The Master Loan Facility
Overview
There are a lot of contracts where the lenders get into complex loan agreements with the customers where each drawdown may have its own unique attributes, such as interest rate, amortization term, repayment profile, payment frequency, and more. All these drawdowns may have some common terms and conditions because of which they can be signed and disbursed under a single loan facility that can be sanctioned to the borrower.
With the Oxygen release, lenders can achieve this by creating a Master Facility that enables them to have a parent-child relationship between two loans. The parent Master Facility loan can be created as an umbrella facility under which each disbursement can be booked as a separate child loan. Each child loan can have its own bills and every child loan that is repaid ultimately updates the balances on the parent Master Facility.
This means that lenders can book a Master Facility product that allows the inheritance of desired parameters from a parent Master Facility loan contract to a child loan contract, and record each drawdown in the facility as an individual loan.
The product type used to create a parent Master Facility loan contract is Master Facility, and the product type used to create a child loan contract is a Simple Loan or an F-AMZ Loan.
UI Enhancements
This section lists the user interface enhancements made in various releases.
Release | Serial No. | UI Enhancements | Additional Details |
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Oxygen | 1 | A new option called Master Facility Product Record Type is added to the New Lending Product window. | To be able to create a Master Facility, the Master Facility flag needs to be enabled in the Custom Settings > Enable Loan Features. Note: For more information, see Enable Loan Features section in the CL Loan Administration Guide. |
2 | A new list item called Master Facility is added to the Product Type list. | ||
3 | A new Record Type called the Master Facility is added in the New CL Contract window. | ||
4 | A new field called Master Facility is added on the Create Loan Contract page. | ||
Platinum | 1 | A new field called Consolidated Principal Remaining has been added to the CL Contract Detail of the parent Master Facility loan contract. | |
2 | A new menu called View Consolidated Amortization Schedule is added to Loan Quick Menu > Repayment Schedule. | ||
3 | The following are added to the Loan Transaction Statement page:
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4 | A new checkbox called the Generate Quote For Entire Facility is added to the Generate New Payoff Quote page. | This checkbox is visible only on the Master Facility type of loan contracts. |
Example of a Master Facility Usage
The following image gives us an overall view of an actual scenario in which a Master Facility is used:
Key Points
The Master Facility
A Master Facility constitutes creating a Master Facility type of product that can be used to create many combinations of parent and child loans.
In the CL Loan system, a parent loan is created as a Master Facility and its multiple child loans are created as either Simple Loans or F-AMZ based Loans.
Parent Master Facility Loan
A parent master facility loan can have unlimited child loans.
Note:For more information on how a parent master facility loan is implemented in the CL Loan system, see the Create a Parent Master Facility Loan Contract section.
A parent master facility loan cannot disburse any amount. A zero amount needs to be disbursed for the parent master facility loan to become Active.
Note:If you try to disburse a non-zero amount for a master facility loan, then the system displays an error message: "Disbursal Transaction Amount cannot be greater than 0 for Master Facility."
Lenders have the option to enable the master facility loan in the Org parameters.
Note:For more information on enabling the Master Facility loan in CL Loan, see the Enable Loan Features section in the CL Loan Administration Guide.
A parent master facility loan must have the following parameters enabled:
FIT
IPT
Note:Manual Loan Closure flag is enabled by default while creating a Master Facility lending product.
Principal Remaining on a parent master facility loan is always zero.
The loan balance can be positive based on whether capitalization is enabled or not.
A parent master facility loan's LAD is updated whenever there is a transaction on the child loan.
The LAD of the parent master facility loan is calculated as follows:
LAD on parent master facility loan = Max Of(parent master facility loan LAD, max LAD of Child Loans)
This means that the LAD on the parent master facility loan is the latest one among the parent master facility loan LAD and the LADs of all its child Loans.
LAD on the parent master facility loan does not change when IPT is posted.
A backdated transaction can be done only when there are no transactions, that changes the LAD (except IPT), after the intended backdated transaction date in all the child loans of the parent master facility loan.
Note:For more information on how the LAD affects the backdated transactions, see Example on Backdated Transactions
If a parent master facility loan is a revolving loan, then the part of the principal paid by the payment in a child loan is added to the unutilized balance of the parent master facility loan balance, and this also updates the LAD of the parent master facility loan. If the parent master facility loan is not revolving, then the payment on the child loan does not update the LAD of the parent master facility loan.
Note:The unutilized balance of the parent master facility loan balance is the Remaining Amount for Funding for a non-revolving loan and the Current Credit Limit for a revolving loan.
For more information on how payment in a revolving loan affects the balance on the master facility loan, see Example on Revolving Master Facility Loans.
