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Older people and those in retirement will find it harder to get significant loans as banks will naturally be risk adverse. Stock photo: Getty

Older people and those in retirement will find it harder to get significant loans as banks will naturally be risk adverse. Stock photo: Getty

Accessing credit in retirement can be extraordinarily difficult. Banks, understandably, take a cautious approach to giving loans out to pensioners on lower, fixed incomes.

Credit unions are a little more flexible, but not by much.