If the service fee charged by online loans does not exceed a reasonable range, it is legal. If it is simply a direct bank loan, there is no service charge. The online loan service fee should comply with the law, and the part beyond the law does not need to be paid. The expenses that the lender needs to bear include handling fees, interest expenses, liquidated damages, etc. Legal Basis: Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Private Lending Cases Article 25 If the lender requests the borrower to pay interest at the interest rate agreed in the contract, the people's court shall support it, except that the interest rate agreed by both parties exceeds four times the market price of one-year loan when the contract is established. The "one-year loan market quotation" mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the one-year loan market quotation issued monthly by the National Interbank Funding Center authorized by the People's Bank of China from August 20th, 20th, 20th19th. Article 680 of the Civil Code prohibits high-interest lending, and the lending rate shall not violate the relevant provisions of the state. If there is no agreement on the payment of interest in the loan contract, it shall be deemed that there is no interest. If the loan contract does not specify the payment method of interest, and the parties cannot reach a supplementary agreement, the interest shall be determined according to the local or the parties' trading methods, trading habits, market interest rates and other factors; Loans between natural persons are regarded as interest-free.

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Article 680 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) prohibits usury and determines the loan interest, and the loan interest rate shall not violate the relevant provisions of the state. If there is no agreement on the payment of interest in the loan contract, it shall be deemed that there is no interest. If the loan contract does not specify the payment method of interest, and the parties cannot reach a supplementary agreement, the interest shall be determined according to the local or the parties' trading methods, trading habits, market interest rates and other factors; Loans between natural persons are regarded as interest-free.