Things to consider while applying for personal loan

 

Minimal documentation, zero collateral, quick processing and no end-usage restriction on loan proceeds (except for speculation) make personal loans an ideal borrowing option for dealing with situations involving financial shortages and exigencies. Many lenders also offer instant loan disbursal to their select existing customers based on their credit scores and other aspects of their credit profile. However, the unsecured nature of personal loans makes lenders take a cautious approach while assessing personal loan applications.

Below are some dos and don’ts for applicants to improve the chances of getting their personal loan approval:

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Review your credit reports at frequent intervals

Banks and NBFCs use credit score as one of primary filters to evaluate a personal loan applicant’s creditworthiness. As there is no collateral in a personal loan, it increases the credit risk for a lender. It also makes them more dependent on credit scores to assess the creditworthiness of an applicant. Personal loan applicants with credit scores of 750 and above have higher chances of getting their loan approved as lenders consider them more creditworthy. Thus, applicants should look to maintain credit scores of 750 and above to boost their chances of personal loan approval….

Things to consider while applying for personal loan

 Dos and don’ts to keep in mind while applying for a personal loan

Minimal documentation, zero collateral, quick processing and no end-usage restriction on loan proceeds (except for speculation) make personal loans an ideal borrowing option for dealing with situations involving financial shortages and exigencies. Many lenders also offer instant loan disbursal to their select existing customers based on their credit scores and other aspects of their credit profile. However, the unsecured nature of personal loans makes lenders take a cautious approach while assessing personal loan applications.

Below are some dos and don’ts for applicants to improve the chances of getting their personal loan approval:

Dos

Review your credit reports at frequent intervals

Banks and NBFCs use credit score as one of primary filters to evaluate a personal loan applicant’s creditworthiness. As there is no collateral in a personal loan, it increases the credit risk for a lender. It also makes them more dependent on credit scores to assess the creditworthiness of an applicant. Personal loan applicants with credit scores of 750 and above have higher chances of getting their loan approved as lenders consider them more creditworthy. Thus, applicants should look to maintain credit scores of 750 and above to boost their chances of personal loan approval.

FM Sitharaman announces big-bang package for MSMEs to revive economy

Rs 6-trn stimulus includes Rs 3 trn of collateral-free loans; Rs 30,000-crore special liquidity scheme for NBFCs, HFCs, MFIs

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a set of stimulus measures of nearly Rs 5.94 trillion to provide relief to various constituents of the Indian economy. They are micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs); taxpayers; non-banking financial companies (NBFCs); power distribution companies; the real estate sector; organised sector employees; and contractors working with the government.

These measures are part of the Rs 20-trillion “Atmanirbhar Bharat” package, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The finance minister said she would make announcements pertaining to different sectors every day, starting Wednesday, as the government looks to kick-start economic activities even as the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown is expected to continue beyond May 17.

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The immediate fiscal impact of Wednesday’s announcements could be less than Rs 20,000 crore, even though analysts differ on that. The key measures were aimed at MSMEs, with a Rs 3-trillion credit guarantee fund for collateral-free automatic loans, a Rs 20,000-crore subordinate fund for stressed MSMEs, and a Rs 50,000-crore equity infusion “fund of funds”.

Indian shadow banks remain weak as credit crisis continues unabated

Authorities have taken more steps recently to help the shadow bank sector, which plays a vital role in getting money to everyone from small merchants to property tycoons

The health of India’s shadow banks remained weak last month as a credit crisis continued to sting. Among four indicators compiled by Bloomberg News covering areas including liquidity and share performance, three were stuck in the same position as the previous month, with two at levels indicating weakness.

Another gauge showed total outstanding debt increased at 50 financial firms and other companies impacted by the crisis, as banking-system liquidity remained buoyant given the central bank’s monetary easing.

To be sure, the absolute amount of outstanding debt wasn’t at alarming levels, and access to credit markets for healthier financiers could help get money flowing more efficiently again — just what the flagging economy needs. But if more troubled borrowers continue to add rather than pare borrowings, that could prolong the crisis.

Authorities have taken more steps recently to help the shadow bank sector, which plays a vital role in getting money to everyone from small merchants to property tycoons. Some observers see an extended battle, as the nation’s slowing economy complicates those efforts.

