Converting a credit card purchase to EMI generally doesn't hurt your credit score on its own, since it's simply a repayment structure change rather than new borrowing, but how you manage the resulting instalments does matter. The EMI amount typically counts as a fixed obligation against your available credit limit for the conversion period, and missing an instalment payment is reported and treated the same as any other late credit card payment.
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