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Alternative credit platform BlackSoil on Monday said it has raised Rs 100 crore, from existing investors and promoters, through a rights issue. BlackSoil is backed by investors and family offices of Allcargo Logistics, Navneet Education, Mahavir Agency, and Mathew Cyriac-led Florintree Advisors. The company didn't disclose the ownership structure post the issue but said the latest funding round marks the fourth capital infusion within eight years, bringing its total equity raise to over Rs 250 crore. Additionally, it has secured debt financing of over Rs 1,700 crore from HNIs, banks and other NBFCs. BlackSoil provides customised alternative credit solutions to growth companies, financial institutions, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across diverse sectors. BlackSoil has surpassed Rs 5,000 crore disbursement across 214 deals by December 2023. Its portfolio includes investments in high-growth businesses such as Ideaforge, Upsto
Concerned about Jharkhand's low credit-deposit ratio at 45 per cent, the state-level bankers' committee on Wednesday decided to take it to 50 per cent by the quarter ending September 2023 of the current fiscal. The SLBC was headed by Bank of India Managing Director and CEO Rajneesh Karnatak. "All banks are committed to the economic growth of Jharkhand...There is a plan for improving the CD ratio. This year, it has improved by 6 per cent on a year-on-year basis. There are individual credit plans for all the banks, including 12 per cent for the Bank of India (BoI)," Karnatak said. The credit-deposit ratio in the state was recorded at 45.07 per cent on March 31, 2023, as against 42.37 per cent by the end of the previous fiscal, registering an increase of 6.37 per cent. According to the RBI guidelines, the CD ratio can be much higher and can reach 77-78 per cent but the reason for the state's low credit to deposit proportion is "primarily due to absence of manufacturing here though ...
Credit losses are set to fall across most Asia Pacific banking systems over the next two years, S & P Global Ratings said on Tuesday.This is partly because targeted assistance to stretched borrowers will likely continue in many places until pandemic-related challenges substantially abate."Asia Pacific banks should safely avoid a 'cliff effect' even as extensive relief measures are progressively removed," said S & P Global Ratings credit analyst Sharad Jain.Moratoriums on loan repayments -- together with fiscal, monetary and policy support -- have helped cushion the blow to borrowers in Asia Pacific from the Covid-19 outbreak and containment measures.Repayment moratoriums have fallen to less than 5 per cent of system loans for a number of Asia Pacific countries compared with between 6 and 80 per cent at the height of pandemic.S & P forecast credit losses for the 12 larger banking systems in Asia-Pacific: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New ...