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Once your finance has been approved, and you receive your instalment loan amount for repayment, and you then consider the implications of paying it back, deciding that you may, for whatever reason, be unable to repay or meet the arranged repayments of your loan, or any part thereof, you need to immediately and directly contact your loan provider.
Immediately contacting your loan provider may give you the timely opportunity to reschedule or discuss different options for your repayment, as to avoid adverse action against you.
Rescheduling or opting for different repayment methods with your loan provider may incur more or further costs and/or interest. These details should be discussed directly with your loan provider. If you do not attempt to make contact with your loan provider and update them on your circumstance or changes you are having to make, due to having difficulty in paying your repayments, the loan provider reserves the right to pass your case (along with your details) to a third party debt collector/agency/organisation, whom will attempt to recover your loan repayments debt.
Loan providers reserve the right to use a “Continuous Payment Authority” to repeatedly attempt to lay hold of payment from your credit card - at least up until 90 days over your due repayment date. A “lay hold of” may only be done if it is in-line with your loan-terms of agreement.
Implications of non-payment for the repayment of your loan could include adverse details being incorporated into your credit report. Adversely, this could affect your future attempts for a loan or other financial applications, as well as additional charges being added to your loan by your loan provider.
A completely missed payment will incur a penalty fee, usually added onto the total loan amount owed. Upon this missed payment, loan providers will try to contact you directly, by phone or in writing, in order to try to recover their funds, or they may discuss possible repayment options or dates with you. If at all, you definitely cannot meet the repayment agreement, or if you know that there is a possibility of not meeting your repayment agreement, we recommend that you contact your loan provider immediately.
To avoid your loan provider needing to report you for late or non-payment of your loan to a “Credit Reference Agency,” - upon the agreed date of payment between yourself and your loan provider, and to avoid a negative effect on your credit score, you need to repay your loan on the stipulated (agreed upon) date. Having a negative impact on your credit score may impact your ability to apply for future credit for mobile phone contracts, car finance, mortgages, etc. If you default on a payment, you could be charged for a collection fee (fees vary between loan providers) and your loan provider may even add interest on your outstanding balance, usually at a rate payable under your agreement terms.
You will have to pay your loan provider all reasonable, but agreed upon costs incurred in their undertaking to enforce or the steps taken to enforce, such as via a County Court Judgement, to your loan provider as it is their right to do so under your agreement.
There may be lenders that will allow you to renew an instalment loan or accept your application for further instalment loans and grant you credit, however, It is not advisable to apply for an instalment loan, or indeed any other type of loan, if you already have loans outstanding and are struggling with making your contractual repayments.
The most important thing to consider is the reason for applying for a second loan or loan renewal, and whether you will be able to afford to pay it back on time, every time, throughout the whole agreement.
If you are borrowing money so that you can pay back another loan, it is not a good idea to apply for further credit. If you are struggling with loan repayments or have fallen behind it is always good practice to notify your lender in the first instance.
If you haven't managed to work something out with your lender directly, you may wish to seek information, help or advice from your local Citizens Advice Bureau https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ or a debt charity such as Stepchange or the National Debtline (https://www.stepchange.org/ & https://www.nationaldebtline.org/EW/Pages/default.aspx)