When an LPT is waived, it does not change the balance on the parent master loan.
The LAD on the parent master facility loan changes whenever:
A child loan is disbursed.
Payment is made on the child loan of a revolving parent master facility loan.
A rate change is done on a parent loan.
A charge waiver is done on a parent loan.
An interest waiver is done on a parent loan.
You can waive interest, additional interest, and charge in a parent master facility loan.
Child Loan
A child loan can either be a simple loan or an F-AMZ loan.
Note:For more information on how a child loan is implemented in the CL Loan system, see the Create a Child Loan Contract section.
Multiple child loans can have the same parent master facility loan.
Once a child loan is disbursed, you cannot change the disbursed amount, and hence, principal adjustment is not possible in a Master Facility.
Multiple disbursements cannot be made in a child loan. This also means that the disbursement amount must be the same as the loan amount on the child loan.
For an IPT-enabled child loan, the backdated transaction can be made only when there are no IPTs for other child loans after the intended backdated transaction date.
A child loan can be closed manually as well as automatically.
Disbursal
A parent master facility loan contract cannot disburse a loan amount as it is used only to define parameters and track the loan amount when it is disbursed in the many child loans. Hence, a parent master facility loan always has a zero disbursement to be made. If you try to disburse an amount more than zero, the system displays the following error message: "Disbursal Transaction Amount cannot be greater than 0 for Master Facility."
A child loan inherits the properties selected in the parent master facility loan and disburses a loan.
The loan amount in a parent master facility loan is more than or equal to the sum of the loan amounts in all its child loans. If you try to disburse an amount more than the Loan Amount in a parent master facility loan, the system displays the following error message: "Master Loan does not have enough funds to make disbursal transaction."
The disbursal of a child loan changes the loan amount in the parent master facility loan.
With the help of a child loan, borrowers have the option to have properties such as a different repayment schedule. For example, a lender has an amount of $1000 to be lent.
This can be created as a parent master Loan. This loan amount is funded to different borrowers, and each borrower contract can have different parameters, such as a different repayment schedule. So a parent master loan M1 of $1000 is disbursed as a child loan C1 of $500 to Borrower 1 and C2 of $500 to Borrower 2.
Disbursal of a child loan updates the following parameters in a parent master facility loan:
Remaining Amount for Funding
Amount Funded
You can waive interest, additional interest, and charge in a child loan.
Bills
Bills on the parent master facility loan contain only the additional interest amount and the fees of the parent master facility loan because there is no EMI to be paid on a parent master facility loan. The bill can also include any interest accrued.
Payments
You can make payment both on the parent master facility loan and the child loan as long as the payment date is not before an LAD date or after the current system date.
Depending on whether the parent master facility loan is revolving or not, the repayment done on a child loan directly impacts the balances of the parent master facility loan. Such a payment affects the Current Credit Limit of the parent master facility loan if the parent loan is a revolving loan, whereas it affects the Remaining Amount for Funding if the parent loan is a non-revolving one.
When a payment is made in the child loan, the parent master facility loan contract's LAD and the Last Transaction Type are updated accordingly. The LAD on the parent master facility loan is the latest LAD among all the LADs of the parent master facility loan and their child loans.
Pre-Paid Fee
With the Oxygen release, the following two new fields have been added to the pre-paid fee:
Application Type: This consists of the following two values:
First Disbursement: This application type implies that the pre-paid fees can only be collected once during the first disbursal of the first child loan.
All Disbursement: This application type implies that the pre-paid fees can only be collected once during any disbursal of child loans.
Available Amount To Charge: The Available Amount To Charge in the contract pre-paid fees indicates the pre-paid fee amount available for collection on the child loan.
A pre-paid fee is defined in a parent master loan and is collected in a child loan. By default, it is created at the child loan-level with a zero amount.
A portion of the pre-paid fee can be collected at the disbursement of each child loan.
It can be collected at the disbursement of the first child or at all disbursements, but the priority is the first disbursement for the Oxygen release.
Pre-paid fees can be defined at the parent master facility loan with any of the Application Types (First Disbursement or All Disbursements).
Note:For the First Disbursement application type, Apply On Every Disbursal is not applicable.
At the time of disbursement, the pre-paid fee amount is populated in the child loan contract.
For more information on the behavior of pre-paid fees in a Master Facility loan, see the Behavior of Pre-Paid Fees in a Master Facility section.
Additional Interest Component
Additional interest components can be charged on the parent master facility loan and the child loan.
You can charge an additional interest component in a parent master facility loan on any of the following amounts:
Amount Not Funded
Available Amount For Funding
Credit Limit
Because the child loan does not have an unutilized balance, the additional interest in a child loan can be calculated on the Credit Limit.
