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Top fintechs dial NBFCs for secured credit partnerships
Fintech startups, having built trust as unsecured loan providers, are setting their sights on the secured credit market. Companies like PhonePe, Cred, and Paytm are seeking collaborations with non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs) to facilitate these secured loans. Lenders also want to work with fintechs for such products, as they look to source prime customers through these platforms.
Fintech lenders have high delinquency levels in small value loans says RBI
The RBI has highlighted concerns over consumer loans, noting that over half of borrowers have three or more loans simultaneously. The Financial Stability Report flags high delinquency rates, especially among personal loans under ₹50,000 and loans from fintech lenders. Despite overall improvements in credit quality, stress in retail loans remains significant, particularly for private sector banks.
Pause on the cards: Fintechs may take a hit as most banks stay away from BBPS
RBI mandates credit card bill payments through BBPS, but only 8 of 34 banks are live on the network, causing concern among payment companies like PCI for an extension.
Global Economic Summit 2024 to empower MSMEs through fintech solutions
India's fintech sector is set to host the 9th Global Economic Summit in Mumbai from August 8-10, 2024, focusing on 'FinTech: Accelerating the Digital Revolution.' The event features support from ONDC, DLAI, and Atal Incubation Centre - RMP, with notable speakers discussing evolving market trends and critical technologies.
Cred’s secured loan play; Rubrik interview
Happy Tuesday! Kunal Shah-led fintech startup Cred is prepping for an entry into the secured credit space. Details of this and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Tech-based NBFCs try a balancing act after RBI action on unsecured loans
NBFCs like DMI Finance, Vivriti Capital and InCred Capital expanded unsecured retail and small business lending, leveraging strong fintech partnerships over to grow their business coming out of Covid. Some of these companies took the acquisition route to scale up this business quickly.
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IPO-bound cos wary after poll results; NBFCs’ balancing act
Happy Friday! New-age firms planning to go public are moving cautiously as stock market volatility remains a concern after the 2024 general election results. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Stock brokers push lending; InsuranceDekho’s latest acquisition
Happy Tuesday! Tech-first broking companies are looking to diversify into the credit business to build a larger financial services play. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
RBI unveils final guidelines for fintech SRO
The RBI had unveiled draft guidelines in January this year, following which industry participants sent in their responses. The regulator wants the SRO to be truly representative of multiple participants across the fintech space.
A quarter of hits & a few misses; and other top tech, startup stories
Welcome to another edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter. This is Pranav Mukul in New Delhi. This week we’ve wrapped up another compelling quarterly earnings season for listed new-age companies from Zomato and Delhivery to Paytm and PB Fintech.
Paytm employees warned of potential job losses after hit from RBI probe
Paytm, the Indian fintech pioneer, signalled job cuts and asset trimming after reporting its first sales decline on record due to a regulatory probe. The company's net losses surged to 5.5 billion rupees, with revenue dropping by 2.6%. Paytm aims to recover by streamlining operations and focusing on core businesses.
FIIs withdraw Rs 46,000 crore from financial stocks in 2024. Is RBI the deal-breaker?
After selling financials worth over Rs 30,000 crore in January and nearly Rs 10,000 crore in February, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) turned into net buyers in the sector in March. However, they resumed selling in April, with last month's selling amounting to around Rs 9,300 crore.
A week of hits and misses in fintech; and other top tech, startup stories
Hi, this is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. It’s been a busy news week for us here at ETtech covering some of the most important stories in the fintech space. We had a string of big exclusives, wrapping it up here just in case you missed reading them.
RBI scanner on gold loan startups; setback for P2P lending firms
Happy Wednesday! After the central bank's action on IIFL Finance, concerns have been raised over gold loan evaluation by fintechs and their partner banks. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
RBI cautions banks on gold loan disbursals through fintech startups
RBI cautions banks on gold loan disbursement concerns through fintechs like Rupeek, IndiaGold, and Oro Money. Banks evaluating next steps post IIFL Finance issue. Asset quality improved at Rupeek, with partnerships with Federal Bank, Indian Bank, and South Indian Bank.
