What is credit monitoring of loans and advances?

Credit monitoring  strategies in a bank taking place in two stages namely pre-sanction stage and post sanction stage of loans and advances.  Pre-sanction process involves identification of borrower, the  purpose of  the loan, quantum of loan, period of loan, source of repayment, security for advance, profitability, pre-sanction unit inspection, appraisal of credit proposal, and sanctioning of the loan/limits. The post-sanction monitoring includes proper documentation for the loan/limits sanctioned, stamping, execution, and execution of documents by special type of borrowers, attestation of documents, and registration of mortgage/memorandum of the mortgage, registration with the Registrar of companies (ROC).

Following are the Post disbursement follow up  are normally conducted by the bank.

1. Direct payment shall be made towards goods/machinery purchased as per invoice made by way of demand draft in favour of the supplier. It is wrong to credit the loan proceeds to borrower’s SB/CD account, as it is observed that many a time bank finance was diverted by the borrower for the purpose other than loan was actually sanctioned.
2. The inspection shall be conducted for the purpose of ascertaining end use/creation of assets from bank finance.
3. Care shall be taken by the inspecting official that old/defunct machinery is not shown to him as new machinery.
4. Bank’s board of hypothecation/pledge shall be prominently displayed where the stocks/machinery are placed.
5. The working capital limits sanctioned, are usually valid for one year, hence proposals for ‘Renewal /Enhancement of limits’ should be taken up well in time.
6. The documents obtained while releasing the limits shall be properly maintained, revival letters, acknowledgement of debts etc. to be obtained at the periodical interval, to keep the documents alive.
7. Asset created by bank finance shall be fully insured with bank clause. In some cases, the company holds inventory over and above the working capital limit and go for insurance only to the extent of credit limits. Banks shall not accept such proposal of the borrower, as it amounts to under insurance. In such an event of under insurance, the insurance company will settle proportionately to the extent of total stock holding vis-à-vis insurance cover although damage claimed is within the insurance cover amount. In view of avoiding claim complications banks normally insist for comprehensive insurance for not less than 120% of the inventory holding.

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