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No Loan Agreement Provided Before Disbursal

The lender disbursed your loan without providing you a copy of the loan agreement, or provided it only after the loan was credited to your account, or did not provide a Key Fact Statement (KFS) before disbursal.

Applies to: All banks and NBFCsRBI Fair Practices Code + RBI/2022-23/111 Key Fact Statement requirement

⚖️Your Rights Under RBI Regulations

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You have the right to receive a copy of the loan agreement before you sign or before disbursal.

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A Key Fact Statement must be provided before disbursal showing: interest rate (APR), total cost, EMI, processing fee, penal charges.

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If the loan agreement was not provided, any terms the bank claims were "agreed" are disputed.

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You can dispute any term in the agreement if you can show it was not communicated before signing.

💰 What You Can Recover

Disputed terms cannot be enforced if they were not communicated. You can also seek damages for deficiency of service.

⏱ Response Deadline

30 days for written complaint.

📋Step-by-Step — What to Do

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Write to the lender requesting a certified copy of the full loan agreement — they must provide it.

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If terms are different from what you were verbally told, raise a formal dispute.

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File with RBI Ombudsman if lender refuses to provide agreement or enforces undisclosed terms.

🏛 Where to Escalate If Bank Doesn't Respond

RBI Integrated Ombudsman — cms.rbi.org.in

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Governing RBI Circular
RBI Fair Practices Code + RBI/2022-23/111 Key Fact Statement requirement
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