Using a personal loan to repay card debt: check the full handover
Replacing a card balance with instalment debt changes the repayment structure. The useful comparison includes the existing card obligation, replacement-loan costs and how you will avoid rebuilding the card balance.
Do not compare only the first month's payment
Obtain the card's current payable amount and clarify charges that may accrue before payment arrives. Compare a realistic card repayment plan with the loan's full schedule, fees and net disbursal. Check whether closing one card balance leaves another card EMI or account charge outstanding. Decide how future card spending will be paid without relying on the freed limit.
A worked situation
If ₹80,000 is repaid using a new ₹80,000 loan, the card limit may become available again. Spending another ₹30,000 on that limit would create card debt alongside the new loan. The consolidation plan must address that possibility rather than count the available limit as spare income.
Your next-step checklist
- Confirm the card settlement amount
- Compare complete repayment plans
- Set a plan for future card purchases
Does paying the card with a loan erase the debt?
It moves the obligation to a different contract. The new loan must still be repaid, and any later card use creates additional commitments rather than undoing the replacement loan.
Official references and further reading
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