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Need to move towards data-based lending: Financial Services Secretary

Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi on Friday outlined the vision for 2047 and said financial institutions must move towards data-based lending, instead of judgement-based lending, in the medium-term. He said global Indian banks with a footprint across continents hold immense significance for Indian prowess and international influence as these serve as a conduit for foreign investment in the country. Speaking at the CII Global Economic Forum, Joshi said to exceed global average of per capita GDP by 2047, India's real GDP has to grow 7-7.5 per cent. "In the medium term, we must move towards data-based lending instead of judgement based lending especially for small business," Joshi said. He said there is a need to further deepen capital markets with active participation from diversfied investors. "In the context of robust financial services, it is imperative that in 2047, India will have a highly competitive viable banking sector with substantial indian ownership, universal acc

RBI's ban on Bajaj Finance's eCOM and Insta EMI Card: All you need to know

Bajaj Finance said it is temporarily suspending the sanction and disbursal of new loans under the two products

Pidilite to enter lending business, to acquire promoter group's NBFC firm

Adhesive and construction chemicals manufacturer Pidilite Industries plans to enter the lending business, providing small-value retail loans. To facilitate this, Pidilite Industries, would acquire an existing NBFC -- Pargro Investments, belonging to its Promoter Group, according to a regulatory update. "Pidilite Industries Ltd, intends to set up a Lending Business," the company said. Over the next two years, to build the new business, the company expects to invest up to Rs 100 crore in tranches, through an optimum mix of equity and debt. "The new business would provide credit to its domain ecosystem to support their business growth. This credit will be provided primarily in the form of small-value retail loans," said Pidilite, the makers of Fevicol, Dr Fixit, Fevikwik and M-Seal. Pargro will be acquired by Pidilite through a wholly-owned subsidiary under a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) to be entered by March 31, 2024. "The acquisition of Pargro will be done at a fair value of up

Hinduja Group in talks with private debt funds to raise around $800 million

India has become a hotbead for private credit activity, in part because regulation forbids local banks from extending loans for mergers and acquisitions

ADB unveils capital moves to boost lending by $100 billion over a decade

ADB's move to stretch its balance sheet follows similar measures announced by the World Bank earlier this year that will yield a $50 billion increase in lending over a decade

NOC to account statement: What you must do for loan closure process

Get no objection certificate from lender; have fresh encumbrance certificate issued by registrar

HDFC Bank enters into co-lending partnership with CreditWise Capital

Leading private lender HDFC Bank entered into a co-lending partnership with CreditWise Capital (CWC) for extending two-wheeler loans. CWC said in a statement on Friday that by virtue of the co-lending agreement, loans for two-wheelers will be available in Tier 2, 3 and 4 towns of the country. Founder and director of CWC Aalesh Avlani said that the agreement signifies a paradigm shift in the lending landscape. The partnership combines the strength of HDFC Bank's expertise in offering credit facility and CWC's loan processing platform for assessing potential borrowers and also their credit profile. Prashant Patel, executive VP, Capital and commodity markets, HDFC Bank, said "The collaboration with CWC aligns with our vision of expanding the reach and to cater to the evolving needs of our customers".

World Bank mulling local currency lending in countries like India: Official

The World Bank is mulling local currency lending in countries like India to help borrowers save on costs, a senior official said on Friday. "How do we do local currency lending for a country like India is also something we are trying to think of at a price which is advantageous to this country," Anshula Kant, the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank, said. Speaking at the event on global economy organised by the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as part of India's G-20 presidency, Kant said the Indian government has a "huge advantage" in local currency borrowing as compared to the World Bank, even though the Washington DC-based multilateral bank is rated AAA. In some countries like the ones in Africa, which do not possess market infrastructure from where the bank can borrow, the bank may not adopt the local currency lending strategy, Kant said. At the event, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India V Anantha Nageswaran said

MDBs' lending resources to face more pressure: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman says G20 under India's presidency to touch upon all aspects of MDB evolution

Microfinance grows by nearly 10 times in 10 years to cross Rs 5 trn mark

Microfinance in India has a long history. Since turn of this century, it has been expanding rapidly as a viable financial services business because of influx of Microfinance NBFCs

China's international lending, developing world's indebtedness rise: Report

It also noted how China has provided a staggering $240 billion in loans to countries in debt distress with a specific jump in lending from 2010

Consumer lending platform Niro raises Series A funding of Rs 90 crore

Niro aims to empower consumer internet platforms to become providers of credit (and other financial) products for their consumers

PhonePe raises another $100 mn to expand into lucrative lending space

With the latest round, PhonePe, India's most valuable payments firm with an estimated value of $12 billion, has raised $650 million across four tranches from its backers, including Tiger Global

US bank lending declines by most on record in final weeks of March

The Fed's report showed that by bank size, lending decreased $23.5 billion at the 25 largest domestically chartered banks in the latest two weeks

Kotak Mahindra Bank to create vertical for mid-market firms

"The bank is also upping its focus on the structured finance offerings, whose contribution in the overall wholesale book is in low single-digits at present and growing the same"

Pace of bank lending to infrastructure shrinks to 2.3%: RBI data

Bankers say private infra offtake slow; much of funding is via public funds

SBI raises $1 billion via syndicated social loan for further lending

The funds will be used to further lend to microfinance institutions and self-help groups, a senior official at SBI, who declined to be named, told Reuters

Fintech players confused after app ban, say clueless about govt's reasons

Industry players and associations rush to MHA and Meity seeking clarity; Google reviewing govt request

SIDBI identifies MFIs to provide enhanced support for micro-lending

Speaking at Business Standard's BFSI Summit, Ramann added that the state-owned small industries lender said that it is once again looking at how to bring capital to micro finance institutions

NBFCs' share in India's lending pie fell to 5-year low of 19.8% in H1FY23

The NBFCs share of the country's lending pie declined to five-year low of 19.8 per cent in the first half of FY23