What is Personal Loan
Simply put, it is an unsecured loan taken by individuals from the Banks or NBFCs to meet their personal needs. It is provided on the basis of key criteria such as Income level, Credit Score, Employment History and Repayment Capacity, etc. Unlike a Home or Car Loan, a personal loan is not secured against any assets. As it is unsecured and the borrower does not put up collateral like Goods or Property to avail it, the lender in case of default, cannot auction anything you own.
Therefore, their interest rates on personal loans are always higher than those on Home, Car, or Gold Loans when sanctioning them. However, like any other loan defaulting on a personal loan is not good as it would reflect in your credit report and cause problems when you apply for credit cards or any other loans in the future. Banks offer a huge range of personal loan schemes such as SBI personal loan for Salaried, SBI personal loan for professionals like Doctors, Personal loan for Pensioners, HDFC Bank Personal loan for Central Government Employees.









