Use of Force by Banks to Recover Loans

Banks these days are selling loans like vegetables to feed the profit hungry shareholders and then using all kind of tactics like sending goons to recover the money. This is not acceptable to any society. India is a country where nearly 40% are living in extreme poverty and other 25% are just above this poverty line...They will accept any kind of loan without even considering its terms and conditions. My point is the banks must ensure the repayment capacity without exception before approving loans. This is also critical to the reputation of not just Banks but the whole financial system

I think it is a way to recovery the loan money, but there are other way. The bank first try to motivate the person to get a best way to earn money and also if possible the bank should help the customer again but in another way. It may difficult to implement.

According to my opinion, a bank should recover the loan amount early as possible. Because that is public's money. The term banking means accepting the deposits from the public for the purpose of lending them in a profitable manner. So the bank act as a mediator for the public. They should have the authority to recover or collect the loan amount. But it would not be in a forcible manner. There is no need to use the force. Because the customer or the public that he have already given their asset as collateral security. They can use these for sale. The bank should have the responsibility to check the credible worthiness of the customer or check whether the customer is able to repay or not.

I accept the fact that there is some amount of fault with the bank but people ? are they very correct in what they are doing ? If you know that you will not be able to pay the amount why do you have to get the loan. In cases where something backfires unexpectedly I can understand but there are people who deliberately get loans and avoid paying them back and the bank has to take some step as money is in stake. So the fault lies with both I'll say. The bank should act responsibly while giving loans and so should citizens applyinng for loans.

According to my view point bank first see the worthiness of customer whether he would able to pay the loan in future or not and bank must see his/her income criteria then the bank should provide loan to the customer so that they will not have to suffer in future and they will easily get their money back and in generally if the person is not able to pay the amount then bank would recover their amount by hook or by crook. So, bank must see the capability of a person that is he able to pay the amount of loan or not?

If there is some problem in recovery of loan such that a person doesn't want to return the loan amount then bank has no other option than recover the loan forcefully from that person. But it must be according to rule and regulation. Means it should be done legally with help of layers and police etc.

It may help to recover the loan amount and at same time the faith of other customers will remains with the bank.

Bank has right to recover money in better manner. If they using forcible techniques it will deteriorate image of bank and people will loss confident on bank.

Checking for credit worthiness is not enough at all times. What if I earn enough now but fall into difficult financial times during the time I am paying off a loan/due? Medical bills run into lakhs, so can a loss in business or even a job cut. I am NOT talking of INTENTIONAL defaults here. What can "good credit worthy" customers do when they fall into bad times? Credit cards etc only spiral the total dues. If a cstomer cannot pay, there are late fees, finance charges, overlimit charges, service charge etc. That is not all. There is even a service charge for adding late fee to the a/c. What can a person do in such a situation? There are no facilities where a customer can request for a period of relief from paying back loans/credit dues. I have not come across a single bank in India which has such a relief period.

Yes Banks provide loans as per their obligations and targets defined. But at the same time they should check the credit worthiness of the customer before sanctioning a loan. After the loan is dispersed, the Bank's duty is to maintain communication with the customer and follow up every repayments. Still if the customer fails to repay, then the Bank should initiate proper action as per the Banks Guidelines.

I do agree that,use of force to recover loans is not desirable banking practice.The term banking means accepting deposits from public for the purpose of lending in a profitable manner.When banks asset becomes NPA banks fails to recover it by soft skill like public notices, legal notice ,it may be permitted to use trained,skilled recovery agents with the prior permission of higher banks officials . After all its public money ,bank has every right to recover its assets. But, rampet use of recovery agents should be banned,it is not desirable in any financilal system and also crital to the brand image of the Banks.Before sanctioning of any loan Banks should analyse its creditwotiness to avoid auch type of situation.