Fusion Finance expects loan demand to recover in H2FY27 as festive activity picks up, while weather-related disruptions may moderate its earlier Rs 10,000 crore AUM target.
Industry body FISME has urged the government to provide additional ECLGS 5.0 guarantee allocation in the Union Budget to clear eligible MSME loan applications left pending.
Small and medium businesses led MSME credit growth as lending became more concentrated in established industrial and trading clusters across key districts
Retail bureau coverage rose 1.7 times to 78.9 crore borrowers by 2026, while active MSME borrowers more than doubled to 1.9 crore over the five-year period
Business-purpose loans to individual entrepreneurs grew faster than credit to commercial entities between 2023 and 2026, signalling a shift in MSME financing, says TransUnion CIBIL
The proposed mechanism, to be explored with the Department of Financial Services and industry, aims to ease working capital pressures arising from long export payment cycles
Sanjay Malhotra says financial institutions should leverage ULI, Account Aggregator and other digital platforms to build a more inclusive MSME credit ecosystem
As seen in the 11th round of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's Rural Economic Conditions and Sentiments Survey, around 22 per cent of the surveyed rural households still depend
CRIF High Mark said MSME credit growth moderated amid global uncertainty, while early-stage stress surfaced among micro borrowers, manufacturing firms and working-capital loans
CareEdge said MSME asset quality improved significantly from FY20 levels, though global trade disruptions, rising costs and export-linked risks could weigh on future loan performance
BlackSoil Capital invests Rs 40 crore in Indifi to strengthen SME lending capabilities and support expansion of digital credit solutions for underserved businesses
At 09:30 AM on Friday; Nifty PSU Bank index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up 3.4 per cent, as compared to 1.2 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
Credit offtake strengthened on broad-based demand led by personal loans, MSME borrowing and services sector growth, while gold loans surged 127.6% amid reporting norm changes
Union Budget 2026 proposes ₹10,000 crore SME growth fund and expands TReDS-backed liquidity measures and compliance support to help small businesses scale up and improve access to finance
The government's phased equity support aims to strengthen SIDBI's capital base, expand MSME lending, improve credit access and support employment growth while keeping capital adequacy well above regul
The equity infusion into Sidbi will be provided over three years to strengthen its capital base and expand credit flow to MSMEs, with support expected to reach 2.6 million additional units by FY28
