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Credit Monitoring CCP (1)
Credit Monitoring CCP (1)
R.KANCHANAMALA
EX FACULTY
IIBF
o Empaneled valuers,
o Declaration from valuers (Not Relative/associated),
o Better to see the property,
o Sometimes two valuations required, Large Account/ large
plants like- Mines & Minerals etc - Specialist valuer capable to
value-
CREDIT MONITORING PRE-DISBURSEMENT-
Contd.
OBTAINING QUOTATIONS/INVOICES ETC-
o Due Diligence,
o Who is supplier,
o Supplies in the past,
o Competent to supply,
o Genuine quotations,
o Duly signed quotations
o Invoices should carry GST details if applicable
CREDIT MONITORING PRE-DISBURSEMENT-
Contd.
Validity ofsanction
Credit Audit
Induction of margin by the borrower
Obtaining paripassu letter
Releasing the loan
Inspection
LIE report
Educating the borrower
CREDIT MONITORING AFTER DISBURSEMENT
Brick by brick
On site Tools
Inspection of fixed assets/inventory and receivables
Inspection of books
Interaction with borrowers/their employees
Performance assessment by verification of per unit
selling price/raw material prices with the projection
made.
Order book position
Stock audit
LIE report in case of Project Financing
Nomination in Board of Directors.
OFF SITE TOOLS
Conduct of account
QIS & MSOD – compare actual performance with
projections
Audited Financials
Stock & Receivables statement
Market reports/interaction with competitors
Flash reports for out of order accounts
Various inputs received from Data centre/warehouse
MONITORING AFTER DISBURSEMENT
INSURANCE
Adequate
Timely
Timely renewal
Bank clause
MONITORING AFTER DISBURSEMENT
Inadequate insurance!
CREDIT MONITORING AFTER DISBURSEMENT
INSPECTION OF SECURITIES
Physical Verification of Vehicles
Red Flag
• A set of circumstances that are unusual/abnormal.
• Point towards something extraordinary happening needing further investigation.
• 43 Early warning Signals included in RBI Master Directions
Examples of Red Flags
• Frequent change of Auditors
• Use of different Audit Firms
• Absence of segregation of duties
• Sudden losses
• All is well (Too good to be true) feeling
• Missing/Altered Documents
• Disorganised ways
• Flamboyant lifestyle
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS
1. Bouncing of high value cheques.
2. Frequent change in the scope of the project to be undertaken by
the borrower.
3. Foreign bills remaining outstanding with the bank for a long time
and tendency for bills to remain overdue.
4. Delay observed in payment of outstanding dues.
5. Frequent invocation of BGs and devolvement of LCs.
6. Under insured or over insured inventory.
7. Dispute on title of collateral securities.
8. Funds coming from other banks to liquidate the outstanding loan
amount unless in normal course.
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS
11. Request received from the borrower to postpone the inspection of the
godown for flimsy reasons.
12. Funding of the interest by sanctioning additional facilities.
13. Exclusivecollateral charged to a number of lenders without NOC of
existing charge holders.
14. Concealment ofcertain vital documents like master agreement,
insurance coverage.
15. Floating front / associate companies by investing borrowed money.
16. Critical issues highlighted in the stock audit report.
17. Liabilities appearing in ROC search report, not reported by the borrower
in its annual report.
18. Frequent request for general purpose loans.
19. Frequent ad hoc sanctions .
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS
21. Not routing of sales proceeds through consortium I member bank/ lenders to
the company.
22. LCsissued for local trade/related party transactions without underlying
trade transaction.
23. High value RTGS payment to unrelated parties.
24. Heavy cash withdrawal in loan accounts.
25. Non production of original bills for verification upon request.
26. Significant movementsin inventory, disproportionately differing vis-a-vis
change in the turnover.
27. Significant movementsin receivables, disproportionately differing vis-à-vis
change in the turnover and/or increase in ageing of the receivables.
28. Disproportionate change in other current assets.
29. Significant increase in working capital borrowing as percentage of turnover.
30. Increase in
Fixed Assets, without corresponding increase in long term
sources (when project is implemented).
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS
31. Increase in borrowings, despite huge cash and cash equivalents in the borrower's
balance sheet.
32. Frequent change in accounting period and/or accounting policies.
33. Costing of the project which is in wide variance with standard cost of installation of
the project.
34. Claims not acknowledged as debt high.
35. Substantial increase in unbilled revenue year after year.
36. Large number of transactions with inter-connected companies and large outstanding
from such companies.
37. Substantial related party transactions.
38. Material discrepancies in the annual report.
39. Significant inconsistencies within the annual report (between various sections).
40. Poor disclosure of materially adverse information and no qualification by the
statutory auditors.
