India’s digital lending market, projected to reach ₹15 trillion by 2030, is expanding at a CAGR of 25.6%. RBI reports non-food credit increased by 13.9% in 2024 compared to 9.6% in 2022. Yet, many banks depend on conventional processes to satisfy this need. Manual processes like paper-based application forms, in-person and physical document verification, personal […]
Collection Str͏ategies for Overseas E͏duc͏ation Loan NPAs
The dr͏eam of studying abro͏ad continues͏ to inspire͏ tho͏usands of Indi͏an students each͏ year͏.͏ Over the past f͏ive years, the ͏numbe͏r ͏of In͏dian stude͏nts͏ ͏pursuing ͏ed͏uc͏ation͏ overseas h͏as nearly doub͏le͏d, reaching arou͏nd͏ ͏1.3͏4 million ͏in 2024. To ͏turn th͏is as͏pirati͏on͏ into reality͏, many students de͏pen͏d on educati͏on loans. ͏As ͏of July͏ 2024, the total outstandi͏ng […]
Behavioral Scoring: The Smart Approach to Line of Credit Risk Management
In 2022, around 160 million people in India were credit-underserved. One reason for this is the overreliance on traditional scoring models, which typically consider parameters such as payment history, debt-to-income ratio, and length of credit. However, traditional credit scoring models do not account for an individual’s lack of credit history or other important parameters, including […]
Strategic Credit Management for Corporate Loan Portfolios
The business loan portfolio is an important vertical for lenders. The value and volume of individual loans are sizable compared to other segments, such as MSMEs and retail loans. In 2024, public sector banks indicated growth in their corporate loan portfolio in sectors such as energy and infrastructure. SBI’s year-on-year loan book, for instance, grew […]
Understanding Cluster-Based Lending Approaches for MSME Finance
The Government has designed policies and taken steps to encourage financial institutions to provide adequate and timely credit to MSME finance to facilitate their development. Reports suggest 27.4 million MSME loans were sanctioned during the financial year 2024, amounting to Rs 54.2 trillion, a growth of 19.3 per cent in volume and 5.4 per cent […]
5 Ways Lenders Can Validate a Company’s Eligibility for Business Loans
The volume of business loans in India witnessed a 16.3% year-on-year growth on March 24 against 12.5% in the same period on March 23. Further, the total credit extended to businesses was around ₹82.73 lakh crore on March 24 against ₹71.16 lakh crore in the previous year. These figures indicate a growing demand for business […]