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Bayanihan Act FAQs Bayanihan Act FAQs

About First Circle

How First Circle Works

What is First Circle?
What are the qualifications to get a loan from First Circle?
How long should a business be existing to be eligible for financing?
Do you finance retail entities (e.g. sari-sari stores)?

How First Circle Finances Businesses

How do I apply?
What type of loan are you offering?

Other FAQs

Do you offer personal loans?
Do you offer loans to individuals who want to start a business?
What is your operating schedule?
Where is your office located?
How can we contact you?
Is First Circle legitimate? (Company Registration)

Creating an Account

Eligibility

Am I qualified for financing?
What is First Circle's current serviceable areas?
Which construction sub-industries are qualified to apply for a business loan?
Am I still eligible for financing even if my customers are based overseas?

Requirements

What are the requirements?
What documents are accepted as future revenue documents?
Where do I submit my requirements?
Can I submit my requirements in hard copy?
What is Summary Alphalist of Witholding Tax (SAWT) and how can I use it in my loan application?
What is a valid Summary Alphalist of Witholding Tax (SAWT)?

Verification

How is an account verified?
How long does it take to get my application approved?
How can I know the application status of my account?

Document Templates

Document Templates for Secretary Certificate, Managing Partners Certificate and Sole Proprietor Owners Affidavit

Project Finder

General

What is a Project Finder?
How to access Project Finder?
How to use the Project Finder?
I am interested to bid for a project, what's the next step for me?
I found a project that I am interested in before but I can no longer find it again. What happened to the project?

PhilGeps Registration

What is PhilGeps?
How to be a member in PhilGeps?
What are the benefits of PhilGeps?
How do I contact PhilGeps?
Can you register in PhilGeps via First Circle?

Revolving Credit Line

Revolving Credit Line

What is a Revolving Credit Line?
How is my total Revolving Credit Line amount determined?
How can I use my Revolving Credit Line?
Can I request for a credit line increase?
Why is my credit line locked?
My 12 months term with my Revolving Credit Line is over, how can I renew it?

Interest Rate, Terms, Transaction Fees

How much is your interest rate?
How do you determine the interest rates?
Is it possible to minimize interest fees?
What is the term for a loan?
How much is the convenience fee?
How do I sign my Subscription Fee Contract?

Loan Requests and Acceptance

How can I drawdown funds from my First Circle account?
How do I sign the loan contract?
What should I do after signing my loan agreement?
Can I still change my loan details after I sent out a drawdown request?

Cheque Issuance & Pick-up

What do I write on the cheque?
What are the accepted cheques?
How to upload a cheque?
My cheque is already available for pick-up, what do I need to do?
Do you have a cut-off for cheque collection?
Do I have to pay for a courier fee for the cheque pick up?

Fund Disbursement

How can I receive my funds?
How long would it take to receive my funds?
How to know the status of my disbursement?

Repayment

Can I pay off my financing earlier than the due date?
How can I reschedule?
Can I pay off a rescheduled loan earlier than the rescheduled date?
Can I reschedule on the repayment date?
What happens when I fail to reschedule?
How to settle late payments?

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Other FAQs

What's First Circle's TIN ID?
How can I track my existing loans?
Can I apply for a new loan even if I have existing loans?
Do I need to have a checking account?
How can I avail of the Best Price Guarantee?

Growth Partners Program

General

What is Growth Partners Program?
How can we become a growth partner?
What are the benefits of becoming a Growth Partner?

Managing Your Account

Account Settings

How do I keep my account updated?
Why can't I log in to my account?
How do I reset my password?
How to change my user log-in email address?
How to retrieve my forgotten email address?

Refer a Business

General

How do referrals work?
How do I refer?
How will I know the status of my referral?

Incentive

How much is the incentive?
Do I get an incentive for each referral?
Do I still get a referral incentive if I refer the business of my spouse/family member?

Bayanihan Act FAQs

Bayanihan 1 FAQs

How does Section 4 (aa) of the Republic Act No. 11469, otherwise known as the Bayanihan toHeal as One Act (the “Bayanihan Act”), affect my loans with First Circle?
Which loans are qualified for the Payment Extension?
How does the Payment Extension work at First Circle?
How do I avail myself of the Payment Extension?
Are you allowed to charge interest during the Payment Extension?
Is the Payment Extension interest-free?

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Bayanihan 2 FAQs

How does Section 4 (uu) of the Republic Act No. 11494, otherwise known as the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (“Bayanihan 2”), affect my loans with First Circle?
Is my loan qualified for the Grace Period?
How does the Grace Period work?
When does the Grace Period start?
What do I do to use the Grace Period?
I have more than one loan that satisfies the 1-2-3 requirements for the Grace Period. Which loan gets the Grace Period?

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