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Church Development Loan

Financing for churches, dioceses, and faith-based institutions to build, expand or equip places of worship, schools, hospitals and mission projects.

Key Features

  • Repayment structured around tithes, offerings and institutional income
  • Phased disbursement for construction projects
  • Can be combined with digital giving/collection solutions

Benefits

  • Deliver mission projects faster
  • Collections and repayment managed in one place

Requirements

  • Active Equity account
  • KYC documentation – certificate of registration/incorporation or establishing Act/Gazette notice, KRA PIN, and IDs/KRA PINs of signatories
  • Board/Council resolution authorizing the account or facility and appointing signatories
  • Audited financial statements and management accounts
  • Bank statements (where banking elsewhere)
  • Current CRB reports
  • Security documents and valuation reports – as applicable
  • Call report – for site visits and additional verification
  • Other supporting documents – depending on the loan purpose
  • Building plans, bills of quantities and approvals
  • Records of collections/income
  • Charges

    • Interest rate: Equity Bank Reference Rate (EBRR) + margin, based on the customer’s risk profile
    • Loan Application and Credit Evaluation (LACE) fee: up to 3%
    • Excise duty: 20% of LACE
    • Insurance fee: as applicable to the facility
  • Potential Risks

    • Loan default in case of inability to pay
    • Realization of security where the facility is in default
    • Negative CRB listing on default
    • Decline in congregational giving
  • Transaction Process

    • Application
    • Credit Review & Approval
    • Offering
    • Security Perfection
    • Disbursement
    • Monitoring
  • Church Development Loan

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