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CIBIL & Credit Center
Understand Your Score. Then Improve It.
Every CIBIL and credit-card guide on InvestingLens, organized around one journey: know what your score actually means, understand what moves it, and recover if something already went wrong.
1. CIBIL Basics
What Your Score Actually Means
Before trying to move the number, understand what it represents and where it comes from.
2. What Moves Your Score
The Habits and Events Behind the Number
Missed payments, card closures, and how much of your limit you use all feed into the same score — and the same score decides what you pay on your next loan.
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What Happens When You Miss a Payment
7 painful truths about how banks actually respond.
02Delayed Credit Card Closure
How to claim your Rs. 500 daily compensation when a bank drags its feet.
03Should I Use a Balance Transfer?
The fee and the post-promo rate, calculated — not just the headline 0%.
04Credit Card Debt in India: The Complete Guide
A full playbook for eliminating card debt before it drags your score down.
05Should I Take a Personal Loan?
Check your FOIR before you check your approval odds.
3. Recovery & Improvement
Already Behind? Protect the Score First
How you handle a bad debt situation affects your score for years afterward — and not every "credit repair" offer is legitimate.
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Should I Accept a Debt Settlement Offer?
A one-time payment vs. the real cost of paying in full, calculated.
02Debt Settlement vs Consolidation
What each one actually costs your credit report, before you choose.
03How Credit Counseling Works in India
What a legitimate credit counselor does, and how to find one.
04Signs Debt Relief Is a Scam
11 red flags to check before paying anyone to "fix" your credit.
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