With the opening of its most recent lending installation, Safaricom will consolidate its debt recovery sweats. To recover overdue loans under the Faraja loans, the telco will hire debt collectors. Subscribers would have access to Lipa na M- Pesa loans from Sh20 to Sh100,000 to spend for shopping through the program.
For the first time, Safaricom will use debt collectors to pursue overdue loans, which means that property may be seized and vended at transaction. generally, Safaricom puts its Fuliza and M- Shwari defaulters on a blacklist with the Credit Reference Bureaus( CRBs), precluding them from carrying loans from other lenders.
“ At any time after an event of dereliction has passed which is continuing, we may, without prejudice to any other right or remedy granted to us under any law take reasonable measures including engaging an independent debt- collection agency, to recover the quantum in dereliction( and/ or) submit information concerning the event of dereliction to Credit Reference Bureaus, subject to applicable laws, ” the telco says in a statement.
When a person or business is short on cash, they generally turn to mobile banking loans as an exigency option. Due to the lack of collateral, the loans are vulnerable to dereliction by borrowers.
Percent of repliers to a recent ménage check by the Central Bank of Kenya( CBK), FSD Kenya, and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics( KNBS) have defaulted on mobile loans.
Safaricom won’t charge interest on Faraja loans, still, the usual M- Pesa sale charges will be applicable. druggies will also be needed to pay back the credited quantum within 30 days.
“ You’ll only be needed to repay the outstanding installation quantum as advanced to you by us( in whole or in part) using the designated Paybill number or similar other channels as handed by us from time to time, ” Safaricom says in a statement on its Website.
Druggies must have an active line, and their credit limit is grounded on their credit standing. Faraja wo n’t allow guests to shoot plutocrat; rather, it’ll only be accessible through Paybill and Till Number options, unlike Fuliza, an overdraft installation.
