The UAE is home to a populace of over 200 nationalities and welcomes thousands of expatriates every year. This also means that a large number of individuals leave behind their credit history in their home country.
The Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB) has collaborated with Nova Credit to provide foreign credit reports to banks in the UAE. This collaboration works to offer seamless and secure access to international customer permitted credit data from more than 10 nations — Kenya, Australia, India, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Switzerland.
In this article, we will learn more about foreign credit reports.
A foreign credit report proves to be helpful in the following ways -
AECB, in collaboration with Nova Credit (and only after your consent), translates your foreign credit report into a UAE equivalent score and report that is familiar to the UAE lenders.
Here’s how foreign credit reports work in the UAE -
For more details related to foreign credit reports, let’s take a look at some frequently asked questions next.
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Ans: You cannot permanently transfer your international credit history to the UAE. However, the AECB, in collaboration with Nova Credit, can share your international credit history with your consent in the UAE.
Ans: If a lender checks your international credit report in, say, Nigeria, it will result in a hard pull in your Nigerian credit report, which can impact your credit score there. In this case, it will have no impact on your Al Etihad Credit Bureau credit score.
Ans: You will get an email from Nova Credit with instructions about downloading the credit report. You would need to do the same within 72 hours of receiving the mail.
Ans: Your Nova Credit report is one of the many factors that the bank or the lending institutions take into account while reviewing your credit application. When you attach your foreign credit history, you provide an extra information source to strengthen your credit application.
Ans: Here are the circumstances under which Nova Credit will not be able to access your international credit history -
Ans: You will be required to connect with Nova Credit to dispute and research the details as early as possible. This is because inaccurate information can harm your credit score and even indicate fraudulent activity.