Bankers Breathe Easily as Warning of Report to CIB Helps Defaulters Mend Their Ways

Mumbai, Mar,19.It would seem that the defaulters would now have to mend their ways and pay up or they could end up in the credit bureau’s negative list which could well jeopardize their future relationship with other banks that would refuse entertaining such individuals as have a bad credit history. Not only have a lot of banks breathed a sigh of relief, as well they might, some of them have actually got the defaulters to cough up their dues, as the warning of a possible report to the Credit Information Bureau works like a charm, convincing the defaulters to refrain from defaulting on their payments.

The gambit has apparently paid off as the banks try this as a first resort before appealing to the debt recovery tribunal or taking refuge in Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002.

The provisions of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 make it mandatory for all credit institutions including banks and housing finance companies to become a member of at least one credit information company (to name a few, Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd, Experian Credit Information Company of India Pvt Ltd and Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt Ltd) with whom they would be sharing their credit data.