baz657
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Post by baz657 on Mar 14, 2017 19:30:29 GMT
Bit of Q&A from loan #405
First the question
Seems a fair question.
Now the answer
Whilst it goes on to state that the payment has now been made (18 days late!!!), surely it shouldn't be up to the borrower to set up the repayment method? Am I wrong in thinking that as a minimum AC should get a completed standing order signed at the same time as loan documents?
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Post by lynnanthony on Mar 15, 2017 8:34:15 GMT
If I was in the business of lending money and I regularly experienced "misunderstandings on behalf of borrowers" regarding repayments, I think I would attempt to avoid those misunderstandings. Perhaps by sending out a letter spelling out in words of one syllable exactly what action the borrower needs to take. Perhaps by a pre-emptive courteous phone call a week before the first payment is due.
Assetz's apparent blasé attitude to late payments rather annoys me. Late payments represent money that contractually should be in my account and isn't.
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Post by andrewholgate on Mar 15, 2017 14:12:00 GMT
I'll ignore the emotive language and address the point made.
We do tell borrowers what they need to do on drawdown and we do chase for payment. Their "naivety" could be just that or the FD managing their cash flow. We don't have a direct debit system as we don't see it as cost effective for the small number of loan repayments we take each month. Most loans pay on time and few are rarely over 5-10 days late.
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