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#207965 - 07/06/04 05:52 PM Reporting Guarantors
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Our bank has always reported personal guarantors of a corporate loan under the guarantor's personal credit record. Now, we've had a couple of customers complain that they went to purchase a new vehicle, and it shows that they have $3 million in loans. Where can I check to see if we are required to report this way or not?

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#207966 - 07/06/04 06:43 PM Re: Reporting Guarantors
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You are not required to report this way. These are contingent liabilities, not direct liabilities, and generally only are carried on a personal financial statement, not on a credit bureau report. I have never worked at a bank that reported the guarantors of its commercial loans to bureaus (I have worked at banks with assets from $2Bn to the very largest.)
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#207967 - 07/13/04 01:32 PM Re: Reporting Guarantors
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Is this just a generally accepted bank practice or does Reg B or V cover this?

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#207968 - 07/13/04 02:09 PM Re: Reporting Guarantors
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I don't believe I have ever seen hard and fast rules on this. Reporting to bureaus is not a required/regulated issue except that what is reported is correct.

Often contingent liabilities such as this are not reported as often commercial debt is not reported. If you saw it on a report, it should prompt questions to the applicant. This is not indifferent to a doctor's financial statement. There is usually a question about being subject to a suit and the answer is often "yes" because doctors are sued all the time and they can go on for a very long time. The question prompts other questions and shouldn't be a deal breaker.
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