41. Raid by Income tax /sales tax/ central excise duty officials.
42. Significant reduction in the stake of promoter /director or increase in the
encumbered shares of promoter/director.
43. Resignation of the key personnel and frequent changes in the management.
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS
& RED FLAGGED ACCOUNTS
Red Flagged Account (RFA)
• A Loan Account where a suspicion of fraudulent
activity is thrown up by the presence of one or more
Early Warning Signals (EWS).
• These signals should immediately put the bank on
alert regarding a weakness or wrong doing which
may ultimately turn out to be fraudulent.
• A bank cannot afford to ignore such EWS but must
instead use them as a trigger to launch a detailed
investigation into a RFA.
RED FLAGGING OF ACCOUNTS
The concept of a Red Flagged Account (RFA) is introduced by RBI as an important step in
fraud risk control.
A RFA is one where a suspicion of fraudulent activity is thrown up by the presence of one or
more Early Warning Signals (EWS).
Threshold for EWS and RFA is an exposure of Rs.50 crs or more at the level of a bank
irrespective of the lending arrangement (whether solo banking, multiple banking or
consortium).
The officer responsible for the operations in the account, to report any manifestation of the
EWS promptly to the Fraud Monitoring Group (FMG) or any other group constituted by the
bank for the purpose immediately. The FMG will take a call on whether an account in which
EWS are observed should be classified as a RFA or not within a month of the EWS being
noticed.
In case the account is classified as a RFA, the FMG will stipulate the nature and level of
further investigations or remedial measures necessary to protect the bank’s interest within a
stipulated time which cannot exceed six months. At the end of this time line, which cannot
be more than six months, banks would either lift the RFA status or classify the account as a
fraud.
All accounts beyond Rs.50 crs classified as RFA or ‘Frauds’ must also be reported on the CRILC
data platform together with the dates on which the accounts were classified as such.
Unit inspection exercise
Mr Naresh, the Manager of Station Road 5.Large stock of tins that the unit
branch of a bank had conducted made was available and the stock of
inspection of factory premises of M/S ABC lids, used to close the tins, was very
Engineering Industries, engaged in low.
manufacturing tins, financed by his bank.
6. Sales turnover tallied with the
credit summations in the account.
Highlights of the observations during 7. production superintendent was
inspection are as under: - new and his two predecessors, whom
Mr Naresh met on previous visits,
have changed jobs.
1. No shortage of stocks was found on 8. He could not meet the partners
verification. as they were not available and it was
2. The production activities were in told that partners do not visit the
full swing and stocks more than assessed factory often as their residence is far
level (as assessed in appraisal note) was away from the unit and visit quarterly
available on the spot. 9. Operations in the accounts
3. Scrap of about 10% of stock in were satisfactory and no devolvement
weight was lying on the back side of unit. of L/C or guarantees was observed.
4. Rejected items from the customers Discuss and find out early warning
of about 5 % -10% of production the stock signals, if any, based on the
were kept. observations of the inspection
Diversion &Siphoning of Funds
Diversion of Funds: The term ‘diversion of funds’, should be
construed to include any one of the undernoted occurrences:
(a) utilisation of short-term working capital funds for long-term
purposes not in conformity with the terms of sanction;
(b) deploying borrowed funds for purposes/activities or creation of
assets other than those for which the loan was sanctioned;
(c) transferring borrowed funds to the subsidiaries/Group
companies or other corporates by whatever modalities;
(d) routing of funds through any bank other than the lender bank
or members of consortium without prior permission of the lender;
(e) investment in other companies by way of acquiring
equities/debt instruments without approval of lenders;
(f) shortfall in deployment of funds vis-à-vis the amounts
disbursed/drawn and the difference not being accounted for.
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Siphoning of Funds: The term ‘siphoning of funds’,
should be construed to occur if any funds borrowed
from banks/FIs are utilised for purposes unrelated to
the operations of the borrower, to the detriment of the
financial health of the entity or of the lender. The
decision as to whether a particular instance amounts to
siphoning of funds would have to be a judgment of the
lenders based on objective facts and circumstances of
the case
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Who is a Non Cooperative Borrower
With a view to discouraging borrowers/defaulters from being
unreasonable and non-cooperative with lenders in their bonafide
resolution/recovery efforts, banks may classify such borrowers as
non-cooperative borrowers.
As per RBI Circular Dated 22nd Dec 2014, A Non-Cooperative Borrower is
one -
who does not engage constructively with his lender by defaulting in
timely repayment of dues while having ability to pay,
thwarting lenders’ efforts for recovery of their dues by not providing
necessary information sought,
denying access to assets financed / collateral securities,
obstructing sale of securities, etc.
