Platinum Loan

• Borrow between £8,000 – £25,000, up to 5 times your savings
• Enjoy our lowest interest rate of 4.75% p.a. (4.9% APR)
• Maximum loan term 7 years
• 5 or more years’ Royal Mail service or Penny Post membership required
• Affordable repayments tailored to suit your budget
• 20% of the loan value must be kept in Regular Savings Account as security & cannot be withdrawn
• Quick & easy online application – apply in minutes with Nivo or login to Online Banking & complete the application form

Please Note : If applying to Top Up your existing Platinum Loan, please apply for the amount you are topping up by, when completing the Nivo application. If approved, this amount will be the extra amount you receive.

• No application fees or hidden charges
• No penalties for early repayments, & you’ll save interest too
• Affordable loan repayments straight from your pay if a Royal Mail Group employee, or alternatively by standing order
• Convenient weekly or monthly repayment, tailored to suit your budget
• Savings continue to attract dividend payments* whilst repaying your loan
• Awarded a Fairbanking Mark in 2019, like all Penny Post personal loans, & held the Mark until 31.10.21 when the Fairbanking Mark accreditation scheme ceased operating

*Dividend dependent on company performance and agreed by Board and members at the AGM.

• Members must keep 20% of the loan value in their savings account as security. This amount cannot be withdrawn until the outstanding loan balance is less than the amount held in the Regular Shares account.
• If savings in a Prime, Plus or other account count towards security, they must be transferred to a Regular Shares account before the loan is issued.
• After repaying 25% of the original loan value for loans above £10,000 or 10% of the original loan value for loans under £10,000, members can apply to top up the loan. Lump sum repayments do not count towards the 10% or 25%.
• Members may apply for a Rapid Loan in addition to a Platinum Loan, but no other loans are allowed at the same time.
• Paying ‘lump sums’ into a savings account to qualify for a Platinum Loan is not permitted. Instead regular weekly or monthly savings are required. However, transferring regular savings from another savings account may be considered, on an individual basis.
• The Platinum Loan is not available to members who are bankrupt or have an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) that shows on their credit report.
• Other terms and conditions may apply.

With your consent, we use Open Banking to review your income and expenditure, speeding up the assessment process and saving you time. Open Banking is safe and secure, quick and easy. For more information on Open Banking, click here.

If we cannot use Open Banking, you will need to supply us with copies of your last 3 months bank statements, before we can consider your application. The bank statements must cover the 3 months up to the date of your application, and must include your name and address*. Poor quality or incomplete copies cannot be accepted, and will delay your application. Open Banking is therefore the quickest, easiest and most secure way to provide us with the required income and expenditure information.

* If your address (or name) is different to the one on our system, we will need to see a recent, official proof of address document like a bank statement or utility bill before considering your loan application.