Category Archives: Credit score

Details the relationship between loans and one’s credit report.

Understand your credit profile!

When you apply for a loan, banks judge your ability to repay the loan on numerous counts including your age, income, job stability and your credit report, which is a reflection of your true credit worth. You need to understand why this is the case so that you prepare yourself to submit a good application… Read More »

Credit – Benefits vs. Cost ?!

Polonius, a character in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” advises his son, “Neither a lender nor a borrower be”. With due respect to Polonius and his genius, credit has become a part and parcel of our life. While most of us cannot be lenders, we are bound to be borrowers because of the system we live with.

Understanding credit cards exclusively for women!

Notorious as being impulsive shoppers and spendthrifts, the fact that women are able to manage homes with limited resources and multi tasking with the available finances is often ignored. Recent surveys have shown that women are less likely to default on their debts compared to males and are generally responsible spenders if given a free… Read More »

Loans in 2013 and the road ahead!

The latest announcement by the Reserve Bank of India to keep its key policy rates unchanged has triggered a positive sentiment in the home loan market. With the RBI keeping the repo rate unchanged at 7.75 per cent, reverse repo rate at 6.75 per cent and the cash reserve ratio at 4 per cent, major… Read More »

When you should not use your credit card!

Credit card is one of the most important financial inventions in modern times. However, this much-sought after boon can be a real bane to your finances if not used with care. Here are a few instances when you should restrict the use of credit cards in order to keep your finances in order. Using credit… Read More »