How Can You Select the Right Personal Loan?

A personal loan is an unsecured credit option that is simpler to procure owing to less paperwork and lack of guarantor or security. Common reasons for availing of a personal loan include – 

∙       Wedding or other crucial social functions in the family.

∙       Debt consolidation

∙       Medical exigency for family or self

∙       Paying your credit card dues

∙       For financing your vacations

∙       For purchasing a high-end appliance

 

Whatever the reason for availing of a personal loan online, here are a few of the crucial tips you must consider for getting the best personal loan deal. 

 Compare the personal loan interest rates – 

Suppose a bank approaches you with an offer of 14 per cent p.a. for a personal loan. Or you visit a bank with whom you share a long-lasting relationship in the form of a savings bank account to find out the interest rate that the bank may offer you is 16 per cent p.a. on a personal loan. In this case, what will you do? Will you go ahead with the first offer or the second one? Obviously, any smart person will consider the first offer, but as it holds a long-term relationship with the bank offering a 16 per cent p.a. interest rate, it will negotiate with the bank to bring down the rate to a suitable level. 

 However, many lenders may make attractive personal loan offers to entice you if you hold a good credit profile. For instance, the personal loan rate of interest HDFC may decrease to match your suitability if you have a good credit profile. There are various ways to do so – you can either conduct your own research by visiting the site of distinct banks and finding out their rates or by visiting online financial lending marketplaces to input your details and know the lenders as per your preference and suitability. Once you have selected the lender, you must use the HDFC personal loan calculator or calculator from any other lender to find out the appropriate EMI as per your repayment capacity and interest rate. 

 

Lenders	Rate of Interest (p.a.)	Processing charges (percentage of the loan)
HDB Financial Services	Up to 36 per cent	Up to 3 per cent
Cashe	27 per cent	Up to 1200 or 3 per cent
Home Credit	24 per cent	Up to 5 per cent
EarlySalary	18 per cent	2 per cent
PaySense	16.80 per cent	Up to 2.5 per cent
Money View	15.96 per cent	Starting from 2 per cent
Dhani loan and services	13.99 per cent	3 per cent onwards
Money Tap	12.96 per cent	2 per cent
KreditBee	12.24 per cent	Up to 6 per cent
Faircent	12 per cent	Up to 8 per cent
Fullerton India	11.99 per cent	Up to 6 per cent
StashFin	11.99 per cent	Up to 10 per cent
Navi Finserv	9.9 – 45 per cent	Nil
HSBC Bank	9.99 – 15.50 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
Standard Chartered Bank	11.49 per cent onwards	1 per cent
Tata Capital	10.99 per cent onwards	Up to 2.75 per cent
Citibank	9.99 – 16.49 per cent	Up to 3 per cent
Muthoot Finance	14.00 – 22.00 per cent	Up to 3.5 per cent
RBL Bank	17.50 – 26 per cent	Up to 3.5 per cent
Bajaj Finserv	13.00 per cent onwards	Up to 4 per cent
IDFC First Bank	10.49 per cent onwards	Up to 3.5 per cent
Bank of Maharashtra	10.35 – 13.70 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
Federal Bank	10.49 – 17.99 per cent	Up to 3 per cent
UCO Bank	10.95 – 11.20 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
Yes Bank	10.99 per cent onwards	Up to 2.5 per cent
Indian Overseas Bank	10.00 – 11.00 per cent	Up to 0.75 per cent
IDBI Bank	9.50 – 14.00 per cent	1 per cent (Minimum – Rs 2.500)
IndusInd Bank	10.49 per cent onwards	Up to 3 per cent
Central Bank of India	9.85 – 10.05 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
Kotak Mahindra Bank	10.99 per cent onwards	Up to 2.5 per cent
Indian Bank	9.40 – 9.90 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
Bank of India	10.25 per cent onwards	Up to 2 per cent (Maximum – Rs 10,000)
Axis Bank	10.25 per cent onwards	1.5 – 2.00 per cent
Union Bank of India	9.80 – 13.90 per cent	Up to 1 per cent (Maximum – Rs 7,500)
Bank of Baroda	9.20 – 16.55 per cent	2 per cent (Minimum – Rs 1,000 and Maximum – Rs 10,000)
ICICI Bank	10.50 per cent onwards	Up to 2.5 per cent
Punjab National Bank	8.80 – 15.35 per cent	Up to 1 per cent
HDFC Bank	10.50 per cent onwards	Up to 2.5 per cent (Maximum – Rs 25,000)
State Bank of India	9.80 – 13.80 per cent	Up to 1.50 per cent (Maximum – Rs 15,000)

 

Compare the charges and fees.

Rate of interest is not just the only factor you must factor in to get the best deal on a personal loan. Also, you must consider various fees and charges incurred by banks. Charges generally linked with personal loans include – processing charges, cheque bounce fees, late payment fees, loan cancellation fees and service tax. Of this, the important charge to consider is the processing charges which may range anywhere between nil and 10 per cent of the loan amount. 

Repayment flexibility

Most personal loans come with partial or full pre-payment charges. It means if you are looking to repay your outstanding amount on loan for the entire tenure, you will have to pay a fee. Few banks may incur a foreclosure charge of anywhere between 2 and 5 per cent of the outstanding balance. This may assist you in lowering your thorough debt burden owing to the deduction of future interest constituents. 

 

Figure out the loan EMI as per your repayment capacity 

Before you avail of a personal loan, you must be completely sure that you will easily repay the EMI on time without incurring any late payment penalties. For this, you must estimate the EMI that you must pay on the amount that you borrow. Having knowledge about the approximate EMI is extremely simple when you take the help of the HDFC Personal Loan EMI calculator. EMI calculator permits you to factor in all the details like your loan amount, interest rate, repayment tenure, processing charges and pre-payment chances. By inputting the respective required value, which you have determined to borrow from the bank, you will get a fair idea about the amount that will be deducted from your bank account every month in the form of a personal loan EMI.