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Microfinance firm Satin Creditcare Network is aiming 15 per cent loan growth during the current financial year, on account of expected good monsoon and easing interest rates. "We have closed FY '25 with the Assets under Management at Rs 11,300 crore registering a growth of 7 per cent but the coming year should be better in terms of business," Satin Creditcare Network Chairman cum Managing Director HP Singh told PTI. The stress in the microfinance sector is settling down and it should take one or two quarters for things to get normal depending on the individual entity, he said. Going forward, he said, "we expect loan growth of 10-15 per cent as there is normal monsoon forecast and easing interest rate bringing down cost for us and our customers." Asked about fund needs to meet business expansion, he said, there is a good pipeline to take care of growth requirements for the current financial year and the company can raise further capital in case of need. Last month, Satin Creditcare
Microfinance institution Satin Creditcare Network Ltd (SCNL) on Monday reported a profit after tax of Rs 34 crore in the quarter ended December. The company had reported a loss of Rs 80 crore in the year-ago period. Its net interest income grew Rs 194 crore in the December quarter as against Rs 164 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Disbursements for the quarter declined to Rs 1,348 crore as compared to Rs 1,822 crore in Q3FY21. Microfinance disbursements dipped to Rs 1,224 crore as compared to Rs 1,742 crores in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. Asset under management (AUM) dropped to Rs 7,218 crore as against Rs 7,880 crore. The microlender's Chairman and Managing Director H P Singh said, Considering the current pandemic scare and detection of new Omicron variant, the company has adopted a well-calibrated and cautious approach in disbursing new loans due to which AUM de-grew by 8.4 per cent year-on-year. Its gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at 8.61
Microfinance institution Satin Creditcare Network Ltd (SCNL) on Friday said it has raised Rs 225 crore through preferential allotment of shares. The micro lender has allotted a total of 30,76,916 shares (i.e. 7,69,229 shares each) to a group of investors namely Aarti Agrifeeds LLP, Adesh Agricare LLP, Adesh Agrifarm LLP and Trimudra Trade & Holdings Private Ltd, a release said. It has also allotted a total of 2,46,15,384 warrants (i.e. 1,23,07,692 warrants each) to Trishashna Holdings & Investments Pvt Ltd (promoter & promoter group) and Florintree Ventures LLP (non-promoter). The warrants have a convertible option in one or more tranches, within 18 months from the date of allotment into equivalent number of fully paid-up equity shares, the release said. The funds will be used as growth capital to boost the company's position in the lending ecosystem and to accelerate its strategic priorities. SCNL's Chairman and Managing Director H P Singh said the investment will not ...