Thus, a non-cooperative borrower is a defaulter who deliberately
stone walls legitimate efforts of the lenders to recover their dues.
Identification & Reporting – Processes Involved
Noticing indicators of Non-cooperation at field level
Submission of Status Note alongwith relevant documents by field
functionaries to higher office
Discussion on the status notes & facts of the case in the Committee
of Executives (COE) headed by Executive Director
Issuing Show Cause Notice to borrowers found non-cooperative
Going through the submissions of borrowers and allowing them
Personal Hearing before the COE
Review of the Decision of the COE regarding classification of a
borrower as non-cooperative by the Review Committee headed by
MD & CEO
Quarterly submission of information on Non-Cooperative borrowers
in CRILC Main Return within 21 days from the close of the relevant
quarter. Non reporting entails penal provisions.
WILFUL DEFAULTERS
The default in payment as per agreed terms could be intentional or due to the reasons
beyond the control of the borrower. The intentional default is referred to as wilful
default. As per RBI guidelines, a ‘wilful default’ would be deemed to have occurred if
any of the following events is noted:
(a) The unit has defaulted in meeting its payment/repayment obligations to the lender
even when it has the capacity to honour the said obligations.
(b) The unit has defaulted in meeting its payment/repayment obligations to the lender
and has not utilised the finance from the lender for the specific purposes for which
finance was availed of but has diverted the funds for other purposes.
(c) The unit has defaulted in meeting its payment/repayment obligations to the lender
and has siphoned off the funds so that the funds have not been utilised for the specific
purpose for which finance was availed of, nor are the funds available with the unit in the
form of other assets.
(d) The unit has defaulted in meeting its payment/repayment obligations to the lender
and has also disposed off or removed the movable fixed assets or immovable property
given by him or it for the purpose of securing a term loan without the knowledge of the
bank/lender. .
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Implications – Penal Measures
No additional facilities should be granted by any bank / FI to
the listed wilful defaulters.
Such companies (including their entrepreneurs/promoters)
where banks/FIs have identified siphoning/diversion of funds,
misrepresentation, falsification of accounts and fraudulent
transactions, should be debarred from institutional finance
from the SCBs/FIs/NBFCs, for floating new ventures for a period
of 5 years from the date of removal of their name from the list
of wilful defaulters as published/disseminated by RBI/CICs.
The legal process, wherever warranted, against the borrowers /
guarantors and foreclosure for recovery of dues to be initiated
expeditiously.
Wherever possible, the banks and FIs should adopt a proactive
approach for a change of management of the wilfully defaulting
borrower unit.
Fraud- Reasons Internal
Internal
Negligence
Complacency
Casual Attitude
Lack of Knowledge
Non adherence to systems & procedures
Excess work pressure
External Reasons
Lack of fear of law
Poor Conviction rate
Tardy legal system
Money defrauded is used for lavish life style,
terrorism, money laundering, political
patronage etc
RP may involve any action / plan / reorganization including, but not limited
to, regularisation of the account by payment of all over dues by the
borrower entity, sale of the exposures to other entities / investors, change
in ownership and restructuring .
RPs involving restructuring / change in ownership in respect of accounts
where the aggregate exposure of lenders is ₹100 crore and above, shall
require independent credit evaluation (ICE) of the residual debt by credit
rating agencies (CRAs) specifically authorized by the Reserve Bank for this
purpose.
While accounts with aggregate exposure of ₹500 crore and above shall
require two such ICEs, others shall require one ICE. Only such RPs which
receive a credit opinion of RP4 or better for the residual debt from one or
two CRAs, as the case may be, shall be considered for implementation.
ICE give opinion on RP as RP-1 to RP-7 . RP-4 & better is considered for
implementation .
Implementation Conditions for RP
A RP in respect of borrower entities to whom the lenders continue
to have credit exposure, shall be deemed to be ‘implemented’ only
if the following conditions are met:
a. the borrower entity is no longer in default with any of the
lenders;
b. if the resolution involves restructuring; then
i. all related documentation, including execution of necessary
agreements between lenders and borrower / creation of security
charge / perfection of securities are completed by all lenders; and
ii. the new capital structure and/or changes in the terms of
conditions of the existing loans get duly reflected in the books of
all the lenders and the borrower.
Delayed Implementation of Resolution Plan
Where a viable RP in respect of a borrower is not implemented within the
timelines given below, all lenders shall make additional provisions as
under:
Additional provisions to be made as a
Timeline for implementation of % of total outstanding (funded+non-
viable RP funded), if RP not implemented within
the timeline
180 days from the end of Review
20%
Period
365 days from the commencement 15% (i.e. total additional provisioning of
of Review Period 35%)
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