The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the growing world of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As with so much else in the downturn, the rules for the lending industry supporting these businesses need to be re-written. SME lending is a vital form of external finance to sustain small businesses and meet their cash flow and investment […]
Cash Flow Vs. Asset Based Lending: 4 Key Differences!
In order to sustain and scale its operations, every business needs to rely on borrowed capital at some point in time. Short-term financing is a key requirement for small businesses which can help them handle financial downturns and register growth in the long term. There are two types of lending styles that can be chosen […]
Is Cash Flow Lending the New Opportunity for SMEs?
The term ‘cash flow’ refers to the movement of money in and out of businesses. All the enterprises rely heavily on borrowed money from other commodities to actively function daily. Businesses derive the amount from their revenues as well as take it as loan from banks or other acquisitions. While applying for loans, the enterprises […]
OCEN – The Way Ahead for Digital Lending and MSMEs
Open Credit Enablement Network, a.k.a., OCEN is the new buzzword in the financial lending space. OCEN, launched in July 2020, is an open protocol infrastructure between Loan Service Providers such as e-commerce players and FinTechs and mainstream lenders such as banks and NBFCs. The OCEN framework aims to put a set of protocols and frameworks […]
Why Your Loan Management System Needs an Account Aggregator Integration?
It is rare to see that all of the financial holdings of a borrower are in one place. The bulk of the time, they are scattered among various intermediaries and most likely fall within the jurisdiction of ten different regulators. For instance, a customer can have fixed deposits in three different banks, each under RBI’s […]
Loan Management Systems in India: A Perspective Pre and Post Pandemic
COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented economic crisis, and there has been many disruptions and dramatic changes right from consumer spending to government operations. The lending sector in India is no exception to this rule, and it will also undergo a paradigm shift. There will be a change in the way lenders approach customers and […]