Moody’s Investors Service recently warned that a prolonged credit squeeze among India’s financiers may worsen, just as S&P Global Ratings said risks of contagion are rising in the financial sector. The premium that investors demand to hold shadow lender bonds over sovereign notes is persistently high and a custom gauge of shares of 20 financial firms and other companies impacted by the crisis remained sluggish…

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How some financiers are benefiting from India’s shadow banking crisis

Many shadow lenders have been effectively shut out of the nation’s credit market as the more than 15-month-old banking crisis raises investor wariness about the financiers’ ability to refinance debt

As the shakeout in India’s credit market shows few signs of abating, one group of financiers is benefiting from the turmoil: shadow banks that provide loans in exchange for gold. In a country deeply attached to the precious metal, whose people stockpile more gold than citizens of any other country, borrowers are increasingly pawning their family jewelry to get cash amid a fundraising crunch.

That’s helped double the share price in the past year of Manappuram Finance Ltd, one such firm, while the stock of Muthoot Finance Ltd, the country’s largest cash-for-gold lender, has jumped 47%. Those financiers’ bonds are also in demand at a time when investors are shunning debt from other shadow banks, which are struggling from lack of funds and credit downgrades.

More than half of the loans from these lenders get repaid in less than six months, providing firms with a steady stream of cash to pay off their own debt and thus avoiding a so-called asset-liability mismatch. The recent rise in gold prices is also a boon. Indian households have almost $1 trillion worth of gold, and the nation is the biggest buyer of the metal after China….

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Banks to get two-year guarantee to purchase ‘pooled assets’ of NBFCs

The government has allowed the NBFCs and HFCs to buy back their assets ‘after a specified period of 12 months’ as a repurchase transaction, on a right of first refusal basis

The Union government on Tuesday announced a scheme for providing a one-time credit guarantee to public sector banks (PSBs) for purchase of pooled non-banking financial companies’ (NBFC) assets.

Under the scheme, notified on August 10, public sector banks (PSBs) have been given a deadline of six months to purchase “pooled assets” of NBFCs at fair value. “One-time guarantee provided by the government on the pooled assets will be valid for 24 months from the date of purchase and can be invoked on the occurrence of default,” according to the notification.

This follows a Union Budget announcement made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the government will provide a one-time partial credit guarantee to PSBs for first loss of up to 10 per cent for purchase of high-rate pooled assets of NBFCs totaling Rs 1 trillion.

The government has laid down “stringent” criteria for eligibility of NBFCs and housing finance companies (HFCs) to become a part of the scheme and offer their assets for sale to banks. The NBFCs or HFCs should have made a net profit in any of the last two financial years, that is 2017-18 and 2018-19, and their net-performing assets should not be more than 6 per cent till March 31, 2019, the scheme said…

Here’s how you can avail of a loan despite having a poor credit score

The following tips and suggestions will help you avail loan to deal with financial exigencies or unavoidable life-events, despite your poor credit score.

BUSINESS STANDARD – Banks and NBFCs use credit scores to evaluate the creditworthiness of loan and credit card applicant. Credit score of 750 and above are considered as good and hence, those not making the cut have very low chances of loan or credit card approval or pay higher rates for them. While there are time-tested methods of improving your credit score, those take time and patience. The following tips and suggestions will help you avail loan to deal with financial exigencies or unavoidable life-events, despite your poor credit score:

Opt for secured loan:

Secured loans are those in which the loan applicant has to pledge asset(s) as security or collateral against the loan amount. Loan against property, loans against fixed deposits, loan against securities, gold loan are some of the most popular variants of secured loans. As the lenders have the option to sell your collateral in the event of a loan default, they may ignore or relax the requirement of a good credit score while evaluating your creditworthiness.|BS

For borrowers with similar credit profiles, secured loans usually have a lower interest rate than the unsecured loans. Given that those with lower credit score might have to pay a higher interest rate on an unsecured loan, opting for a secured loan might help in reducing your interest cost.

Approach NBFCs and housing finance companies (HFCs):

NBFCs and HFCs usually have less stringent loan evaluation processes than banks. NBFCs and HFCs usually target borrowers avoided by banks. Hence, those with lower credit score may have higher chances of loan approval from NBFCs than banks…Read More