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Talibanisation of Indian private banks
Around 70 per cent credit card holders with Indian private banks never pay their debts. So, these banks hire miscreants who take extreme steps involving harassment and even assault to recover their debts from customers.
’CREDIT CARD casualties...’, screams the headline of a leading daily newspaper. As per the report, an MNC executive was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and robbed of Rs 1 lakh ($2100) by recovery agents of HDFC Bank. The incident happened on October 8, but no action has been taken so far. A few weeks earlier, complaints against the HSBC perpetrators were also lodged, but no arrest has been made in that case. The soft approach adopted by investigating agencies has emboldened these banks to take law in their hands and act with utmost impunity.

These banks charge up to 60 per cent interest per annum and levy various hidden and unexplained charges. They justify these hefty charges citing the unrecoverable loans. As per their own admissions more than 70 per cent Indian credit card holders never pay their debts to the banks. So, they target remaining unfortunate customers, fallen somehow under debt trap to squeeze and extract as much as they could by hook or by crook, who are in significant numbers. If anyone is unable to conform to a bank’s deadline, s/he is subjected to brutal treatment. This is nothing sort of ’Talibanisation of Indian private banks’.

American and European financial meltdown could have been averted if they had outsourced all their banking services from India. Like their Western counterpart, Indian private banks also have thousands of collection executives working in shifts. However, these executives modulate their voice as the local miscreants speak. They are well-trained to apprehend customers, but unlike the West, Indian private and MNC banks like HSBC, ICICI, HDFC, hire recovery agents who are criminals and known thugs. Had the Western countries allowed these thugs to rob, assault and kidnap customers to recover loans, they would have succumbed to the pressure and paid by any means or would have committed suicide, but they chose financial meltdown over barbaric banking, which shows that rules laid down by respective governments actually work in these countries.

In India, anybody with a bagful of money can do anything and get away with ease. They just don’t bother about ethics, law and civility. Journalists, lawyers, police personnel and politicians are least likely to get credit cards of any private banks issued in their names. There has been leniency in recent years and the court even asked these banks to clarify the reasons for denying these services to anyone. Thus, this is not anymore a prerogative of a bank to take any whimsical and discriminatory decision.

The primary reason for keeping persons belonging to these professions out is that the bank would not be able to unleash its brute force against them as they do with thousands of hapless customers. The way these banks conduct their business is predatory and cruel. Banks are fully aware about the means adopted by their recovery agency, yet they would feign ignorance and innocence blaming the agency for these unlawful activities. There is easy money to be made by thugs and goons under the protective legal umbrella provided by the bank.

Now, dreaded criminals are also roaming around posing as recovery agents. They can barge into anyone’s house, beat the person and loot whatever they can lay their hands on. Due to certain social stigma attached with non-payment of any form of credit or loan, victims remain quiet and submit themselves before the brutality without uttering a word.

The dreaded bikers gang, which had killed many innocent persons was residing in an outskirt Delhi village posing as recovery agents. There are certain Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines regarding credit recovery, but banks care least about these. They keep their papers as per the guidelines and outsource these services to some agency. This is akin to giving ’supari’ (bribe) to some underworld don to eliminate somebody. There has been so much hue and cry over this barbaric banking for many years, but these bankers who are seen lecturing government about all and sundry subjects, are not bothered a bit about these shameful practices adopted by them.

