Understand Your Credit Report (ireport) - Personal

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1 Understand Your Credit Report (ireport) - Personal What is your own Credit Report (ireport)? Credit information is supplied by all Commercial Banks, Specialized Banks, authorized leasing and finance companies who are members of CRIB. The information is transferred electronically through their head office to CRIB and updated at the end of each month. According to the provisions of the CRIB Act, all member institutions are legally liable to submit their customers credit information to the bureau. The credit information stored in the Bureau is divided into two categories such as Consumer (individual) and Corporate (business). As an individual, your credit information will be collected under your National Identity Card number (if Sri Lankan) or Passport number (if Non- Sri Lankan). CRIB collects credit related information, on borrowers, both individual and corporate, and provides such collated information in the form of a credit report to the member institutions or the person to whom that information relates to, on demand. The credit information report which is issued on request of the person to whom that reformation relates to is known as an ireport. As per the provisions of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka Act No 18 of 1990 (as amended by Act No 08 of 1995 and Act No 42 of 2008), you have now the authority to request your own credit report (ireport) from the Bureau. Why is my own credit report (ireport) important? Your ireport gives details both positive and negative of all credit facilities availed of from any of the authorized lending institutions. In fact having a good repayment history in a credit report is the best reference you could have to prove your credit worthiness which in turn prompts lending institutions to offer you attractive terms & concessionary interest rates. Your ireport will provide you the following benefits. View your credit status before the lending institutions does. Helps you streamline your repayment habits. Eliminate erroneous data, for an updated and accurate credit report. Helps you to monitor indirect liabilities. Helps you to be a disciplined borrower. We suggest that you obtain your ireport at least once in six months. How can you improve your credit worthiness? - Try to balance your monthly income and expenditure always and borrow what you can repay. It is necessary to consider the regular monthly expenditures such as electricity, water, telephone etc before you obtain a loan. - Discuss the terms & conditions of the loan with your lender and have a clear understanding before you obtain the facility. - Installments need to be paid as agreed and it is always better to settle early when possible. Specially, the dues on credit cards which would help you to maintain your credit worthiness. - When you sign as a Guarantor for a credit facility, it is important that you have a clear understanding about the repayment ability of the borrower, because you will be the ultimate re payer if the borrower fails. 1

2 The content of your Credit Report (ireport - individual)' Report Header - The header of the Credit Report displays the following information. ireport Number - Refers to the system generated unique sequence number. Report Order Date - Refers to the date on which the report is taken. Product Name - Refers to the product name assigned to the report (ireport). Reason - Refers to the reason assigned for accessing report. Search Details Borrower Name, NIC/Passport Number, Mailing Address and gender will display as provided by ireport application. Demographic Details 2

3 This section will include the borrower s personnel information such as the Borrower s name, National Identity card Number (Mandatory for Sri Lankans)/ Passport Number (Mandatory for Non Sri Lankans), Driving License Number (if reported) date of birth, Gender, Citizenship, Marital Status, Spouse Name (if reported) & Contact numbers as provided by the lending institutions. Address Details Mailing Address Permanent Address - Displays the last three mailing addresses reported by lending institutions. - Displays the last three permanent addresses reported by lending institutions. Employment Details Displays last three employment details of the borrower as provided by lending institutions. Relationship Details This section will include the details regarding the Partnerships or the Sole Proprietorships which relate to the Borrower. Related Entity ID Details Business Registration Numbers of the Partnerships or Sole Proprietorships. Related Entity Name - Names of the Partnerships or Sole Proprietorships. Nature of Relationships -This will indicate whether the Related Entity is a Partnerships or a Proprietorship for the given Relationship. Summary of Potential & Current Liabilities (Excluding Settlements) This section displays summarized information relating to borrower s current & potential liabilities arising from credit facilities obtained from banks and financial institutions excluding the settlements (Credit facilities with status codes Settled, Closed, Repossessed & Settled, Settled through Courts & Settled-Part Written Off have been excluded from the summary). The liabilities include all the Personal/Corporate Facilities, joint facilities and guaranteed facilities as well. 3

