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1. Applicants if required must be in attendance at the Loan Committee Meeting at which their applications are considered.
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2. The limits of a Medium Term Loan are as follow:
a) Member who has salary check-off arrangement or at least one surety, may borrow an amount not exceeding six times the borrower's monthly income plus the total paid-up Share Capital or $50,000 whichever is less; or
b) Member who has no salary check-off arrangement and no surety, may borrow an amount not exceeding four times the borrower's monthly income plus the total paid-up Share Capital or $30,000 whichever is less.
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3. Loans shall ordinarily be repayable in not more than 60 monthly instalments commencing from the month the loan is granted. The Committee may in exceptional cases approve a longer repayment period depending on the amount borrowed.
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4. No refund on loan deduction shall be given to a borrower who has his old loan balance offset by the new loan granted. The money due to him shall be credited to the new loan and adjustments in deductions made subsequently.
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5. This loan can be granted upon the borrower paying an in-house Loan Admin Fee.
In the case of total and permanent disability, the next of kin is not required to settle his or her outstanding dues. Total and permanent disability must be medically certified.
Total and Permanent Disability shall mean that the disability must be total and permanent and that there is neither at the point of commencement of the disability nor at any time thereafter any work, occupation or profession that the insured person can ever sufficiently do or follow to earn or obtain any wages, compensation or profit. The total and irrecoverable loss of sight of both eyes, or loss by severance of two or more limbs at or above the wrists or ankles, or the total and irrecoverable loss of one eye together with loss by severance of one limb above the wrist or ankle shall be considered as total and permanent disability. The decision to write-off such default lies with the Committee of Management.
In the case of death, the next of kin is not required to settle his or her outstanding dues.
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6. Should a member cancel/withdraw his loan application after it has been processed and approved, an administrative fee not exceeding $50 shall be imposed on the applicant.
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7. In case of a loan quantum of $10,000 or more, the borrower is required to provide a credit report from the Credit Bureau. The Society will ascertain the credit rating from the Credit Bureau to assess borrower's eligibility.
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8. Documentary evidence is required for Educational, Medical or Renovation loan.
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9. By providing the information set out in this agreement, I agree and consent to The Singapore Teachers’ Co-operative Society Ltd (STCS) as well as their respective duly authorised representatives and agents (collectively, “Representatives”) collecting, using, disclosing and sharing amongst themselves from time to time my personal data provided above as well as in the records of STCS (if any), and disclosing such personal data to STCS’s duly authorised service providers and/or relevant third parties for purposes reasonably required by STCS and/or its Representatives (as the case may be) to provide me with the products and/or services that I am requesting for. Such purposes are set out in the Data Protection Policy, which is available at https://jacobian.web.id/teac or on request, and which I confirm I have read and understood.
