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Comply with digital lending norms for existing loans by Nov 30: RBI

Guidelines applicable to new and existing customers taking fresh loans

Loans against sovereign gold bonds may help reduce borrowing cost: Experts

There's a five-year lock-in on SGBs and thereafter you may have to sell them at a discount, hence borrow

Credit risk and reward: P2P offers returns but needs cautious investments

Limit your allocation to 5-10% of your fixed-income portfolio and stick to highly-rated borrowers

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How an unpaid loan aided Adani firms to make hostile takeover bid for NDTV

Adani group's acquisition of 34-year-old broadcaster NDTV will help its owner Gautam Adani, the world's fourth-richest man, to join a club of global tycoons in the media business. But behind that acquisition is an unpaid loan that New Delhi Television's (NDTV) founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy had taken from a company linked to rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani in 2009-10. Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd had loaned Rs 403.85 crore to NDTV promoter company RRPR Holding Pvt Ltd. Against this interest-free loan, RRPR issued warrants to VCPL entitling it to convert them into a 99.9 per cent stake in RRPR in case it isn't paid-back. VCPL ownership changed hands in 2012. Adani group firm first acquired VCPL from its new owner and exercised the option to convert unpaid debt into a 29.18 per cent stake in the news channel company. Thereafter, it made a Rs 493 crore open offer to buy an additional 26 per cent stake from the public in line with the country's takeover norms. Roys considered ...

Payment aggregators to approach RBI regarding new digital lending rules

Under the new rules, the loans can go directly from regulated entities like banks to the customer accounts. This has eliminated the requirement of payment aggregators in these transactions

Capex loan disbursement to states may rise to Rs 70,000 cr by Q2 end

This is lower than Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's expectation Rs 1 trillion would be released by end of September

Microfinance loans grow 24% YoY in Q1 of FY23; credit quality stable

Fund flow to the sector has improved but some smaller MFIs still find it difficult to access finance from banks

Union Cabinet enhances ECLGS corpus by Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 5 trn

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved raising the outlay of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECGLS) by Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 5 lakh crore and the additional amount will be earmarked for enterprises in the hospitality and related sectors. In the 2022-23 Union Budget, there was a proposal for raising the limit of ECLGS from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh crore to help hospitality sector hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The hike in the amount has been made on account of the severe disruptions caused by the pandemic in the hospitality and related sectors, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said while briefing the media on various decision taken by the Cabinet. He said that loans worth around Rs 3.67 lakh crore have been sanctioned under ECLGS till August 5, 2022.

What is a letter of comfort?

The Reserve Bank of India recently disallowed the use of Letters of Comfort (LoC), which may impact loans worth Rs 35,000 crore. What is this letter of comfort? Let us find out

What is the 'Letter of Comfort' banned by the Reserve Bank of India?

The ban imposed by the RBI may impact loans worth Rs 35,000 crore, impacting power, healthcare, engineering & construction, and road sectors the most

Parents' income, child's record count in getting education loan: Experts

Students joining a professional course at a top-notch college will find it easier to get approval

Latest RBI survey shows household inflation expectations eased 80 bps

Households' 3-month, one-year inflation expectations fell 50 bps, 60 bps

PNB Housing may soon re-enter corporate loans: MD & CEO Hardayal Prasad

A Rs 2,500-crore rights issue in the pipeline and healthy CRAR may provide leeway to PNB Housing Finance to re-enter the high-yielding corporate loans that it stopped two years back

SBI Q1 preview: Treasury loss, subdued loan growth may cloud profitability

SBI Q1: Projections on the quantum of decline in net profit vary widely across brokerages as they see a sequential slide anywhere between 7 per cent and 51 per cent

Loan EMIs to rise as RBI increases repo rate by 50 bps to curb inflation

Several banks have already raised their borrowing rates and some will again increase their rates after this hike by the central bank.

TMS Ep230: Startups, Adar Poonawalla, Indian rupee, Encumbrance Certificate

Are Indian start-ups on a road to profitability? What is keeping Adar Poonawalla busy these days? Is the current strength in rupee sustainable? What is an Encumbrance Certificate? All answers here

What is the twin balance sheet problem?

In the mid-2000s, infra companies saw robust growth and their shares shot up. But as the loans piled up, banks found themselves in a tight spot. It was a twin balance sheet problem. Let's know more

Banks write off loans worth Rs 10 trn in last 5 years: MoS Finance

During 2021-22, the write-off amount came down to Rs 1,57,096 crore compared to Rs 2,02,781 crore in the previous year, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat K Karad said

HDFC Ltd net profit surges 22% YoY to Rs 3,668 crore in June quarter

It looks to raise $1.1 billion in external commercial borrowing