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Happen Bank is the only full-spectrum financial technology (fintech) marketplace bank and the first public US neobank. We offer consumer and commercial loan products for every credit bracket and a full suite of deposit products designed to help you keep more of the money you earn and earn more on what you keep.

We're transforming the banking industry to make it more transparent, efficient, and customer-friendly. For more details, read about Happen Bank’s acquisition of Radius Bank.

How Happen Bank is regulated

All loans are made by Happen Bank, N.A., which operates under federal banking law. Happen Bank is FDIC-insured and is subject to consumer lending regulations, including the Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

No application or broker fees

Applying for a Happen Bank loan is absolutely free, and no loan broker or other service is authorized to charge a fee on our behalf. We'll never ask you to pay any type of up-front application fee or other advance payment to apply for a loan.

If someone else asks you for a broker or application fee, please call 888-596-3157 so we can investigate. We’re here Monday – Friday from 5 am – 5 pm, and Saturday from 8 am – 5 pm Pacific Time.

Depending on the type of loan you want, you may pay a fee when your loan is issued. See the articles below to learn more about rates and fees.

Why you pay lower rates

When you apply for a Happen Bank loan, you benefit from an efficient, streamlined process that reduces administrative costs. We pass these savings on to you in the form of a lower annual percentage rate (APR) than the average credit card1 and a faster turnaround time on your loan.

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  • 1On average, Personal Loans from Happen Bank Bank are offered at an APR of 17.63% with an origination fee of 6% and a principal amount of $19,234 for loans with term lengths of 36 months, based on current credit criteria and an analysis of historical borrower data between April 2025 and June 2025. Between April 2025 and June 2025, the average APR for credit cards was 21.16%, according to publicly available information published by Federal Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/current/. If a borrower pays off a credit card balance of $18,080 with an APR of 21.16% over 36 equal monthly payments, the borrower will pay $6,495 in total finance charges. If the borrower obtains a Personal Loan with a term of 36 months and an amount financed of $18,080 (principal amount of $19,234 with an origination fee of $1,154) at 17.63% APR, the borrower’s monthly payment will be $692 and the borrower will pay $5,670 in total finance charges over the term of the loan, a savings of $825 as compared to the average credit card finance charges over the same 36-month term for Happen Bank Personal Loan borrowers with average credit scores. 

Unless otherwise specified, all credit and deposit products are provided by Happen Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender (“Happen Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Happen, Inc., NMLS ID 167439. Credit products are subject to credit approval and may be subject to sufficient investor commitment. Credit union membership may be required. Deposit products are subject to approval, which may include credit approval. 

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