A cash loan is a loan which is received by the borrower in cash. This sets it apart from overdraft loans, installment loans and leases. Cash loans may be given to a private individual as a personal loan or to a business as a business loan.

They offered cash loans to help people buy enough food to last them until the end of the week. I have taken out cash loans as the bank will not help me any more. This rejected imposing price controls on the sector on the ground that it could restrict the supply of cash loans to consumers on lower incomes.