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New Delhi: First-time borrowers without a CIBIL score should not face outright rejection of loan applications, the government clarified in Parliament. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not prescribed any minimum credit score requirement for loan approval. RBI has advised banks and financial institutions not to reject applications solely due to lack of credit history. This enables new borrowe ...Read More >
Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was "a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade".But a person on board the plane -- a Bombardier Q400 -- told TOI the incident triggered anxiety among the passengers. "Two to three layers of the window panel just came ...Read More >
MUMBAI: RBI has mooted a unique, secure borrower identifier to avoid duplication and misreporting of data with credit bureaus, and to improve loan access for borrowers."Credit information companies rely on credit institutions to provide accurate and validated IDs. Without this, duplication and misreporting remain risks. We must move towards a unique borrower identifier, which is secure, verifiable, and consistent across the system," RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao said in his keynote address ...Read More >
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