Personal Loans

Be at ease, we’ve got you covered.

Start your journey to financial freedom today. Our personal loans help salaried employees and civil servants meet those important financial needs whatever they may be.

How to get a Personal Loan

Let’s help you meet those important financial needs.

Create Account

Sign up with your email and password to set up your account.

Apply for a loan

Make a request for a personal loan from your unique dashboard.

Doc Review & Underwriting

Fill out our KYC form to determine your eligibility.

Get Funded

After verification, funds will be disbursed to your bank account.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

For convenience and peace of mind.

Our personal loans are up to N4.5 million or more.

12 Months repayment plan with low interest rates.

Quick personal loans without collaterals.

Quick emergency loans without guarantors.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

What do you need to get a personal loan?

Our eligibility checker allows you to determine whether you check all our boxes. It takes around 2 minutes and it won’t harm your credit rating.

To be eligible you must…

Have a staff Identification card

Live and or work in Lagos State.

Be between 22 and 55 years old.

Must have a good and satisfactory credit history within the last 12 months.

Possess a verifiable digital identification (BVN/NIN)

Must have received a salary for a minimum of 6 months

Run an account (Current or Savings) with a commercial Bank in Nigeria.

Must have a minimum net salary income of N100,000

Run an account (Current or Savings) with a commercial Bank in Nigeria.

Posses a Valid ID – Int’l Passport, Voter’s card, Driver’s License, BVN OR NIN

Must have a Debit card activated for online transactions

Have a salary bank statement for the last 3 months (must be stamped by the bank). Your bank can send it directly to us at cashtogo@creditdirect.ng

Frequently asked questions

Got a question about our personal loans, how quick we disburse, or looking for other financial products?

On the Portal’s landing page, click “Get Started”, fill-in your personal information, review & agree to the CDL terms and conditions to complete your profile creation.

Once this is done, click “Apply for loan” on the dashboard to access a loan or browse through to perform other self-services.

On the Portal’s Landing page, input your User ID (this can be your Phone Number, Email Address or Customer ID), enter your password and click  “Login”.

*If you are unable to remember your password, click the “Forgot Password” link, enter your email address or phone number, an OTP (One Time Password) would be sent to the details provided.

Retrieve the OTP received, input same into the space provided and create your new password.

The Customer Portal is only accessible when you have full internet access either on your computer or smartphone.

Click the “Forgot Password” link displayed on the Portal’s Landing Page, enter your email address or phone number, an OTP would be sent to the details provided.

Retrieve the OTP received, input same into the space provided and create your new password.

On the Credit Direct Customer Portal, following self-services are available to you round the clock:

1. Request a Loan and get instant disbursement upon approval.
2. Confirm your loan balance.
3. Fund your wallet for your loan repayment or other services.
4. Transfer funds from your wallet to your bank account
5. View your loan/transaction statement.
6. Chat or speak with a Customer Success Specialist

On the Portal’s landing page, click “Loan Calculator”, enter your desired loan amount, and select your desired loan tenor.
Your expected loan repayment amount would be displayed to you.
You would also be able to view your loan repayment amount while applying for a loan.

The maximum loan amount accessible via the Credit Direct Customer Portal is N5,000,000. However, the amount you can access is subject to a review of your Net-pay and Debt Service Ratio.

Kindly visit your bank to update the phone number on your BVN.

This may be because “DND” (Do not Disturb) is activated on your line. To deactivate DND, follow the steps below:

1. For MTN Network, Text ALLOW to 2442
2. For AIRTEL Network, Text ALLOW to 2442
3. For GLO Network, Text CANCEL to 2442
4. For 9MOBILE Network, Text START to 2442

If you have tried the above without success, please return to the Customer Portal Landing page and select the “Use Email Instead” option to register. With this, the registration OTP would be sent to your email address.

You may also send an email to contact@creditdirect.ng or call 014482225 to have us review your profile.  

Review and ensure that your email address is correctly entered, then proceed to check your mailbox for an email from Credit Direct (noreply@creditdirect.ng ). Please also check your junk and spam folders.

If you have tried the above without success, please return to the Customer Portal Landing page and select the “Use Phone Number Instead” option to register. With this, the registration OTP would be sent to your phone number.

You may also send an email to contact@creditdirect.ng or call 014482225 to have us review your profile.

This message implies that you already have an online profile with CDL. Please proceed to login with your user Id and password.

Your user ID is your Phone Number, Email Address or CDL Customer ID.

*If you are unable to remember your password, click the “Forgot Password” link, enter your email address or phone number, an OTP (One Time Password) would be sent to the details provided.

Retrieve the OTP received, input same into the space provided and create your new password.

You may be unable to change your disbursement account as your disbursement account has to be the same as your salary account.

If your salary account has changed, you can update this while applying for a loan. You would see the prompt “update your salary account”. We would verify your update and approve upon successful confirmation.

We would also love to hear from you if you encounter challenges.

Your repayment would be automatically deducted from the means of repayment set-up on your loan.

However, you may contact us to further discuss your repayment. Please note that loan deferment/restructuring is subject to approval, kindly reach send us an email: contact@creditdirect.ng or call 014482225.

You can reapply for a loan immediately after completing your current loan repayment.

You may also access an additional loan (Top-up Loan) while still running your current loan. Once you are due for a top-up, you would find the option to top your current loan up on your portal dashboard.

This is subject to making steady repayments on your current loan.

You may have gotten this error due to the following reasons:

1. Your username is incorrect.
2. Your password is incorrect or

What to do?
1. Enter your correct username which could be your email address, customer id or phone number. Any of these would serve as your username.

2. Enter your correct password. *If you are unable to remember your password, click the “Forgot Password” link, enter your email address or phone number, an OTP (One Time Password) would be sent to the details provided.

If you are still unable to login, please send an email to contact@creditdirect.ng or call 014482225 to have us review your profile.  

You may have gotten this error due to the following reasons:
1. Your card service provider is currently unavailable,
2. Your card details may have been entered wrongly
3. Your card account may not be sufficiently funded
4. There may be a temporal downtime on the wallet service

What to do?
1. Check that your card numbers and pin are correctly inputted.
2. Check that your account is sufficiently funded.

3. If the issue persists, wait for a Credit Direct customer care representative to contact you or reach us via email (contact@creditdirect.ng ) or telephone (014482225).

To repay your loan, please login to the Customer Portal and select “Fund my Loan”, enter your card details and your repayment amount would be automatically deducted from your card and credited to your loan repayment schedule.

We are sorry about this. You may have gotten this message due to a downtime on the statement retrieval service. Not to worry, a Customer Success Specialist would reach you shortly to assist further.

You may also reattempt the statement retrieval process as the service may have been restored.

If you have an urgent need for funds, kindly reach us via chat, call 014482225 or email contact@creditdirect.ng.

This message implies that your loan application is being reviewed, and a Customer Success Specialist would reach you shortly with an update.

1. Click the “Forgot Password” link, enter your email address or phone number, an OTP (One Time Password) would be sent to the details provided.

2. Retrieve the OTP received, input same into the space provided and create your new password.

Yes. However, it is advisable not to defer your installment payment as the interest would increase due to tenor elongation.

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Address: 48/50 Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

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