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6 C's of Credit

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Introduction
The “6 C’s of credit” or “6C 's of banking" are a common reference to the major elements of a banker’s analysis when considering a request for a loan.

Is the Borrower Creditworthy?
The question that must be dealt with before any other is whether or not the customer can service the loan –that is, pay out the credit when due, with a comfortable margin for error.

6 C’s of Credit
1. Character
2. Capacity
3. Cash
4. Collateral
5. Conditions
6. Control

Character
The first thing that loan officers look for when reviewing a proposal is evidence of your trustworthiness.
Your loan application can be rejected without even reviewing your proposed business idea if loan officers find any evidence in your background …show more content…

It answers the simple but vital question: Why is cash changing over time?

Collateral
In assessing the collateral aspect of a loan request, the loan officer must ask, ‘Does the borrower possess adequate net worth or own enough quality assets to provide adequate support for the loan?’ The loan officer is particularly sensitive to such features as the age, condition, and degree of specialization of the borrower’s assets.

The goal of a lender taking collateral is to precisely define which borrower assets are subject to seizure and sale and to document for all other creditors to see that the lender has a legal claim to those assets in the event of non performance on a loan. Common Types of Loan Collateral
Accounts Receivable
The lender takes a security interest in the form of a stated percentage (usually somewhere between 40 and 90 percent) of the face amount of accounts receivable (sales on credit) shown on a business borrower’s balance sheet.

Factoring
A lender can purchase a borrower’s accounts receivable based upon some percentage of their book value. The percentage used depends on the quality and age of the receivables.

Inventory
In return for a loan, a lender may take a security interest against the current amount of inventory of goods or raw materials a business borrower owns.

The inventory pledged may be controlled completely by the borrower, using a so called

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