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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

RBI says customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile

Customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile as it would help in promoting financial discipline among loan seekers, an RBI report says. The report of the committee to recommend Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies (CICs), suggested that providing customers with a free copy of their Credit Information Reports (CIRs) would help create awareness about the need to have credit discipline, enable customers to correct their behaviour and improve their score well before they plan to avail fresh credit of any kind, help detect identity theft at an early stage, help CICs correct and validate their database and increase their business in the long run. 

Use of common data formats, including additional information in the formats, such as, dispute codes, consumer comments on dispute, details of collateral, etc., and to institutionalise a continuing mechanism for making changes to data formats could help improve data quality, the committee has pointed out. The committee has recommended a common Data Quality Index that could assist credit institutions in determining the gaps in their data and also move towards improving their performance over a period of time. 

The committee's recommendations relating to CIRs are: 

a. CICs should have a common classification of Credit Scores so that it would be easier to understand and interpret. The Committee has recommended that the CIBIL method of calibrating from 300 to 900 could be adopted by other CICs. 

b. CICs should report details of co-borrower and guarantor. 

c. CICs may provide a single CIR for a borrower even if there are multiple addresses, using a unique identification number (PAN/Aadhaar No.). 

d. CICs may have link with the database of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) which has data on mortgages so that CIRs can also provide information on property mortgages. 

e. An online data correction mechanism may be put in place by CICs to enable members to confirm/upload correction requests. 

f. CIRs should disclose details of disputes relating to information in CIRs and customer comments thereon, if any. 

g. Customer grievance redressal, especially in respect of complaints relating to updation/alteration of credit information, should be given top priority. This may be integrated with existing redressal systems, such as, Banking Ombudsman Scheme. 

h. Banks/financial institutions (FIs) may report cases of wilful default, even in non-suit filed cases, directly to the CICs of which they are members and the system of banks/FIs reporting information on non-suit filed cases of defaulters to the Reserve Bank of India may be dispensed with. 

i. CICs may make available the data in respect of suit-filed cases on their websites in a more user-friendly manner that would facilitate search across periods and banks.
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