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Post by shanghaiscouse on Mar 23, 2020 21:58:08 GMT
In what may even be a plus for lenders, FC is not one of the 40 lenders to be guarantted by the British Business Bank to lend money under this scheme. This is a mixed blessing for lenders, as on the one hand these loans are bound to contain a large proportion of duds and attract both genuine and fraudsters (rubbing their hands right now just thinking about it) but the risk is that as FC is not one of the institutions then borrowers will take new money from this scheme but not pay back their FC loans. www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-scheme-cbils/accredited-lenders/ I suppose it is possible they will be accredited at later date.
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Post by shanghaiscouse on Mar 23, 2020 22:10:49 GMT
I'm looking at making an application for a loan under this scheme for a family business and it seems to be a scammers delight. The lenders get an 80% loan guarantee. There is basically no due diligence to be done on the lenders as the emphasis is on pushing as much money out as possible. I can see a broader risk here is that whilst support is clearly necessary to help keep businesses afloat, this guarantee basically torpedos the whole concept of moral hazard. In our current uncertain circumstances, any rational person presented with free money that they would not otherwise be able to borrow for a year will grab as much as they can. The problem with a collapse of moral hazard is that it too is contagious, all borrowers start asking 'why do I need to pay back if noone under this scheme pays back?'
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