RBI seeks details of NBFCs' 'buy now, pay later' deals with e-tailers

It may be recalled that the RBI's Financial Stability Report of December 2021 had called attention to the retail credit growth model confronting headwinds

The ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) game is set for a big change. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sought details of shadow banks’ BNPL arrangements with e-commerce (e-com) players.

The central bank has also asked for information on their roles as transferor or transferee for loans under its “Master Direction on Transfer of Loan Exposures”, issued on September 24, 2021. The urgency of the issue was evidenced in the RBI’s email to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) on Monday: That the data is to be submitted by the end of the day. Senior officials in NBFCs and the BNPL universe