To lay the groundwork for future financial goals, students need to build a robust credit score. This helps them maintain a clean credit profile and boosts their repayment capacity. A clean credit profile and strong credit score, anything above 750, helps immensely when applying for loans and new credit cards, renting apartments or even securing … Read more
To combat the ever-rising number of credit card defaults in India, leading financial institutions and banks have implemented strict rules for recovering overdue amounts. Kotak Mahindra Bank, in accordance with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations, ensures that overdue recovery notices are delivered to credit card users seamlessly. This process involves several steps, from initial … Read more
Maintaining a clean credit profile and a good credit score is essential for securing personal loans, credit cards and other similar credit instruments. Due to the recent Reserve Bank of India regulations, Indian credit card users can now cross-check their credit scores for free through the official websites of authorised credit bureaus. Credit Score: Basic … Read more
Credit inquiries are important to help you maintain your credit score to as high a number as possible. In India, there exist two distinct kinds of credit inquiries: Hard inquiries and Soft inquiries. Both are for different purposes and have varying implications on your credit score, personal loans interest rates and associated terms. Here, we … Read more
In India, where car ownership is now becoming the norm, it is helpful to know about the variables that influence car insurance premiums in order to be able to manage your finances in the best possible way. While everyone knows about variables such as the make of the vehicle, age of the vehicle and driving … Read more
Maintaining a healthy credit score is important for securing loans and credit cards at favourable and easy interest rates. Still, missing even a single EMI can immensely impact your credit score in a negative way. Potentially dropping it by 100 points or even more. That is why understanding how to deal with this kind of … Read more