Bank and Financial Institutions have been giving extra focus in growing Retail/ Consumer Lending in the recent days as it contributes in diversifying the risks and enhancing the customer base. Due to comparatively low risk weightage on retail loans, exception a few products, retail loans have been enabling the BFIs to enhance more loans with the limited available capital, which has been further helping them to maximize profitability.
Credit Appraisal is the process that bank assesses the credit worthiness of the borrower. The major question in this appraisal is "Will I get my money back?" The assessment of the various risks that can impact on the repayment of loan which revolves around character, collateral capability and capacity. It takes into account various factors like income of the applicants, number of dependents, monthly expenditure, repayment capacity, employment history, number of years of service and other factors which affect credit rating of the borrower.