Fintechs seek clarity on digital currency tieups despite RBI blessing
Blockchain-based digital currency allows programmability of money. This means, in some cases, usage can be restricted to specific merchants only. This feature has caught the attention of the government, which is considering using it for targeted subsidy disbursements and preventing unauthorised access or misuse.
India's regulatory scrutiny may raise lenders' capital costs, slow loan growth, says S&P Global
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is increasing regulatory scrutiny of lenders to improve governance and curb exuberant lending. The RBI has tightened its norms on unsecured loans and warned lenders against exuberance due to rising risks to the financial system. The increased focus on compliance and tight liquidity in the banking system may slow down credit growth to 14% in 2024-25 from 16% this financial year.
Why RBI's disproportionate action against fintechs may be bad for business and investor sentiment?
In a situation where financial liabilities of citizens have grown from 3.8% to 5.8% of GDP between 2021 and 2023, is it not reasonable to expect that regulatory and supervisory actions are taken in a 'calibrated' fashion, keeping an eye on customers credit needs and financial convenience? In an age when gov and corporations promote light-touch digital solutions as a universal panacea, should regulatory boundaries remain static and stifle new lending models?
P2P lenders under stress; Pocket FM’s unicorn funding round
Peer-to-peer lending companies such as Liquiloans, Lendbox, and Faircent are putting the brakes on their instant withdrawal products. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
P2P lenders to stop ‘liquid funds’ as RBI peers into business
The initiative by the Association of P2P Lending Platforms comes on the back of sharp displeasure expressed by the country’s banking regulator over a spate of such products offering attractive interest rates and instant liquidation options to retail investors.
Digital lenders’ play for MSMEs; Ola Electric to launch e-autos
MSME-focused digital lenders are increasingly gaining traction as banks slow down on unsecured consumer loans. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
MSME fintechs steal show as consumer lending loses fizz
All these years, digital lending has been mostly synonymous with unsecured consumer credit. But that is slowly changing. Business-focused fintech lenders are increasingly grabbing the limelight with more traditional lenders opening up to work with them.
RBI’s action not against Paytm; it is against payment bank; we support fintechs: Shaktikanta Das
Shaktikanta Das, Governor of RBI, clarifies that the RBI's action is against payment banks, not fintech companies like Paytm. Fintechs are free to grow as long as they are not NBFC lenders. The majority of Paytm users are linked to other banks, so only 15-20% of customers are impacted by RBI's restrictions.
Paytm bank RBI Ban: Indian fintech is fast, furious — and fraudulent?
The Reserve Bank of India has taken regulatory action against Paytm and Visa Inc., and more nonbank intermediaries may be targeted. The growth of neo-banking in India has increased the risk of fraud. KYC regulations and digital payments face challenges, and nodal accounts are used for real-time processing.
Credit Fair secures a license for peer to peer lending from RBI
The loans that Credit Fair will lend will have a principal of minimum Rs. 10,000 and a minimum tenure of six months with new to credit borrowers and borrowers who have a credit score. “It could be good if there is more clarity on P2P lending from the regulator like if digital lending guidelines apply here, or more simplification in assignment and transfer of loans, or clarity on primary and secondary market in P2P”, said Aditya Damani, CEO, Credit Fair.
Banks await RBI nod on KYC challenges at Paytm before moving business
Two senior bankers in the know told ET that given Paytm was involved in issues around KYC of its user base in the past, bankers are looking for directions from the RBI before taking on the business. KYC is a process that requires a potential customer to submit original identity documents to a bank before being able to access its services. The central bank allows digital KYC through video verification.
RBI issues draft framework for fintech self-regulatory bodies
The main idea behind the guidelines is to empower the fledgling sector to function and innovate responsibly, even in the absence of formal regulations.
RBI's draft rules on fintech SRO; Pixxel unveils mega facility
The main idea behind the guidelines is to empower the fledgling sector to function and innovate responsibly even in the absence of formal regulations.
RBI to set up a fintech repository to increase transparency in lending by fintech
To help in increasing transparency in fintech lending RBI has proposed to come up with a Fintech Innovation Hub through which fintech would be encouraged to share inflation voluntarily. The central bank has said that it will operationalise this hub by April 2024. While this move by RBI will help an orderly growth of fintech industry but it will also help borrower in the long run.
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