Monday, March 25, 2013

Cibil examines using phone, power bill payments in credit history


Mumbai: Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd, or Cibil, the country’s largest collector of databases on borrowers, is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to use people’s payment history on electricity, water and fixed line telephone bills to help banks assess their credit worthiness. The talks are preliminary, Cibil managing director Arun Thukral said, adding that consultations with multiple regulators and the ministry of finance are required before the agency can go ahead with the plan........

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