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VINOD VERMA (C E O)     14 April 2014

Credit card

of late i had entered into a settlement for the dues of my relative, outstanding with HDFC Credit card, despite having the offer after waiver to pay a sum of Rs35,500.00, in  6-8 installments,I did pay upfront Rs. 8500.00, another Rs. 13,500.00 in End Nov. 2013, but some how I could not pay back the last installment of Rs. 13,500.00, that was due in December 2013. There was pacuity of funds as my tenets vacated the premises, welll before the expiry of the lease rental deed. Around 15 March, I was some how able to manage the amount of Rs. 13,500.00 and approached the HDFC Credit Card officers at different levels to revive the earlier setytlement, but they gave a deaf ear to the same.

Meanwhil;e, my relative who was in opened a new account with HDFC Bank, at Model town, Jalandhar, and bank did put the entire amount ofg Rs. 18,000.00 deposited on hold and after 15 days transferred the entire amount to the credit card account. Can they do this unilaterally? When the pending settlement was merely Rs. 13,500.00.

Furthermore, when I wrote tyo them to square up the credit card dues from the amount so appropriated and refund the amount of Rs. 4,500.00 in the newly opened Saving Account, I got call;s from, Ludhiana and Chandigarh staff looking into the Credit Card settlements asking me to shell out another sum of Rs. 20,000.00

are they in any way justified in demanding a high amount of Rs. 20,000.00 + Rs. 4,500.00 to settle a pendfing default of merely Rs. 13,500.00.

 

Someone, please guide me how to deal with this situation to come out successfully, as I do not want to surrender to the un ethical, inflated demand on the part of the HDFC Credit Card. More over even as per RBI guidlines on one time settlements, amount goes NPA, after 3 months and the matter is some more than an year old.

I do not want to keep the HDFC Bank, CreditCard money for even a day, as per their waiver granted earlier.

 

awaiting sincere guidance 



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 4 Replies

Biswanath Roy (Advocate)     14 April 2014

In the matter of Credit Card debts and payments to clear such debts there are number of Notifications issued by the Reserve Bank of India. Hence, without knowing the entirety of the facts proper advice cannot be given.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     14 April 2014

Giving any amount of excuses for default in payment will fall on the deaf ears of the private banks.  They will keep adding penal interests from the day one of the default and any amount paid in the interim will first be adjusted towards interest alone, you may consult a lawyer and issue the bankers with a lawyer's notice demanding the statement of account as well as the refund of excess deduction.

Kumar Doab (FIN)     14 April 2014

Record all calls. The CC companies prefer to transact everything by phone and you never know who is calling and caller shall stay with CC company or not!

Prefer written communications by redg. Post or at least by email.

The settlement as per conditions of settlement (if at all T&C were properly stated in OTS) may be referred to.

Apparently due to non payment the OTS was cancelled and entire outstanding was raised again and sky high charges e.g. finance charges, late payment, interest etc was levied on original outstanding.

Are you getting any statements or demands are made by phone only?

The chances of acceptance balance payment as per OTS seem to be remote.

Approach a lawyer in person!

 

  

 

 

Biswanath Roy (Advocate)     14 April 2014

In the Bombay High Court I am combating against a Private Bank against credit card debts and lien over the property. Hence, if you give me details of your problem I may be of little help to you.

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