LENDING INSTITUTIONS
TA Associates leads $400-M investment in Vastu Housing
TA Associates, alongside International Finance Corporation, acquired a minority stake in Vastu Housing Finance for ₹3,340 crore ($400 million), valuing the company at ₹10,000 crore. Additionally, Vastu received a $75 million primary capital infusion. Founded in 2015 by Sandeep Menon and Sujay Patil, Vastu is a pan-India diversified lending institution, backed by Multiples Alternate Asset Management and other investors like Norwest Venture Partners, Creation Investments, 360 ONE Asset Management, and Faering Capital.
Q1 Earnings Preview: Flat to 4% growth in net profit expected from Nifty pack; auto, financials, health to outperform
Motilal Oswal and Kotak Mahindra differ in their Q2 earnings projections for the Nifty universe. While Kotak forecasts a nearly flat growth of 0.6%, Motilal Oswal projects a 4% increase in net profits. Both firms predict stronger growth when excluding global commodities. Motilal Oswal anticipates a 10% YoY increase for the Nifty excluding oil & gas and metals, while Kotak forecasts a 9.3% rise excluding oil marketing companies.
RBI cancels registration certificates of 2 NBFCs for irregular lending practices
Hyderabad-based Star Finserv India was offering the service under 'Progcap' (owned and operated by Desiderata Impact Ventures Private Limited). Polytex India, headquartered in Mumbai, was providing services under the 'Z2P' mobile application (owned and operated by Zaitech Technologies Private Limited).
HDFC Bank increases loan interest rates by up to 10 basis points; loan EMIs to rise further
The bank has increased the lending rates by up to 10 basis points (bps) on certain tenures. HDFC Bank MCLR interest rates will now range between 9.05% and 9.40%.
Axis Bank and Piramal Finance join hands under co-lending business
The partnership is expected to leverage the loan processing technology of Piramal Finance and financial expertise of Axis Bank.
Ujjivan SFB adjusts loan growth guidance amid microfinance stress
I think these are things that we have to monitor very carefully and hopefully once the budget is out and announced and the revenues trickle into the economy, I think we will see some benefits from that. So, all in all, we are looking at a better second half. The effect is more in the first half of the year.
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Loan interest rates in June 2024: These 6 banks have revised loan interest rates in June 2024
Latest loan interest rates: Banks regularly, usually on a monthly basis, assess their marginal cost of lending rates (MCLR) to account for variations in their financing costs and other pertinent aspects. Here are the top banks and their lending rates offered in June 2024, reflecting the changes in MCLR.
Japan's Credit Saison tastes success in India, to expand loan book
Credit Saison India, under the leadership of Presha Paragash, is leveraging India's unique data infrastructure to expand its loan offerings. With a focus on partnerships, new products like loan against property, and expansion into tier III and IV cities, the company is poised for further growth and success in the Indian market.
NBFC Arthan Finance raises Rs 50 crore in equity funding
Mumbai-based NBFC Arthan Finance, which focuses on lending to micro and small businesses, will use the new funds to grow its assets under management, expand to other geographies and add artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to its offerings. To date, the company has raised around Rs 83 crore.
Targeting to hit milestone of Rs 20,000 cr loan book in 8-10 quarters: Shachindra Nath
If you look at this, the regulatory intent or the policy intent that the entire banking credit, 40% of average net banking credit should be in the priority sector. As we all know the banking sector, while in recent past the priority sector lending from bank side has improved, but for a variety of reasons the real priority sector credit dissemination has always been done by middle sized NBFCs.
HDFC Bank reduces interest rate on this loan: Check details
HDFC Bank has revised its marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR), according to its official website on June 7, 2024. HDFC Bank’s benchmark marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR) ranges between 8.95% and 9.35%.
Punjab National Bank, IIFCL sign pact for financing infra projects
PNB and IIFCL signed an agreement to offer financial assistance for infrastructure projects, aiming for consortium lending. The MoU signing involved Atul Kumar Goel and Padmanabhan Raja Jaishankar.
Muthoot Finance shares rally 4% post Q4 results. Should you invest?
Muthoot Finance Share Price: Muthoot Finance shares surged by 4.3% on Friday on the BSE, reaching a day's high of Rs 1,745. This uptick followed the company's announcement of a profit after tax of Rs 1,056 crore, marking a 17% year-on-year (YoY) increase compared to Rs 903 crore reported for the corresponding period last year.
IIFL Samasta aims to raise Rs 1000 crore in bonds, to pay 9.2-10.5%
"We are raising public bonds to fulfill credit requirements of underserved and unserved customers across the 417 districts we operate in the country, as the large part of the country gets into monsoon season, credit requirements for agriculture, agri-allied and related micro MSME businesses will increase," managing director Venkatesh N M Told ET.
ADB commits USD 2.6 billion in sovereign lending to India
Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed USD 2.6 billion (about Rs 21,500 crore) in sovereign lending to India in 2023 for various projects. The fund is aimed to strengthen urban development, support industrial corridor development, promote power sector reforms, build India's climate resilience, and enhance connectivity.
BharatX expands into healthcare finance with acquisition of Zenifi
Fintech startup BharatX acquires healthcare finance firm Zenifi to enter medical lending. Zenifi CEO Padam Kataria joins BharatX to lead healthcare lending vertical.
Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals
Chinese overseas investment, with a focus on minerals extraction in Africa, is rebounding post-pandemic. However, the relationship remains extractive, not fully aligned with the Belt and Road Initiative's goals outlined by President Xi Jinping.
PSBs seek changes to rules for Infra loans, may approach govt
State-owned lenders plan to approach the government seeking changes to terms governing performance bank guarantees (PBGs), timely compensation from concessioning authorities, and greater immunity for board members sanctioning funds for infrastructure projects as they firm up their response to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) draft rules on project financing that call for higher provisioning.
Most SFBs would not clamour to become universal banks if RBI eases some curbs, says ex-Secy
As per the RBI guidelines, SFBs are required to open at least 25 per cent of their branches in unbanked rural centres and are mandated to provide 75 per cent of loans to the priority sector compared to 40 per cent for the commercial banks.
How Jaipur-based AU Small Finance Bank plans to plug a $400 billion credit gap
India’s largest small finance bank has recently bulked up and is now looking to utilise its heft to increase its presence in MSME lending. How successful would it be, is the billion-dollar question.
Stock Radar: Multibagger returns in less than 1 year! This green NBFC player is poised for continued growth
IREDA has rallied by about 190% since its November 2023 listing. After reaching 215 in February, the momentum in the stock fizzled out. It continued to drift lower and found support above 120 levels in March. The stock is trading well above most of the crucial moving averages such as 5,10,30,50 and 100-DMA on the daily charts.
Clarification likely on GST on NBFC co-lending
The government, led by Vivek Joshi, addresses concerns around GST levy on co-lending arrangements with NBFCs, raising issues of distortion and increased lending costs. Banks, tax authorities, FIDC, MFIN, CRISIL, partner banks discuss the growth of co-lending model, NBFCs' loan book reaching ₹1 lakh crore.
Piramal invests ₹300 crore in Cybercity's Hyderabad villa project
Piramal Capital & Housing Finance has invested nearly ₹300 crore in a villa development project by Cybercity Builders & Developers in Hyderabad. The funding will also be used to acquire land Cybercity Developers bought from Phoenix Group. Piramal Enterprises plans to merge its subsidiary, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, with Cybercity Builders & Developers.
What's the new RBI proposal giving cold sweats to lenders?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed stringent new rules for project finance, aiming to minimize risks associated with long-gestation infrastructure projects. These regulations include higher provisioning during construction phases and classification of delayed projects as non-performing assets. However, banks and NBFCs fear these rules may hinder project viability and impede India's capital expenditure momentum.
Namdev Finvest's assets under management cross Rs 1,200 cr-mark in FY24
Namdev Finvest, a non-banking financial company specializing in small business lending, reported significant growth in its assets under management (AUM), which nearly doubled to over Rs 1,200 crore during the fiscal year 2023-24. The Jaipur-based company witnessed a remarkable 92.62 percent increase in AUM, reaching Rs 410 crore in net worth. Operating across eight states in northwest India, Namdev Finvest expanded its presence and received funding totaling USD 41.5 million, including a recent USD 19 million investment from Maj Invest in its Pre-Series C round.
HDFC Bank home loan, car loan, personal loan borrowers, check HDFC Bank latest lending rates here
The Marginal Cost of the Fund-Based Lending Rate or the MCLR is the minimum interest rate that a financial institution needs to charge for a specific loan. Check latest MCLR, base rate, benchmark PLR offered by HDFC Bank.
How lenders manage risk in MSME lending when credit history is not available
Some of the traditional methods used for credit assessment of businesses such as using credit history to predict behaviour or analysing cash flows and profitability using bank statements and financial statements are not very helpful.
4 PSU stocks which are gig beneficiaries of the government focus on power, railways & infrastructure projects
What should a company which is lending both for short and long term but only to a particular sector be called. A “sectoral lender” or “term lending institution”. The obvious answer would be a sectoral lender. But the fact is that these are term lending institutions which come with its own advantages and disadvantages. The word “term lending institution” is not a word which many on the street would know or remember because this word was used a couple of decades back when ICICI, IDBI were not banks but term lending institutions. The difference between today’s PFC and IRFC of the world and old timer ICICI is that the PFC and IRFC are focussed in lending to a sector, whereas in old days, ICICI used to lend to different sectors. Another big difference is that PFC and REC have lower cost of capital as compared to term lenders like in the old days. Because some of these PSU lenders have come into public space recently, even analysts seem to be getting on the wrong foot by being less than optimistic.
Making a comeback after 3 decades? 4 stocks of sector-specific term lending institutions with focus on power & railways
Term lending institutions as a sector or as a set of companies is not something which many on the street would know or remember because this word was used a couple of decades back when ICICI, IDBI were not banks. They were term lending institutions who used to give loans to companies for specific projects for a specific period of time, which used to be normally longer term as compared to banks. That model failed for multiple reasons that is why the word “ term lending institution” became a bad word or one can say went into oblivion. The one company which did not change itself for multiple reasons is IFCI and we all know what happened to it. But if one looks at some of the companies, their essential model is to provide capital for the long term. The only difference is that they are catering to specific sectors, the whole chain of companies in that sector. So they can be called “ sector specific term lending institutions” and yes they are once again back on the street because there is a world of difference in today and what things were 10 years back.
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