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Business Overdraft

Key Features

  • Draw and repay as needed within the approved limit
  • Interest charged only on the amount used
  • Annual review and renewal
  • Temporary overdraft (TOD) available for one-off needs

Benefits

  • Instant access to funds
  • Smooths uneven cash flows

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
  • 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
    • Temporary Overdraft (TOD) fee: 10% on the amount granted (minimum KES 260)
    • Uncleared effects: KES 300 or 3%, whichever is higher
  • Potential Risks

    • Loan default in case of inability to pay
    • Realization of security where the facility is in default
    • Negative CRB listing on default
    • Higher cost where the limit is used as permanent funding
  • Transaction Process

    1. Application
    2. Credit Review & Approval
    3. Offering
    4. Security perfection
    5. Disbursement
    6. Monitoring
  • Business Overdraft

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