Free airport lounge access via credit cards is getting tougher as banks tighten entry rules, set minimum spending criteriaThe logic is simple: lounge access has become a heavily used perk. Banks earlier assumed that only premium customers or frequent flyers wou...
25 May, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Off the tough route to loan recoveryA recent video from Pune shows loan recovery agents using force against a borrower. This incident reveals problems within Indian banks. Ban...
01 May, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
SBI cards sells Rs 1,800-crore bad loans to Integro FinservSBI Cards has taken a bold step in fortifying its financial health by offloading a considerable portion of its stressed credit card debt, v...
28 Apr, 2026, 12.41 AM IST
After the national debt, another crisis looms for America: Credit Card debt — warning signs you shouldn't ignoreCredit card debt crisis US: Millions of Americans are increasingly relying on credit cards for daily expenses due to rising living costs. O...
28 Mar, 2026, 01.31 AM IST
Consumer debt crisis deepens: Americans are falling behind on credit cards, loans, and mortgages - is it time to worry?Americans now owe $18.6 trillion in household debt. United States consumer debt crisis is growing fast. Millions of borrowers are strugglin...
11 Nov, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
US household debt soars to record $18.6 trillion — is a financial crunch coming?U.S. household debt has reached a new record of $18.6 trillion, showing that many Americans are borrowing more for student loans and credit...
06 Nov, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
How fast you take loans also impacts your credit score, not just the amount: Bhavesh Jain, MD & CEO, TransUnion CIBILA lot more needs to be done to educate borrowers on the finer aspects of credit behaviour. Often, the borrowers don’t understand the impact...
02 Jun, 2025, 01.00 PM IST
This is huge! An average American now carries $6,329 in credit card debtLast week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated a cut in the bank rates in September. However, experts believe the Fed may conv...
09 Aug, 2024, 09.37 PM IST
Credit Card default surges as retail credit growsCredit card payment defaults have surged in June 2023 despite the growth of credit card lending. Unsecured credit portfolios and small-tick...
14 Jul, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
Home loan demand dips in December qtr as rate hikes pinchSince May 2022, the RBI has raised its benchmark repo rate by 250 basis points (100bps = 1 percentage point) to 6. 5% — which banks have pa...
20 Apr, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Higher delinquencies in credit card, loans against property segments in retail lending: ReportAs of August-end, the loans overdue for over 90 days in the credit card segment were 0.51 per cent up from the year-ago period at 2.32 per ...
23 Dec, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
Cibil’s survey shows credit card payment by Indians highIndia tops the rank in the percentage of credit card holders that often make payments in excess of their minimum due on their revolving deb...
12 Apr, 2017, 09.55 AM IST
About 92% of Indian credit card holders shows good repayment habit, says TransUnion CibilIt said that about 92% of credit card holders often pay a greater amount than the minimum due, following its survey of 1,100 consumers acro...
11 Apr, 2017, 06.29 PM IST
Banks keeping close watch on credit card duesCredit card delinquencies or bad debts peaked in India to 6% (of the total dues outstanding) in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
14 Feb, 2014, 06.03 AM IST
Consumers avail credit facility on their credit cards againAfter a gap for over four years, consumers have once again started availing of the credit facility on their credit cards to tackle rising p...
14 Sep, 2012, 06.59 AM IST
- US credit card delinquencies rise in sign of stress
US consumers are having increasing problems making credit card payments in another sign of economic stress, according to new banking indust...
11 Mar, 2009, 06.51 PM IST
- Lack of credit monitoring hits card repayments
Lack of proper credit monitoring, coupled with exponential growth in card issuances, has caused increase in late repayments. Guarding credi...
21 Aug, 2008, 01.55 PM IST