4 Currency - Refers to the currency in which the credit facility is obtained. Ownership - Possession of the Facility. As Borrower - Refers to the summary of credit facilities that have been granted to the borrower by the lending institutions. As Guarantor - Refers to the summary of credit facilities guaranteed by the borrower. Total Number of Credit Facilities As Borrower - Refers to the Total number of credit facilities obtained by the borrower. As Guarantor - Refers to the Total number of credit facilities guaranteed by the borrower. Total Amount/Granted Limit As Borrower - Refers to the Total Amount granted/limit of the credit facilities obtained by the borrower. As Guarantor - Refers to the Total Amount granted/limit of the credit facilities guaranteed by the borrower. Total Outstanding As Borrower - Refers to the Total Balance Outstanding. As Guarantor - Refers to the Total Balance Outstanding of the credit facilities guaranteed by the borrower. Dishonoured Cheque Summary This refers to the summary of dishonoured cheques due to insufficient funds. Currency - Refers to the currency of the cheques dishonoured. Number of Cheques Dishonoured - Refers to the Total number of cheques dishonoured. Total Amount of Dishonoured Cheques - Refers to the Total value of cheques dishonoured. Status of Credit Facilities at a Glance (Excluding Settlements) This section summarizes Borrower s credit profile based on credit facility status & number of days in arrears. 4

5 Summary of Settled Credit Facilities (Last 5 Years) This section displays the summarized settled facilities during the last five years. Details of Settled Credit Facilities (Last 5 Years) Further analysis of settled credit facilities during the last 5 years based on credit facility type. Inquiries made in the last 06 months by lending institutions Inquiries made by lending institutions by taking a Borrower s credit report will be displayed in this section with following details. Inquiry Date, Institution Category, Reason for Inquiry, Credit Facility Type, Currency and Amount requested. The CRIB Act permits the member institutions to access the Bureau for information strictly for the following six reasons only. Evaluating of a Borrower for a new credit facility Review as a guarantor for a new credit facility Review as a partner/ proprietor for a new credit facility Review as a Director for a new credit facility Monitoring and reviewing of an existing Borrower Opening of a current account CRIB information should not be accessed for any other reason as it would constitute an offence under this Act. Inquiries Made in the Last 06 months by the subject Inquiries made by a Borrower during the last 6 months display under this section with the inquiry date and the reason for inquiry as "Obtaining of own credit report". 5

6 Credit Facility Details N.B: - Please note that we have explained the credit facility details under three sections for your easy reference. Most of the information given in this section has been presented as catalog values. The relevant catalog values have been explained at the end of your ireport under the Catalog Description. ~Section 1 ~ For your information, we have displayed below all the catalog values used by the Bureau presently. No This refers to the sequence number of credit facilities displayed in the Credit Report. Institution Category This refers to the category of the lending institution as given below. CBC - Commercial Bank Category SBC - Specialized Bank Category LCC - Leasing Company Category FCC - Finance Company Category OIC - Other Lending Institutions Inst Branch (Institution & Branch) - This refers to the institution & Branch from which the facility has been reported. Please refer catalogue description in Credit Report to get details of the institution and branch. CF Type Credit Facility Type - This refers to the credit Facility type as given below. BKGR - Bank Guarantee. CRCD - Credit Card. HRPH - Hire Purchase. LEAS - Leasing. OVDR - Over Draft. LOAN - Loan. LTCR - Letter of Credit OTHR - Other Credit FACT - Factoring AAIB - Advances Against Import Bills CODU - Consumer Durables BILD - Bills Discounting CF Status (Credit Facility Status) This refers to the status of a credit facility updated as at the last Reporting Date as follows. ACTV - Active. LGAL - Legal Action. LBGV - Liability Assumed by Govt. NATD - Natural Disaster Affected. CLSD - Closed' RSTR - Restructured. SETL - Settled. TRMN - Terminated. 6

