I was wondering if anyone took a personal bank loan in order to pay off their credit card balances? Do banks actually offer a credit card consolidation loans yet and for that purpose only? From what I understand this would be better than a 401K loan. Forget the home equity loan. Also heard enough about those so called “credit card repair companies” that they are not worth it. About 16k owed and I am sick and tired of their finance charges , late fees, etc. Want rid them once and for all!