* You may not accept a
postdated check that is dated more than five days away.
But then "with direct access to the borrower's checking account, a lender can cash the
postdated check on the borrower's next payday, amounting to an annual interest rate of 459 percent (credit cards charge from 17 to 25 per cent).
The practice of issuing
postdated checks was later scrapped, "obviously to avoid a paper trail that can be used for legal pursuits," said Mercedes Lourdes Quisumbing, president of Pagadian City Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
PPA: This metric tells the manager the total dollar amount of recurring promises that the collector has scheduled to run between this morning and the last day of the month that are not already represented by
postdated checks. A PPA (or a partial payment agreement) is made by a debtor who's agreed to a repayment schedule in which he sends periodic installments.
Customers typically borrow from $100 to $500 in return for writing
postdated checks. The lenders hold the checks, expecting the customers to return on paydays to buy back the checks for the amount borrowed, plus a fee.
The teacher holds a parent meeting at the beginning of the year and collects
postdated checks from each family.
We also ask arrears clients for a series of
postdated checks (for any amounts) for as much as a year in advance, so the past-due balances can be settled gradually.
Pablo, the ever doting father offered to write Cal a check in payment of Mik's unpaid lease rentals, in addition to issuing
postdated checks to cover the unpaid electric and water bills, the correctness of which Pablo said he still had to verify with Mik.
The report offers several recommendations, including capping interest rates and fees, allowing installment payment plans, extending loan terms, limiting the number of rollovers and prohibiting the use of borrowers'
postdated checks.
Also, the GSIS said it will 'notify qualified housing loan borrowers to retrieve their
postdated checks from the former's treasury unit and replace it not later than August 1, 2017.'
Orasa paid the five percent downpayment and issued numerous
postdated checks to cover the remaining balance.