7 WRTN - Written Off. R&SL - Repocessed & Sold. R&ST - Repocessed & Settled. PACT - Parate Action. ARBT - Arbitration. STTC - Settled Through Court. FCAN - Facility Cancelled (By the lending institution). SPWO - Settled part Written Off RPOS - Repossessed (By the lending institution) Own Shp (Ownership) This refers to the type of ownership associated with a borrower in a credit facility as follows. OWN PCD SCD JNT GRT - Owned. - Primary Card Holder. - Supplementary Card Holder. - Joint Borrower. - Guarantor. Crcy - Currency Amount Granted Limit This refers to the Amount of credit facilities granted excluding Credit Cards and OD over Drafts. For Credit cards and OD facilities only the approved credit limit is displayed. ~ Section 2~ Current Balance This refers to the entire amount of balance outstanding including the current and overdue portion if any, together with interest and all other charges last applied as at the reported date. Arrears Amount This refers to the Amount in Arrears as at reported date. Installment Amount This refers to a fixed amount to be paid periodically on credit facility types. Amount Written Off This refers to an outstanding amount of a Credit Facility that has been written off in full or in part. Reported Date This refers to the date ON WHICH the data related to the Credit Facility has been reported to CRIB. First Disburse Date First Disbursement Date This refers to the date ON WHICH the Credit facility has been disbursed to the borrower. 7

8 ~ Section 3~ Latest Payment Date (Date of Latest Payment Received) - This refers to the most recent date that a payment was made. Restructuring Date This refers to the date ON WHICH the Credit Facility has been restructured. This will be available, only if the status of the credit facility indicates as restructured. End Date (Credit Facility End Date) This refers to the date, ON WHICH the credit facility has been settled, closed, terminated, written off, Repossessed and sold, Repossessed and settled or settled through courts as per the status code. Repay Type Repayment Type - This refers to the types of repayment of a credit facilityas follows. BALN (Balloon) The major portion of the repayment of a loan is made at or near the maturity date. It may be substantially larger than the earlier payment made, if any. BMLY (Bi Monthly) Paying once every 2 months. BULT (Bullet) The repayment is scheduled as a single payment for an entire loan amount at the maturity of loan. DMND (On Demand) Repay on demand by the lending institution rather than on a specific date. MNLY (Monthly) Scheduled to be repaid in monthly installments. QRLY (Quarterly) Scheduled to be repaid once every 3 months. SMAN (Semi-Annual) - Scheduled to be repaid once every 6 months. WKLY (Weekly) - Scheduled to be repaid weekly. BWLY (Bi Weekly) - Scheduled to be repaid once every 2 weeks. ANLY (Annually) - Scheduled to be repaid once a year. REFM (Repayment Every Four Months) - Scheduled to be repaid once every 4 months. RENM (Repayment Every Nine Months) - Scheduled to be repaid once every 9 months Purp. (Purpose of Credit Facility) This refers to the reason given for obtaining this facility. Please refer catalogue description in report to get more details. Coverage - This refers to the security & Guarantor coverage of a facility. Please refer report to get more details. Catalogue description in the US & OG US & NG FS & NG FS & OG - Unsecured & Other Guarantee - Un Secured & Not Guaranteed - Fully Secured & Not Guaranteed - Fully Secured & Other Guarantee Credit Facility for Last 24 Mounts Repayment History for last 24 Months This displays the repayment pattern of Credit Facilities during the last 24 months with the Number of days in Arrears (NDIA). Please refer the Credit facility details table for the relevant Amount in Arrears (AIA), if any. 8

9 If NDIA is Zero - Box for the month will be highlighted in "GREEN" with the Status "OK" If NDIA is less than or equal to 90 days - Box will be highlighted in "Yellow" with the NDIA for the month. If NDIA is greater than 90 days - Box will be highlighted in "RED" with the NDIA for the month. Ownership Details You can find the borrowers information relating to credit facilities, which appear as Joint Borrower or Guarantor, including the following. Credit facility No, Ownership, entity type, entity Name, Identifier and Address details. Dishonor of Cheques Details This section displays the dishonoured cheque details with following information, if any. Institution & Branch, Cheque number, Cheque Amount, Date of Dishonour, and Reason for Dishonour (Insufficient Funds). Catalogue Description This section describes the abbreviations used in credit facility segment in your ireport. 9