On the account of Covid-19 related lockdown and associated financial stress, RBI had offered loan moratorium to borrowers. We checked in some of our earlier posts how availing loan moratorium provided immediate relief but increased your liability (same EMI but longer tenure OR same tenure but higher EMI). A component of increase in liability was… Continue Reading
Many banks have come up with loan resolution / restructuring plans for Covid-19 related stress. The relief offered by the banks works within the Loan Resolution Framework due to Covid-19 related stress. We have written about the RBI framework in an earlier post. The eligibility criteria as specified by RBI must be met. The banks… Continue Reading
I came across an instance in a Youtube video about how borrowers are harassed by recovery agents. A news organisation uploaded the video on their Youtube channel. Do note the media does not smell of roses and tends to sensationalize things. I have not independently verified the claims of the concerned media channel. Broadcast media… Continue Reading
The interest rates have been going down for over a year now. I have written many times about how banks and housing finance companies are reluctant to pass on the lower rates or move you to a more transparent interest rate regime (Base Rate to MCLR or MCLR to Repo Rate Linked loans). Even if… Continue Reading
The Reserve Bank of India has increased the Loan-to-Value (LTV) for gold loans offered by banks from 75% to 90%. This is to increase the availability of credit to households and small businesses during these difficult COVID times. Many Indian households hold gold. And gold makes for an excellent collateral. From a lender’s perspective, it is… Continue Reading
The Loan Moratorium ended on August 31, 2020. While I have written about various measures to manage cashflow stress beyond August 31, let’s explore the relief that RBI has afforded to individual borrowers in a circular issued in August 2020. On August 6, 2020, the RBI provided a framework for Resolution of COVID 19-related stress.… Continue Reading
Covid-19 has affected our lives in many unimaginable ways. While there is a race in the pharma industry to create a vaccine or figure out an effective line of treatment, you can only practice hygiene and social distancing and take precautions. At the same time, given the pace of spread, you would not want to… Continue Reading
Loan EMI and credit card payment moratorium comes to an end on August 31, 2020. While it is possible that the moratorium will be extended, you can’t be sure until RBI makes an announcement. As a borrower, what should you do? Irrespective of what the Reserve Bank decides, you must have a Plan B. You… Continue Reading
UPI transactions have boomed over the last couple of years and are giving serious competition to credit/debit cards and net banking in online transactions. The only problem is that you cannot make UPI payments on credit. i.e., the money gets debited from your savings bank account. You must have the money in our bank account… Continue Reading
You plan to buy an expensive phone from Flipkart or Amazon. You do not have the free cash to buy the phone outright or settle the credit card dues in a month’s time. What can you do? You can buy the phone on EMIs. You have two options. You take the EMI offer available on… Continue Reading