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Digital loan defaulters in Kenya to get  30 day notice before CRB listing

Digital loan lenders will now be required to notify loan defaulters 30 days prior to  forwarding their names to Credit Reference Bureaus (CRBs) under regulations that give the Central Bank of Kenya powers to rein in the lending rates and abuse of consumer privacy.

 As from September 18, digital lenders will inform defaulters in writing or through electronic means about their listing a month before sharing their status with the CRBs. Digital Credit Providers regulation by CBK now bar digital lenders from submitting the names of defaulters for listing without their knowledge.

Referring to the CBK, “a digital credit provider who intends to furnish negative information to a bureau with respect to a customer shall, in writing or through electronic means, notify the customer of the intention to submit the negative information at least 30 days before submitting the negative information to the bureau.”

The move follows concerns raised by the public about the predatory practices of the digital credit providers comprising those issuing credit through mobile phones and the Internet, were accused of unethical tactics, including threatening borrowers with negative listing and the abuse of personal information.

Digital lenders were engaging agents who could pursue borrowers by informing their friends and family using contact information scraped from their phones or by threatening to tell their employers. Digital lenders were therefore ordered to stop filing reports with CRBs in April last year.

Negative listing makes it nearly impossible for one to take a loan from another credit provider, serving as deterrence against default.

Digital lenders will be required to set interest rates for their loans within parameters approved by the CBK in an effort to protect borrowers against predatory lending that has pushed many into a debt trap.

The CBK will supervise their use of credit information sharing as is the case for banks, saccos and other entities currently using the system. Credit information sharing is one of the most powerful risk-management tools for micro-lenders who typically don’t take collateral from borrowers when issuing short-term loans.

Lenders have burdened  borrowers with high-interest rates that rise up to 520 percent per year, leading to mounting defaults and an ever-growing number of defaulters.

The new law also grants the banking regulator powers to revoke the permits of digital lenders who breach the confidentiality of personal information to pursue defaulting borrowers. It aims to stop a trend where some lenders resort to “debt shaming” tactics to recover loans.

Digital lenders have until September 18 to comply with all the requirements and get operating licences from the CBK.

 The CBK will also have powers to revoke or suspend the licences of digital lenders who do not disclose full information on loan facilities to borrowers, in line with the Consumer Protection Act.

The Consumer Protection Act requires sellers to disclose to consumers all relevant information tied to the purchase of a good or service.

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