Collateral anchor: Fintech companies steer towards secured lending

This comes after RBI raised risk weights on unsecured personal loans

Nearly a year after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised risk weights on unsecured personal loans, the country’s leading fintech companies are shifting focus, expanding their portfolios to include collateral-backed credit in collaboration with lending partners. The strategy allows these firms to diversify revenue streams and offset risks from rising loan delinquencies.

Leading the charge, Bengaluru-based PhonePe has launched a broad range of secured credit products, including mutual fund loans, gold loans, vehicle loans, loans against property, and education loans, significantly enhancing its credit distribution portfolio since May.

BharatPe introduced two-wheeler loans and loans against mutual