Payday Loan

A credit provider may reduce a credit limit at their discretion, but must be able to provide a clear explanation for the reduction rather than leaving the consumer without coherent justification.

Lenders must make proportionate affordability checks before approving credit, considering income, expenditure, credit history, and personal circumstances, with further checks required when warning signs emerge.

Lenders must not only conduct proportionate affordability checks but must also fairly consider the resulting information to ensure lending decisions do not cause financial harm or unsustainable repayment.

A lender must perform reasonable and proportionate affordability checks before extending credit, which should include verification of income/employment and detailed examination of existing debt patterns.

Lenders must conduct proportionate affordability checks that are reasonably tailored to the credit decision and circumstances presented, not just automated assessments based on credit files.

Lenders must assess whether borrowers can sustainably repay loans, not just whether they have sufficient income to cover repayments, and must consider all available information including signs of financial difficulty.

A lender must conduct proportionate affordability checks that assess sustainable repayment capability, not merely whether a borrower has sufficient income to make repayments.

A lender acts fairly and reasonably in responsible lending if it conducts proportionate affordability checks based on the applicant's supplied information and credit search results showing no signs of financial difficulty.

A lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks before agreeing to provide credit, with the level of scrutiny expected to increase over time and with larger credit amounts.

Payday lenders must conduct proportionate affordability checks appropriate to the circumstances, assessing whether the consumer could sustainably repay without undue difficulty.

Lenders must complete reasonable and proportionate checks before agreeing to lend, taking into account the loan amount, repayment size, and borrower's financial circumstances.

A lender must assess affordability proportionately to circumstances, considering income, expenditure, and borrowing patterns, but this does not require identical outcomes for similar cases.

A lender must make proportionate affordability checks before approving credit, based on the borrower's income, credit history, and monthly commitments, without requiring further evidence in the absence of adverse credit information.

A lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks and make fair lending decisions based on the information obtained from those checks.

A lender must make proportionate affordability checks before approving credit, but the checks need not be exhaustive if the initial findings support a fair lending decision.

A lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks to ensure a consumer can repay credit in a sustainable manner without adversely impacting their financial situation.

Lenders must carry out proportionate affordability checks that consider the borrower's ability to repay the loan sustainably without financial harm.

A lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks and fairly consider the information obtained to ensure a borrower can sustainably repay without financial harm.

Lenders must carry out reasonable and proportionate affordability checks, with the level of checks adjusted to the significance of undisclosed borrowing revealed.

A lender must conduct proportionate affordability checks before approving credit or increasing credit limits, considering the borrower's income, credit history, and ability to sustain repayments.

Lenders must make proportionate affordability checks appropriate to the type and amount of credit, considering income, credit history, repayments and personal circumstances, but may rely on industry-standard verification methods like CATO a

Lenders must complete reasonable and proportionate affordability checks before lending, tailored to the borrower's circumstances, which may include verifying income and assessing outgoings.

Lenders must carry out reasonable and proportionate checks to ensure consumers can repay borrowing in a sustainable way without further borrowing.

Lenders must carry out proportionate checks to ensure borrowers can repay loans sustainably without further borrowing.

A lender must carry out reasonable and proportionate affordability checks before providing credit, with the extent of checks depending on the amount, type, cost of credit and the borrower's financial circumstances.

A payday lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks to establish that a borrower can sustainably repay the loan, not merely that they have sufficient funds to do so.

A lender must conduct proportionate affordability checks appropriate to the circumstances, which for a first loan of modest amount may reasonably rely on the borrower's declared income and expenditure plus credit search results.

A lender must assess affordability of short-term loans proportionately to circumstances, considering income, repayment amounts, and lending patterns, but a break in borrowing of 10+ months can reset the lending relationship.

A lender must carry out proportionate affordability checks before lending, with the level of scrutiny increasing based on factors such as borrower income, loan amount, and credit history.

Lenders must assess affordability proportionate to the circumstances, considering income, expenditure, repayment size, and lending patterns to ensure sustainable repayment.

Lenders must assess affordability proportionately to circumstances, considering income, expenditure, and lending patterns, but early-stage lending with breaks in borrowing relationship permits less thorough checks.