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CLOSED CREDIT CARD. DEVALUATION PANDEMIC

What's wrong if a CC is kept inactive (not long enough to have it automatically closed)?!

My Moneyback CC is good only for this single purpose, --- and I can't even do that? :)
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It falls under category of under-utilization of credit facility. Both under and over-utilization is a red flag. It sends signal to bank that person take credit limit but don't utilize it make you a dummy borrower and then new Finstitues (aka Financial Institutes) deny new. They be like, Yeh card lega, use nahi karney wala. Under utilized cards also affect limit for new cards. If old card has history in cibil of 40% use on regular basis like once in a quarter atleast you are utlizing 30% of limit then your new card company/bank will offer you a better credit limit. That's why I said in past, Credit Card are not based on few factors. There are many and every Finstitution check different data for issuing. Some people take Bank CC limits of 1 crore but utilize only 10% of it. They block that money as bank don't know when you will use all of it so it becomes difficult for them to have those funds for under-utlization customers. This also affects their new borrwers. RBI then pushes them to either reduce those limits or ask customer to regularly use it. But as bank know customer won't agree so they left it on their customer's wisdom.

Here most people aren't aware of fact that whenever a bank creates a credit card for you, it is just an unsecured credit limit generated in your name as loan and the bigger a bank credit limit requirement is, they draw or can draw more and more money from RBI by showing their credit book. Whatever money is given to banks by customers, they can't keep it to themselves and have to apply funds via loans, other fin schemes or credit cards. Surplus fund is kept by RBI which gives 4% interest to banks while banks when take this money back from RBI, they get it at 6%. This is called repo and reverse repo. So RBI bhi 2% se kaam chalata hai apna aur customers ko RBI ombudsman ke through paisa baant deta hai woh bhi dubara banks se leke ya unko direct karke.

HDFC faltu mein CC ni baant taa firta bhai. Customers ko credit card chipka ke usko khud withdraw ki power mil jati hai upar se insurance companies ki chaandi jo fraud ke against protection dete hai. Ek credit card, 4-6 departments ke liye benefit deta hai.

Yeh khel aam insaan ki samajh se parey hai. Someone rightly said, "Banks are the biggest legal scams humans ever pulled off."
 
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Yeh khel aam insaan ki samajh se parey hai. Someone rightly said, "Banks are the biggest legal scams humans ever pulled off."
True!
You may at times trust your ex, but never a bank.

IMO, banks should introduce an option to decrease the credit limit and increase it later as needed.
 
It falls under category of under-utilization of credit facility. Both under and over-utilization is a red flag. It sends signal to bank that person take credit limit but don't utilize it make you a dummy borrower and then new Finstitues (aka Financial Institutes) deny new. They be like, Yeh card lega, use nahi karney wala. Under utilized cards also affect ---------------------------------
Yeh khel aam insaan ki samajh se parey hai. Someone rightly said, "Banks are the biggest legal scams humans ever pulled off."
On top of it , if some good CC launches you may not be granted as you already have their CC. Just like kiwi of yes bank.
 
You, sir, have created your own world equivalent to Simpson over here on Technofino.🤣
The Simpsons Thank You GIF
 
I don't mean the OP directly, but it seems the devaluation is doing its purpose. lounge access cards that got spend limit are being canceled by all
 
Replace kisse or kese kiya vo bhi batao 😊
HDFC moneyback plus and Flipkart is replaced by SBI cashback card. Axis my zone and IDFC select replaced by Swiggy HDFC card and Indusind legend for BOGO movie. Currently I have 8 lounge access free for the year without spend condition. Scapia unlimited lounge devalue hurting more than ex
 
I should mention this... Banks unable to sustain profit because credit cards are abused by Indians. Therefore some banks are forced to devalue credit card, except Axis Bank, because Axis Bank is very arrogant bank.

We Indian people are Jugaru minded. If any flaw in product is discovered, it will be misused. I never misued credit card.

By the way, third party apps also showing greed by allowing rent, education payment via credit card. These funds are routed via escrow a/c

Reserve bank should have banned it before the destruction of credit cards
 
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Why? It's a decent card for wallet reload and government spends.
As per the T&Cs:
Categories not included in the 10X Reward Points threshold: Rental & Property Management, Utility, Insurance, Government Services, Education and Wallet Load.

Then, how is it a decent card for wallet load & government spends?
 
Closing a card reduces your age of credit history. I have 4 LTF and 2 Paid SBI cards. Won't apply for new one, won't close current ones. LTF even if gets devalued will continue to be part of journey called life. :clock:

I took my second credit card just one month after first credit card. So closing first card did not impact age of credit because both card has same history. Getting rid of garbage product is important, even if it is free.

I have sufficient combined credit limit on other cards. I use 5% utilisation and I always pay total due on time. So, whenever any card becomes garbage, its better to replace it
 
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