Ethical ways to recover loans
Recovering loans ethically is one of the toughest challenges Nigerian lenders face. Contrary to common assumptions, the biggest obstacle isn’t funding, technology, or regulation, it’s the alarming reality that many Nigerians simply don’t pay back their loans. While financial hardship plays a part, a significant number of borrowers are willfully reluctant to repay. This article explores ethical, effective strategies lenders can use to recover loans without resorting to harassment or illegal practices.
Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist
As digital lending surges in Nigeria, fraud has quietly become one of the industry’s biggest threats, with coordinated identity theft and serial loan defaulters overwhelming individual lenders who battle in isolation. The danger isn’t unique. Kenya offers a stark warning, with an estimated 3.2 million people blacklisted on the country’s TransUnion credit bureau. Without a unified industry blacklist to identify and curb repeat offenders, Nigerian lenders risk following the same path, continually staying several steps behind increasingly sophisticated fraudsters.
