Private Banks Ride Retail Credit Lending Boom backed by CIBIL,Experian & Equifax

CIBIL Credit Bureau Conference IndiaIndian private sector banks are focused on retail lending, largely on account of process-driven lower turnaround time for lending decisions in the retail segment. Bureaus such as CIBIL, Experian and Equifax have played a key role in meaningfully reducing the probability of adverse selection by lenders, facilitating more sensible targeting and deeper mining of existing customer relationships. However, in the current cycle, the thrust is equally split between secured and unsecured (50:50) in contrast to 2007 where the mix was skewed towards unsecured (nearly 70%-80% of the proposals during 2007 were unsecured in nature).

Indian Credit Bureaus, CIBIL, Experian and Equifax also believes that banks are more comfortable in disbursing top-up loans on an existing loan product resulting in rising leverage,

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Credit Bureaus Lobby for Mobile / Utility Bill Payment Records

Mobile Bill Pay India - CIBILLeading Credit bureaus in India – CIBIL, Experian and Equifax have started lobbying with the government for to get access to consumers Mobile Bill Payment records. The companies have initiated talks with TRAI which currently prohibits sharing of consumer data with any of the credit bureaus in India.

Telecom Operators are Un-willing to share the information with the Bureaus unless the Government mandates. Separately, CIBIL the company which tracks your creditworthiness is also in talks with various Utility Companies (Electricity Suppliers where Consumers Pay Monthly Bills) as these records will

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Want Car Loan ? Have Good Credit Score – Bankers Relying on CIBIL Report

Car Loans - CIBIL Inquiry IndiaAuto Loans in India are on rise in the past 3 years and the demand is especially coming from smaller cities. After the 2008 Crisis, Banks have tightened their lending norms towards unsecured loans – Credit Cards & Personal Loans and even for Auto Loans they are increasingly relying on Credit Reports ans Scores from all the Three bureaus – CIBIL-Transunion, Experian and Equifax.

Approximately 20% of the inquiries in the last few years have been for new Auto Loans at CIBIL. Delhi NCR alone contributes 35% of the Inquiries in

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How Indians Can Now Order Equifax Credit Information Report on Demand ?

How to Order Equifax Credit Report in IndiaIn August 2009, CIBIL along with Transunion announced the availability of Credit Information Report for Indian Citizens making it the first Bureau in India to release reports. A Year Later in August 2010, Experian entered the Indian market and started releasing consumer credit information reports on demand. And in Nov-2012, Equifax the last of the Big 3 Credit bureaus of the World opened its Operations in India.

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