Express-News Federal Credit Union
Emergency Payroll Advance Loan
To Be Completed By Member’s
Supervisor Expected
Hours To Be Paid - Next Paycheck ________ I
acknowledge (that I am the supervisor of the person whose
name is shown above (Member Name) and that the Expected
Hours To Be Paid - Next Paycheck are accurate Supervisor’s
Signature ___________________________ Supervisor’s
Printed Name ____________________________ Supervisor’s
Telephone Number ___________________________
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Express-News Federal Credit Union
Emergency Payroll Advance Loan Policy
Purpose: A short-term loan to advance money to a member from immediate future earnings for an emergency need.
Reason: Some employers including the San Antonio Express-News do not make payroll advances to their employees.
Conditions:
Terms:
EXPRESS-NEWS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
HELPING HAND LOAN
June 22, 1995
Description of Loan: A loan to higher risk borrowers. The borrower is the primary applicant. The borrower may have a co-applicant.
Qualification Requirements: Same as “Line of Credit” requirements with the following exceptions.
1 A high debt ratio and accounts that are 90 days or more delinquent will not prevent a loan from being considered.
“P&L’s” will not count against the borrower if these accounts are paid off by the loan. Recurring delinquent accounts will have an unfavorable impact upon loan approval.
Loan Approval: Loan approval will be by a majority vote of a committee consisting of one loan officer and two Credit Advisory Board members or, if a loan officer is not available, of three Credit Advisory Board members.
Amount of Loan:
Unsecured Loan - approval of the loan will not exceed $3,000.00 or one month’s gross income, the lesser of the two.
Secured Loan - amount of loan will be determined by the collateral, not to exceed 50% of the loan value.
Disposition of Proceeds of the Loan: The Credit Union will write checks directly to accounts shown as “P&L” or 90 days or more delinquent on the borrower’s credit report. The balance of the proceeds, not to exceed $500.00, will be paid to the borrower.
Interest Date and Pay-Back Terms: Same as “Line of Credit” loan with the interest rate adjusted as follows:
Plus a predetermined “risk rate” added to “Line of Credit” interest rate.
Less a predetermined “seniority rate” for each year of continuous employment with the borrower’s current employer.
The interest rate will not be lest than a predetermined “minimum rate”.
Other Terms and Conditions:
This loan is a closed-end loan and 75% of the principal must be repaid before future loans will be granted.
The borrower must have, or open, an Express-News Federal Credit Union share draft account.
The borrower must have direct deposit, if available, to their Express-News Federal Credit Union share draft account.
The loan payment will be automatically deducted from this share draft account.
If the borrower has an Express-News Federal Credit Union MasterCard, the credit limit will be reduced to $500, and if a delinquency occurs with the MasterCard during the life of the loan, the MasterCard will be canceled immediately.
The borrower must not have a “P&L” with the Express-News Federal Credit Union within the last seven (7) years.
Rates for Helping Hand Loan - effective Juue 22, 1995:
Risk rate 6.00%
Seniority rate 0.20%
Minimum rate 15.00%
Revised 5-30-96
Board of Directors has allotted $100,000.00 of the loan portfolio to this type of loan.