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.Private banks heavily bribe Banking ministry officials at the highest levels as well as the Police and judiciary at the lower levels. Politicians grant them licence only after suitable bribes. You cannot fight such financial clout.
.dear sir, i had taken a loan from HSBC bank in dubai and after one year i lost the job in dubai and came back to india. for one year i was paying 50% premimum from india and again i had lost the job. now i am enable to pay back to the bank. what should i do to avoid. i heard that their is no agreement between dubai and indian government against such defaulters. kindly advice what is the exact steps i need to follow. thanks and regards. naveen
.A total truth and only truth. Very analytical & detailed article about the so called MNC banks and their mafia. Whole system is hand in glove just to loot money whether they are politicians, bureaucrats, industrialists,businessmen, adultrators, land mafia, human smugglers, criminals.......the list is endless. Everybody just wnt to loot the nation.
.The dangers cancer cards of India. It is better to call the credit cards as cancer card of the nation Take for the example, The CANCER cards of India ( Credit card) . The simple interest rate is 39% 46% PA. The street goons interest is less than 36% PA. That too with out late fess, service charges, hidden costs etc. If you include the service charge and annual fee, late, fee once in a year, the interest rate is very close to 50% to 55 percent. Naturally, out of 100 people, 15 to 20 percent card members fail to pay and become defaulters and want to create a situation like USA? The risk is deliberately created by private banks and foreign banks to justify the high rate of interest. All banks admitted that the risk factor is near about 2 to 3 percent in USA Were as in India or at any developing countries the risk factor may be 4 to 6 percent . if we believe the Credit card issuing banks arguments. The figures may be right. But, It is very difficult to understand the logic. Just for 2 percent extra risk 200 percent extra interest rate?. It may be true that two percent risk factor is high in India Just for two percent risk 200 percent high interest? USA Credit card interest rate may be 12 to 15 percent PA with out goons. It is clear path for exploitation in the name service, investment etc. Recently, The many private banks applied against the consumer court judgment related to interest rate etc. The bankers claims that the customers agreed and signed. Is any other part of the world the credit cards issued with out taking any signature of the card holder ? As there are many points to rise, the list is endless. It is surprised to note , why Government and concern authorities are extremely silent ? There must be some reason for the inaction and for the smooth operation of exploitation!! Who all are the gainers out of the exploitation behind the screen? The silent and inaction is the proof, that some benefits is passed on by banks to Exploit people of India in the name of free market and investment. In practical, it is basically allowed for free to loot, and free to exploit. It is a passion of many foreign and private banks to hire goons for recovery. The bankers officially termed them as recovery agents. It is surprised to note the banks appointed recovery agent .Is the banks do not aware that India have judiciary systems? Is the bankers feel the law of the nation is useless and weak? Or the bankers feel that they are above the law of our nation? The surprise element of the government role was silent. why concern authority not questioned about the recovery agents of Bank? What is massage to the world and to people of India please? Few valuable lives too lost due to the harassment of goons. If, concern authorities and finance related department is not aware and unable to manage the private bankers. The Government must allow people to appoint recovery agents to collect the excessive charges from the bank. If bank have the right to appoint recovery agents, why people of India don��t have the same right? The Govt must allow or introduce a law to form a recovery agency from the bank for excessive charges . The law should be equal to every one. The foreign and private banks have no respect or least cared the law of our nation. The concern authority only needs some good dinner party at good star hotels. The people��s grievances are pushed back.. The govt may at least apply a strong regulation to stop the exploitation.. Free market does not mean exploitation. FREE TO LOOT!!! The best thing is to do just boycott the services of exploiters. If there is no customer to sign for the bank service then there is no exploitation. They will come down. if they want to do business with people of India. As, they are not doing business only with so called VVIPS. The farmers fail to pay the loan amount, the Govt jumped with a package of 60000 thousand core. It is good. But, want about EMI payer��s and Credit card holders interest? If, the credit card interest rate between 18 to 22 percent is justified. We don��t believe in charity too . We want justice only! The interesting part is of the EMI payers and credit card members put together, it is near about 36 million to 40 million members , they are very effective voters too. Plus the family members of EMI payers and credit card holder are not less than 80 million to 100 million. If , any political part wish to rise the issue for political gain. They may be getting near about 4 to 5 percent vote. If they come to power , the situation may be worst than Singur. Before election let the political parties decide is they want the exploiting banks or people of India . The 4 to 5 percent vote , for coming election with out any extra efforts. Is any one there to take the issue please. Jai- Hind.
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