Page 14 - Loans

Infra lender NaBFID to sanction loan worth Rs 1 trillion this fiscal

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian government-backed National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) expects to sanction close to 1 trillion rupees ($12.23 billion) in loans this financial year, its top executive told Reuters on Tuesday.

Bad loan firms call for rule change to open up sector to new players

The proposed changes would increase the types of entities who trade instruments called Security Receipts, which are backed by non-performing loans

Adani Ports to pay $130 mn of debt early, $413 mn debt tendered for payment

Adani Ports had floated a tender of up to $130 million of 3.375% 2024 maturity dollar-denominated bonds late last month

Spandana Sphoorty's net profit rises 268% to Rs 105 cr in March quarter

The overall assets under management stood at Rs 8,511 crore as of March 31, 2023, against Rs 6,581 crore in the year-ago period

Chase India to set up SRO in light of recent crackdown on Chinese loan apps

Amid the government crackdown on illegal loan apps, research firm Chase India in a report on Tuesday proposed setting up a self-regulatory organisation (SRO) for the digital lending industry. The report on whitelisting framework for digital lending apps (DLAs) intends to support the industry, as it will add legitimacy to the practices and business operations of the DLAs, while simultaneously defining an appropriate regulatory approach in the sector. Chase India has prepared the whitelisting framework with inputs from industry stakeholders. The report also proposed adopting the framework as a standardised code of conduct for DLAs. It details the requirements for the DLAs' legal establishment, business operations, safe handling of technology and data, customer safety and grievance redressal, among others. Chase India suggested the formation of a self-regulatory organisation or dedicating a nodal agency within the regulator's purview for the digital lending industry. The report also

State-run banks likely to launch special drive to recover written-off loans

The government has instructed public sector banks (PSBs) to focus on written-off loans, a senior official said

Higher loan limits to enterprises addressing 'Missing Middle problem': SBI

Increase in Mudra disbursement leads to decline in states' subsidies allocation

Vedanta Resources cuts gross debt by $1 bn by paying its maturing loans

Vedanta Resources Limited (Vedanta), the parent company of Mumbai-listed mining giant Vedanta Ltd, on Monday said it has paid all its maturing loans and bonds due in this month to reduce its gross debt by a further USD 1 billion. Vedanta has now reduced debt by a total of USD 3 billion since it announced in February 2022 its intention to accelerate deleveraging. It had announced plans to reduce debt by USD 4 billion within 3 years. "Vedanta has thereby achieved 75 per cent of its committed reduction in just 14 months," the firm said in a statement. The firm's gross debt now stands at USD 6.8 billion, down from USD 7.8 billion at the end of March 2023 and from USD 9.7 billion at the end of March 2022. "During the balance of FY24, we believe that strong operational performance from our world class asset base coupled with robust commodity prices will lead to further deleveraging at Vedanta," the statement said.

Arohan Financial Services opens over 100 branches in underserved states

Arohan Financial Services Ltd has opened 102 new branches in FY'23 to expand its presence in underserved states of the country, the microfinance company said on Friday. The Kolkata-based NBFC-MFI lender now has 835 branches across 15 states offering a range of financial products and services to low-income customers. The new branches were opened in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, with additional operations in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana and Tripura. Arohan is investing heavily to expand in semi-urban and rural geographies, providing employment opportunities for rural youth and enhancing access to credit for the financially underserved, the company said in a statement. Our endeavour is to include every underserved household and small business under financial services. As we commence on our ambitious five-Year Vision plan of rapid expansion path to serve 20 million lives by 2027, we

Renew Power planning to raise $400 mn in green bonds to refinance old loans

Early this month, Reliance Industries raised $5 billion for its telecom and new energy projects

We expect good demand to continue from realty sector: LIC Hsg Fin chief

In a Q&A, Y Viswanatha Gowd, MD & CEO of the HFC attributes the uptick in demand for home loans to stabilising interest rates and completion of large projects

Pakistan says UAE assures $1 billion loan to help revive IMF deal

Pakistan is going through one of its biggest economic crisis ever as multiple delays in its loan program created a dollar shortage, import restrictions and reduced forex

BoM logs 30% loan growth, total business crosses Rs 4 trn in Q4 FY23

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday said it has posted a credit growth of 29.59 per cent at Rs 1.75 lakh crore for the March quarter. The outstanding credit was Rs 1.35 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2022, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The Pune-headquartered lender registered a 21.28 growth in total business to cross a milestone of Rs 4 lakh crore. At the end of March 2023, the total business (total advances and total deposits) increased to Rs 4.09 lakh crore as against Rs 3.37 lakh crore at the end of the previous fiscal. Total deposits of the bank increased by 15.7 per cent to Rs 2.34 lakh crore as against Rs 2.02 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of the previous financial year. During the quarter, it said, the Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) stood at 53.39 per cent of the total deposits. With regard to Credit Deposit (CD) ratio, it said, the number has increased to 74.87 per cent at the end of March 31, 2023 as against 66.85 per cent i

More than Rs 40,700 crore sanctioned under Stand-Up India Scheme in 7 years

The scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship at the grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation and has been extended up to the year 2025

Bajaj Finance booked highest ever new loans in FY23 at 29.6 million

AUM grew 29% YoY in Q4 to Rs 2.47 trillion

Vedanta unit's ability to raise loans reduces liquidity risk for group: S&P

Natural resources group has debt servicing obligations of about $3 bn

Sundaram Home Finance to double number of branches giving small biz loans

In October last year, the company made a foray into the small business loans segment

Gross micro loans portfolio grows 20% in December quarter: Report

The gross micro loans portfolio grew 20 per cent to Rs 3.16 lakh crore in the quarter ended December 2022 as compared to the year-ago period, a report said on Friday. The gross loan portfolio growth came at 5.5 per cent when compared to the September quarter, according to the report by credit information company Crif Microlend. Delinquencies of advances overdue for over 90 days by value declined 1.7 per cent while as a percentage of overall advances, it was at 2 per cent at the end of December 2022 as against 2.7 per cent in the year-ago period. The coronavirus pandemic had impacted the microfinance sector as field agents were unable to visit borrowers to extend loans and also ensure timely repayments. The report said that non-bank finance companies continue to dominate the market with a 35.7 per cent share, followed by banks at 33.5 per cent and small finance banks at 16.9 per cent.

Loans disbursed digitally rose 12-fold between 2017-20: RBI panel report

Also as per the findings of the report, there were approximately 1,100 lending apps in the country, between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2021

China spent $240 billion to bail out nations with Belt & Road loans

Beijing now fast catching up with the IMF as a lender of last resort