For more information on the Additional Interest Component, see the Additional Interest section of this guide.
Capitalization
- Fees can be capitalized both on the parent master facility loan and the child loan.
Reversals
Reversal of a payment updates the following:
LAD of the parent and the child loans.
The unutilized balance of the parent master facility loan. The unutilized balance is the Current Credit Limit for a revolving parent master facility loan, and is the Remaining Amount For Funding for a non-revolving parent master facility loan.
Reversal of a disbursal in a child loan updates the Available Amount to Charge of the pre-paid fees in the parent master facility loan.
Note:For more information on how the Available Amount to Charge of the pre-paid fees works in a master facility, see Behavior of Pre-Paid Fees in a Master Facility.
You cannot reverse a transaction that was made before the LAD. This means that only the latest transaction among all the child loans of a parent loan can be reversed. This applies to the reversals of transactions such as the disbursal, payment, rate change, interest waiver, or the reschedule.
For example, say there are two child loans, Child Loan 1 and Child Loan 2, associated with a parent master loan. Let us assume that there was a payment made in Child Loan 1 on March 1 and a rescheduling done in Child Loan 2 on March 2. In this case, only the rescheduling in Child Loan 2 can be reversed. The payment made in Child Loan 1 cannot be reversed as it is not the latest transaction.
For more information on how the LAD affects a reversal in a Master Loan facility, see Example on Reversal of Payments.
Closure
A parent master facility loan cannot be closed unless all of its child loans are closed.
A parent master facility loan does not close automatically when its child loans close, it needs to be closed manually.
A closed child loan cannot be reversed once its parent loan is closed.
Reversals in a child loan cannot be done once the parent loan is closed.
Example: Backdated Transactions
Let us understand how the LAD of a child loan affects the backdated transactions on other child loans with the help of an example.
Master Facility
Let us assume that a Master Facility is created with the following details:
Master Facility | |
Loan Amount | $1,00,000 |
Child Loan 1 | |
Disbursed Amount | $10,000 |
Child Loan 2 | |
Disbursed Amount | $10,000 |
This results in the unutilized amount on the parent Master Facility loan to change as follows:
Untilized amount (Remaining Amount for Funding)= $1,00,000 - ($10,000 + $10,000) = $80,000.
Child Loans
Let's see the details of both the child loans.
Child Loans 1 and 2 | |
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Loan Amount | $10,000 |
Billing Frequency | Monthly |
Disbursal Date | March 1 |
Due Day | 1 |
Next Due Date | April 1 |
Interest Rate | 15% |
IPT Frequency | Monthly |
Bill Amount (April 1) | $902.58 |
IPT Amount (April 1) | $125 |
LAD
Let us see how the LAD changes on the parent Master Facility loan when payments are made.
System Date | Payment on Child Loan 1 | Payment on Child Loan2 | LAD Parent Loan | LAD Child Loan 1 | LAD Child Loan 2 | Last Transaction Type on Parent Loan |
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March 10 | $100 | March 10 | March 10 | Payment | ||
March 12 | $100 | March 12 | March 12 | Payment |
Scenarios
Now, let us look at how the CL Loan system behaves in the following scenarios.
Scenario | System Date | Action | Results | Reason |
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#1 | March 15 | Try to make a backdated payment of $100 on Child Loan 1 on March 11. | The system displays an error message. | There already exists a transaction that has changed the LAD on March 12. |
#2 | March 15 | Try to make a backdated payment of $100 on Child Loan 1 on March 14. |
| There are no transactions existing after March 14 that have changed the LAD. |
Example: Revolving Master Facility
Let us understand how the amount on a revolving master facility changes when payments are made with the help of an example.
Consider the parent master facility loan and the child loan details in the preceding Example on Backdated Transactions.
Assume that there are no payments made before the bill date of April 1.
Let us make a payment of $902.58 on April 1. This splits the payment amount into the principal and interest and changes the unutilized balance on the parent loan as follows:
Date | Payment | Principal | Interest | Unutilized Balance on Parent Loan |
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April 1 | $902.58 | $777.58 | $125 | $80,000 + $777.58 = $80,777.58 |
Example: Reversal of Payments
Let us understand the behavior of reversal in a master facility with the help of an example.
Consider the parent master facility and the child loan details in the preceding Example on Backdated Transactions.
Let us try to reverse the payment of $100 made on March 10 in Child Loan 1.
The reversal fails as the latest LAD between Child Loans 1 and 2 is March 12, and the last payment was made on March 12 in Child Loan 2 which is after the intended reversal date.