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Axis Bank Renewed Push on Payments / Credit Cards Business

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Axis Bank has been undergoing a structural shift for sometime. It got a shot in the arm with HDFC Group veteran Amitabh Choudhary joining as the CEO of the Bank. Within retail, there has been a gradual increase in the share of high yielding retail products like credit cards and personal loans.

Payments business plays four important roles in a bank’s strategy (1) acts as the face of the franchise, (2) increases customer engagement, (3) drives profitability and (4) drives partnerships. Retail electronic payments in India are growing at a tremendous pace which

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5 Important Pointers on How to Handle Your New Credit Card Smartly

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Owning a credit card is a wonderful feeling. It gives you a certain sense of financial freedom and keeps worries at bay. However, a lot of people overlook the responsibilities that come with it. By using a credit card irresponsibly, you risk not only building a massive debt but also hurting your CIBIL score in the process.

The following are 5 of the most important pointers to keep in mind when using credit cards:

1.  Avoiding Minimum Payments
Minimum payments are one of the most popular features of plastic money. They allow you prevent

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Top Credit Questions: How Many Credit Cards is Too Many?

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As we all know there are many credit card options available in the market which offers great benefits and card offers. It is really hard to turn down the opportunity when an executive calls with a fresh credit card option with great offers and benefits and you also think how hard can it be? To maintain all your credit cards. But did you ever gave a thought on how many cards can you actually manage to achieve a great score? Or too many cards are bad for your credit health?

The answer to this is no number is right. You can use multiple cards and maintain a good score and also use one card and see your credit score go for a toss. It’s not the number of credit cards you hold but it’s how you use them. If we determine the possibility for a great cibil score two credit cards would be enough in which you won’t be spending much and also will have room to pay your monthly dues on time. If a person wants to go for multiple credit cards, they definitely can but that depends from

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CIBIL-Transunion Tracking 525 Million Loan Accounts, Rise of Retail Lending

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cibil-tracking-loan-accounts-indiaCIBIL Transunion is India’s Largest credit bureau with with data on 200mn Indian Citizens and 525mn loan accounts in its big data repository. The CIBIL management shared insights on the Rise of Retail Borrowing and Lending.

The strong trend in retail loan growth is aided by healthy growth in new account additions for both private players and NBFCs thus pointing to healthy granularity of the underlying retail loan growth. Even in microfinance space the underwriting trend is good with usage of TransUnion CIBIL/Aadhar helping minimize cases of duplicate lending

Despite steady y-o-y growth in retail segment, the underwriting trend remains good and there seems

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Understand The Interest Free Period On Your Credit Card?

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Interest Free Period On Your Credit CardThey say “Necessity is the mother of all inventions”. Credit Cards were born out of the need to provide an alternative to cash. Almost half a century back, when credit cards were introduced, they became an instant hit. Till date, people love to use their “plastic money” for they are universally accepted, quick, easy and relatively safe, help you keep a record of your purchases through monthly statements, great for bill payments and provide a host of other benefits through their loyalty points programs.

Let’s step in to the wonderful world of credit and learn on how to use credit cards to our advantage by

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