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First Plus Loan - direct debit cancelled by bank - first plus account closed

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Annieflame
Annieflame Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 8 May 2016 at 2:21PM in Loans
Hi
I've recently received a letter from my bank saying my payment was returned and my direct debit to FIRST PLUS was cancelled as the bank account had been closed. I've tried to search for contact details but have had no luck. Any ideas? Advice of how to contact them? I don't want to fall behind in my payments as its a secured loan. Also any advice how of other loans I could try to take out to pay off this secured loan as first plus no longer exists.

Thanks

Anne

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  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
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    Is it your bank account which is closed or FirstPlus?

    Could you have repaid the loan?

    They were owned by Barclays.
    I think they sold on some of the loans to Elderbridge - perhaps look for contact information from them?
  • cadasaj
    cadasaj Posts: 110 Forumite
    Annieflame wrote: »
    Hi
    I've recently received a letter from my bank saying my payment was returned and my direct debit to FIRST PLUS was cancelled as the bank account had been closed. I've tried to search for contact details but have had no luck. Any ideas? Advice of how to contact them? I don't want to fall behind in my payments as its a secured loan. Also any advice how of other loans I could try to take out to pay off this secured loan as first plus no longer exists.

    Thanks

    Anne

    First plus were taken over by Elderbridge Loans earlier this year. You should have received a letter informing you of the new details.
    Emergency Fund £1000/£1000
  • Dobbibill
    Dobbibill Posts: 4,193 Ambassador
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    A quick google search for 'Elderbridge First Plus' gives several results
    https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=elderbridge%20first%20plus

    the first being the Elderbridge site - when you enter the site it has a pop up box asking if you had a first plus loan and received a letter...options being 'yes', 'no' or 'unsure'.
    That may be a good start for your enquires.
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