Ever checked your credit score and found out that your PAN has other loans linked to it? That would be extremely scary and financially damaging right? Well that is exactly what has happened in one journalist’s case with Dhani. It seems it has happened with others too.
Do check the below mentioned tweet thread to know exactly what has happened.
This is an old problem. Once in a while such frauds keep on happening about misuse of financial documents.
That’s why user needs to be vigilant about their financial landscape and regularly check their credit scores.
Beside I doubt I will consider Indiabulls finance as a fintech it is a legacy business.
One always needs to keep an eye on their credit report. That is the best way to go about it. RBI also needs to crack down on such things fast and hard.
Another common reason for such “There are unexpected loans in my name” situations
has recently come to light.
It turns out that various Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) schemes
on popular websites/apps (eg. OLA Postpaid, Amazon Pay Later, …)
are all funded behind the scenes by issuing unsecured loans from various banks/NBFCs to the individuals.