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How to Initiate a Limit Review in ELCM

Through an automated alert system in ELCM the limits are put up for review. Credit users can initiate this task from the ‘Limit Review Initiation’ screen by clicking on the respective link. Once the limit is under review, credit officers can select one of the following decisions like Status Quo, Renew, Freeze or Terminate. The Credit Officer can also update remarks, revalue collateral and add additional information in this stage. Click the Free Your Limit Review to know more.

What is a Limit Review?

What Happens When You Go Over Your Credit Limit?

A limit review is an activity where the credit officer reviews the limit performance of a customer like their linked accounts, collaterals, customer characteristics etc. and decides on a limit status like Status Quo, Renew, Freeze or Terminate. The review also involves activities like facility migration, credit rating migration, exposure analysis and external credit rating.

The process is initiated either through an automated alert mechanism available in ELCM or by manually invoking the limit review screen through ‘Credit Desktop’. Once the limit review is initiated the system updates the relevant details in the ‘Limit Review Initiation’ screen. This screen displays the list of limits that require a review along with their details like limit type, base date and expiry date. The list can be further narrowed down to a specific facility or line of credit by selecting the respective options.

At this stage you can select the ‘Additional Information’ option to generate a letter asking for additional information from the customer. Similarly, you can click ‘Additional Collateral’ to send the customer a request for depositing more collateral or ‘Limit Freeze’ to block the limit temporarily. You can also select the ‘Remarks History’ option to view the remarks that were updated in previous stages. You can then proceed to the ‘Limit Revision’ page to update the decision of the credit user. This decision is then sent to the approver who can either ‘Approve’ or ‘Reject’ the task.

Why Should I Have a Limit Review?

When a limit review is initiated the officers can decide to freeze, renew or terminate the limit facility. The decision made depends on the officer’s view of the limit performance, the covenant breach or other irregularities like frequent excess utilization so on. In such cases the officer may choose to freeze the limit for external review and/or request collateral from the credit user. The credit user can also select to not accept the freeze of the limit.

How Can I Have a Limit Review?

The limit review process can be initiated in three ways. One way is through an automated alert system available in ELCM. Another way is through the ‘Limits for review’ page in the dashboard. Another way is by launching the initiation screen through BPEL and BPMN models. At each stage, the corresponding tasks need to be executed and web services called in order to complete the transaction.

At ‘Limits for review’, the credit officer reviews the limit performance based on details like linked accounts, collaterals, customer characteristics and utilization trends and other relevant information. This includes a comparison of the current limit with previous limits. If satisfied with the existing limit arrangement, the officer can select a decision option such as Status Quo, Renew, Freeze or Terminate.

The credit officer also revalues collateral details submitted by the customer and conducts exposure analysis. He/she can also upload additional information, including documents and external rating, for this specific limit. The list of ‘checklist items’ updated based on the maintenances in Documents and Facility sub screens are displayed on the ‘Limits for review’ screen. Refer to ‘Processing Limit Review’ in Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management user manual for more details on the limit review process.

What Should I Do if I Have a Limit Review?

The system displays limit review alerts in the ‘Alerts’ section of the dashboard based on the limit review rule maintained in ELCM. If you select the ‘Review’ button on an alert the system initiates a limit review task from the ‘Limit Review Initiation’ screen. Click ‘Freeze’ to freeze the limit facility (similar to a credit block). Click ‘Renew’ to renew the limit if it is about to expire. Click ‘Terminate’ to cancel the limit facility if you have reason to believe there are covenant breaches or irregularities like frequent excess utilization etc. Refer ‘Limit Review Initiation’ and ‘Collateral and Covenant Maintenance’ screens in ‘Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management’ user manual for details on the limit review work flow.

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