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  • Smartlady0191
    Smartlady0191 Posts: 1 Newbie
    My IVA was completed in March 2015 but I still receive letters from some of my creditors with figure outstanding statements. Should I still receive these?
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,454 Forumite
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    I think the answer's no, but thanks for reminding me of a very old thread!
  • bestfootie
    bestfootie Posts: 115 Forumite
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    Hi

    Urgent reply much appreciated here.

    I have a friend who has spoken in confidence to a debt relief charity. He has a strategy and clear structure of what he will do.

    My friend tells me he has circa £3k in overdraft (at the limit of his overdraft). Before writing to his creditors as the first step, should he make a money transfer to clear the overdraft or a money transfer to clear the overdraft + a sum of money to put the bank account in credit?

    The reason he asks is that once he is in discussions with credit card companies re paying back debts to them, he assumes they'll freeze the credit cards and he will not be able to spend on them any further. At least if he makes the money transfer he can just spend on essentials from his bank account?

    Thoughts please so I can advise!

    Thanks

    K
  • Minkym00
    Minkym00 Posts: 770 Forumite
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    Is he planning to go bankrupt? If so there’s not much point putting money in his bank account as it will be closed by his bank as a bankrupt isn’t allowed to have an account with a credit facility.
  • mwarby
    mwarby Posts: 2,048 Forumite
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    bestfootie wrote: »
    Hi

    Urgent reply much appreciated here.

    I have a friend who has spoken in confidence to a debt relief charity. He has a strategy and clear structure of what he will do.

    My friend tells me he has circa £3k in overdraft (at the limit of his overdraft). Before writing to his creditors as the first step, should he make a money transfer to clear the overdraft or a money transfer to clear the overdraft + a sum of money to put the bank account in credit?

    The reason he asks is that once he is in discussions with credit card companies re paying back debts to them, he assumes they'll freeze the credit cards and he will not be able to spend on them any further. At least if he makes the money transfer he can just spend on essentials from his bank account?

    Thoughts please so I can advise!

    Thanks

    K

    There maybe an issue in that essentially he won't be treating the creditors equally, as the overdraft will be repaid in full, at the expense of the credit card company

    The more normal approach would be
    - open a new bank account with someone he doesn't owe money too (or in same banking group)
    - move income to new account
    - then start on debt solution

    he should avoid taking out any more credit if hes not able to repay it , as this is very much frowned upon in formal insolvency
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,454 Forumite
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    There are still problems with this article. For starters:

    1. It's not made clear enough that these are the England/Wales options
    2. The format 'debts greater than' infers minimum llmits on these strategies, whereas there are none.
    3. A DMP is not 'the only one that does not go through the courts'; neither bankruptcy (in debtor petition cases) nor DROs involve the courts.
    4. AOs are so rarely used it seems strange to give them prominence against 'full & final settlement' or unenforceability strategies.
    5. It infers one £1000 asset limit for DROs. There are two - one for a vehicle, one for all other assets.
    6. To suggest a minimum 'fee' of 5k for an IVA is just wrong. It also seems unfair to provide a link to just one IP.
    7. Only one definition of insolvency is provided in the bankruptcy section (there are two) and it doesn't make it clear that DROs and IVAs are also 'forms of insolvency' and appear on the public register.
  • TheGardener
    TheGardener Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    Given the thread is over 5 years old - maybe its time it was taken down or re-written?
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,454 Forumite
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    TheGardener wrote: »
    Given the thread is over 5 years old - maybe its time it was taken down or re-written?

    The article says it was updated last month!!!
  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 28,834 Ambassador
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    fatbelly wrote: »
    The article says it was updated last month!!!


    Will make enquires about this.
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  • Dimi
    Dimi Posts: 1 Newbie
    I am doing some research on debt consolidation vs debt settlement. While both aim at debt relief the two strategies are different.
    Debt settlement is negotiating with creditors to settle a debt for less than what's owed whereas debt consolidation is combining debts from several creditors, then take out a single loan to pay them all, hopefully at a reduced interest rate and lower monthly payment.
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