Access to credit is a critical element for families, individuals, and businesses to build wealth, achieve economic stability, and climb the economic ladder. The process to gauge the creditworthiness of borrowers or credit underwriting is therefore important to boost the lending business. Credit underwriting used to be a long and tedious process for borrowers with […]
How Machine Learning Can Transform the Face of Financial Services?
Machine learning is enthusiastically integrating into our lives and changing how we make decisions every day. Machine learning technologies leverage historical data and user behaviours to predict patterns and make automated decisions. The rapid pace at which the machine learning technology is accelerating is leading businesses to change the way they operate. Applications of Machine […]
Exploring the Potential of Decentralised Finance (DeFi) in Loan Management
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is an umbrella term for a financial system built on blockchain technology. It aims to provide an open, permissionless, and decentralised alternative to traditional financial setups. Compared to the conventional loan management process, DeFi lending does away with intermediaries, connecting the lender and the borrower directly. The global decentralised finance market was […]
Tackling NPA: How Advanced Lending Software Solutions Are Helping Indian Banks
The growth of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) continues to be a top concern for digital lenders, today. According to reports, Indian banks continue to face challenges in recovering debt. India’s 39 Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and five Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRATs) struggle to cope with the volume of cases. Though 60,000 new cases are reported […]
Best Practices for Evaluating Bill Discounting Requests
Bill discounting, or invoice financing is a short-term finance option for businesses, which can help them free up funds tied up in unpaid invoices. As a result, companies can optimise their cash flows and payment cycles without disturbing their balance sheets. It offers advantages to vendors and purchasers alike. Vendors can fuel growth and stabilise […]
How Is Alternative Credit Data Transforming Credit Underwriting?
India’s economic growth hinges on the success of more than 633.9 lakh micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which account for nearly 30% of gross value added (GVA) in India’s gross domestic product (GDP). Despite their valuable contribution, access to credit remains one of the major barriers for MSMEs, particularly unorganised MSMEs due to lack […]