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Non-banking financial company HDB Financial Services on Wednesday reported a 34.2 per cent surge in profit after tax to Rs 780 crore in the September quarter of FY27 driven by higher loan demand and lower provisions. The financial services entity had earned a PAT of Rs 581 crore in the year-ago period. Its net interest income rose 15.6 per cent to Rs 2,534 crore in the July-September quarter of FY27, up from Rs 2,192 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year, the firm said in a stock exchange filing. HDB Financial Services' total income rose 12 per cent to Rs 3,188 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 2,851 crore in the year-ago period. Loan losses and provisions declined by 2.5 per cent to Rs 730 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 compared to Rs 748 crore recorded in the same quarter last year. The company registered a 12 per cent growth in gross loan book to Rs 1.24 lakh crore during the quarter under review compared with Rs 1.12 lakh crore
Reserve Bank's proposal to bar NBFCs from providing revolving credit will disrupt legitimate working-capital finance used by small and medium enterprises, industry body FISME said on Tuesday, as it urged the central bank to reconsider the plan. The Federation of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) has flagged concerns on the 'Draft Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026' issued earlier this month, saying a blanket ban on revolving credit by NBFCs may choke MSMEs' working capital. In the draft, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed that "NBFC shall only offer credit products which are in nature of term loans and shall not offer any revolving credit products". The central bank has sought stakeholders' feedback on the draft till August 28, 2026. FISME said that NBFCs play a critical role in serving enterprises, geographies, sectors and ticket sizes that are often not adequately served by banks. It