( 1) Ail natural or legal persons applying for a loan shall be required to provide to the credit provider, information required to assess their repayment capacity.
(2) Any natural person applying for a loan shall provide to the credit institution details of his/her financial position, in particular:
-
monthly payslip(s), where he/she is an employee, and that of the spouse where applicable;
-
information relating to any other income from investments (rents or financial income );
-
where applicable, copyright, royalties, alimony received, disability pensiOns;
-
declaration of assets;
-
monthly repayment instalments of current loans (mortgage, car loan, consumer credit, etc.);
-
rent amount, including rentai charges if a tenant;
-
building maintenance expenses and property tax, if a ho use owner;
-
the amount of any support and other compensatory benefits payable;
-
withholdings on wages and other deductions following a conviction;
-
the existence of revoiving credits;
-
sundry taxes and duties;
-
insurance premiums, including an estimate of those that may be added should the loan request be granted;
-
any other data that may inform the decision of the credit provider.
(3) A legal person applying for a loan shall also be required to provide to the credit institution details of its financial position, in particular:
-
balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the last two years;
-
balance sheets and projected profit and loss accounts for newly registered compames;
-
monthly repayment instalments of current loans (mortgage, car loan, consumer credit, etc.); 4
-
information on any income relating to investments (rents or financial income);
-
the rent amount including rentai charges, for tenants;
-
building maintenance expenses and property tax, for house owners;
-
the existence of revolving credits;
-
various taxes and duties;
-
insurance premiums, including an estimate of those that may be added, should the loan requested be granted;
-
any other data that may inform the decision of the credit institution.
(4) The documents and data listed in sub-sections (2) and (3) above are not exhaustive. The credit institution may request any other document likely to inform its decision.
Official text
Transcription: Machine-parsed
In force from 24-12-2019
Source page 4
Lex Cameroon does not hold a French version of this provision. You can read an unofficial machine translation — for understanding only, never to quote.
Section 4 of the Law No 2019/021 of 24 december 2019 to lay down some rules governing credit activities in the banking and mico-finance sector in Cameroon/akn/cm/act/loi/2019-12-24/301-law-no-2019-021-of-24-december-2019-to-lay-down-some-rules-governing-credit-activities-in-the-banking-and-mico-finance-sector-in-cameroon
Report an error in this text
AI features are in beta
Where an official English or French text exists, we show it; where none does, we give
a translation, clearly marked as one and never presented as the official text. We make
every AI feature as accurate as we can, but it can be wrong and is not legal advice —
always check the cited official text.