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[AB @abhi104]

🧵 1/20 India’s silent digital PayDay loan crisis is trapping middle-class families in a cycle of debt, fear, and harassment.

This thread is NOT about avoiding repayment.

It’s about my experience and why stronger consumer protection is urgently needed.

Please read & repost.

#DebtTrap #DigitalLending #rbi #paydayloan

[AB @abhi104]

@hoshiyarsiy4 I would say don't worry , every problem has solution will reach to conclusion for these payday loan. First rule stop taking any new. How to handle pressure connect with me will let you know. I am dealing with these people extensively now.

[AB @abhi104]

🧵 1/20 India’s silent digital PayDay loan crisis is trapping middle-class families in a cycle of debt, fear, and harassment.

This thread is NOT about avoiding repayment.

It’s about my experience and why stronger consumer protection is urgently needed.

Please read & repost.

#DebtTrap #DigitalLending #rbi #paydayloan

[AB @abhi104]

@RBI @GovtOfIndia_ @nsitharaman @PiyushGoyal @aajtak

[AB @abhi104]

19/20

Imagine this.

A salaried employee doesn’t spend their salary on luxury.

They spend it repaying loans.

Then they borrow again just to pay rent, buy groceries, pay school fees, or meet basic household expenses.

[AB @abhi104]

18/20 This isn’t just my story.

It’s a reminder that digital payday lending should help people overcome temporary financial hardship—not create a cycle where one loan becomes ten.

[AB @abhi104]

17/20

The biggest cost of this debt trap isn’t just financial.

It’s the anxiety before every phone call.

The fear of checking WhatsApp.

The embarrassment of opening your email at work.

The sleepless nights wondering which lender will contact you next.

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16/20

If you’ve experienced something similar, share your story below.

Let’s create awareness backed by facts and evidence—not abuse.

Please repost so policymakers Payday loan, lenders, regulators, journalists, and borrowers can join the conversation.

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15/20

India needs digital paydayloan credit.

Millions benefit from it.

But responsible lending must be matched by responsible recovery.

Financial inclusion should never become emotional trauma.

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14/20

Over the coming days I’ll share emails, screenshots, call logs, and my personal experience.

Not to avoid repayment.

But to encourage accountability and improvements in digital lending

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13/20

To Payday Loan lenders:

A customer facing hardship today can still become a loyal customer tomorrow.

Recovery should recover money.

It should never destroy dignity.

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12/20

Many borrowers online have discussed experiences involving:

• Continuous calls

• Numerous messages

• Workplace contact

• Privacy concerns

• Intimidating communication

Every complaint deserves fair investigation.

[AB @abhi104]

11/20

My request to every lender:

✔ Treat borrowers with dignity

✔ Consider restructuring where appropriate

✔ Respect privacy

✔ Avoid intimidation

✔ Follow applicable laws and RBI directions

Responsible recovery builds trust.

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10/20

I respectfully ask the @GovtOfIndia_ and @RBI :

If digital lending is meant to promote financial inclusion, why are so many middle-class families trapped in a cycle where they repay one loan by taking two more?

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9/20

I have preserved emails, messages, and call records relating to my experience.

I’ll share some of them in future posts so people can understand what many borrowers say they go through.

Facts matter.

Evidence matters.

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8/20

The hardest part wasn’t the money.

It was the fear.

Fear of losing my reputation.

Fear of my family being disturbed.

Fear that my workplace could be contacted.

No salaried employee should have to live like this.

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7/20

Then came the recovery pressure.

In my experience, I received repeated calls, WhatsApp messages, emails, and intimidating communication—even after I informed lenders that I intended to repay.

The financial pressure became emotional pressure.

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6/20

People often ask,

“Why don’t borrowers just pay?”

Many genuinely want to.

But once multiple short-term loans overlap, the math simply stops working.

You aren’t escaping debt.

You’re financing yesterday’s debt with tomorrow’s salary.

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5/20

That became my reality.

I was paying one lender while borrowing from one or two others just to survive until the next salary.

I wasn’t refusing to repay.

I was trapped in a cycle that became harder every month.

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4/20

Next month…

Loan B is repaid using Loan C.

Loan C is repaid using Loan D.

Then another.

And another.

Every month you keep paying.

Yet your total debt keeps increasing.

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3/20

Here’s how the payday loan debt trap begins.

Take Loan A.

Salary comes.

Most of it goes toward repayment.

Now there’s not enough left for rent, groceries, school fees, medical bills, or household expenses.

So you take Loan B.

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2/20

Like many salaried employees, I took digital loans during financial difficulty.

I never imagined one loan would become many.

Not because I wanted more money…

But because I was trying to survive.