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Written by the Omozing Credit Team · Reviewed for accuracy by our credit and compliance team · Updated October 2026
Every bank, NBFC, credit card company and lending app you borrow from reports your accounts to the credit bureaus: how much you borrowed, what you owe today, and whether each EMI or card bill was paid on time. The bureau keeps all of this in one file under your name and PAN, called your credit report. A scoring model then reads the report and turns it into a single number. When you apply for a loan, the lender pulls your report and score to judge how risky it is to lend to you.
From 1 July 2026, lenders report to the bureaus four times a month (on the 9th, 16th and 23rd and the last day), so changes usually show within one to two weeks.
CIBIL is the oldest and best-known bureau, which is why “CIBIL score” has become the everyday word for any credit score. Your Experian, Equifax and CRIF scores are built from similar data but with different models, so the numbers rarely match exactly. Why your four scores differ.
Whether many lenders will look at your application at all, and often the interest rate and amount they offer. Credit card limits and some loan-app offers also lean on it.
How reliably you have repaid, how much of your available credit you use, how long you have borrowed for, and how often you have applied recently.
Your salary, your bank balance, your savings or your job title. A lender checks those separately, along with how much of your income already goes on EMIs.
Two people with a 660 can look very different: one has a thin, clean file, the other missed an EMI last month. Careful lenders read the full report.
Want to know how the number is put together? See how a CIBIL score is calculated. If you have never borrowed, you may see “NH” or “-1” instead of a number, which simply means there is no history yet.
We lend to salaried people with a take-home of ₹40,000 or more and a credit score from 600. The score gets you in the door; after that, a credit officer reads your full report, looking at your recent repayments and how many loans you already carry, rather than rejecting you on the number alone. Co-applicants are welcome if you want to strengthen an application.
We consider salaried applicants from a score of 600, with a credit officer reading the full report.
Aarav vs Priya: Tap through a year of two borrowers with the same salary and very different habits.
It is a number from 300 to 900 that shows lenders how well you have repaid loans and credit cards in the past. Higher scores make approval easier.
TransUnion CIBIL, one of India’s four credit bureaus, calculates it from the account data your lenders report. Experian, Equifax and CRIF High Mark calculate their own scores in the same 300–900 range.
No. CIBIL is a credit bureau, a company registered with and regulated by the RBI to collect credit data and provide reports and scores. It does not lend money or approve loans.
No. Your score is based on your borrowing and repayment record, not your income. Lenders check your salary separately when you apply.
You can get one free full credit report from each bureau every calendar year, and many apps show your score for free. Checking your own score never lowers it.
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