans that you can repay through payroll as a salary deduction.

This great employee benefit is delivered by us, as a partner and benefit provider to your employer.

Maria, working for BCC school catering team says “I have used Citysave for both savings and loans for over ten years.  The convenience of payroll deduction is a big attraction and I have found applying and rescheduling loans, when needed, to be met with helpful and personal service handling. I would recommend Citysave to my colleagues at Birmingham City Council”

 

Who are we?

We’re Citysave, a Birmingham-based non-profit credit union.

We believe in helping people ‘save, borrow and plan for tomorrow’ by providing ethical lending and other helpful financial services.

As with any high street bank, we are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, as well as the Prudential Regulation Authority – giving you peace of mind.

We are committed to sharing sources of FREE impartial financial guidance and are advocates of the Money advice service (MAS)

If you are looking for FREE impartial advice about money we recommend you visit www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk . (MAS)

MAS offers advice on Borrowing, Saving, budgeting, pensions and much more.

 

 

A better place to borrow

Our interest rates start from 12.7% APR for a personal payroll loan.

You’re also more likely to be accepted for a personal payroll loan than with a traditional bank loan, because it is repaid as a salary deduction.

A loan from Citysave offers

Competitive APR
No early repayment penalties
Payments through payroll

Calculating your loan

You can apply for a payroll loan up to £15,000 if you are employed by Birmingham City Council or an employer partnering Citysave under a payroll deduction scheme.

If you are not employed by a employer offer payroll deduction payments, but are an existing Citysave member,  you can apply to pay by direct debit under a Personal loan.

If you are neither an existing member or employed by a Citysave payroll partner, you can apply for a Welcome loan.

The rate of interest you will pay is subject to status and your personal circumstances. The Loan calculator below shows an estimate. For a more accurate quote please contact the office.

Not a Council employee?

Don’t worry if you don’t work for Birmingham City Council, we have many alternative loans that offer competitive interest rates.