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Kaleidofin Capital raises $3 million in debt from Triodos for 3-year tenure

Kaleidofin Capital raised $3 million in debt from Triodos Investment Management to support informal sector enterprises including agriculture and dairy segments

Non-bank lender Altum Credo raises ₹170 crore in funding led by BII

Non-bank lender Altum Credo on Monday announced a Rs 170 crore fund raise from existing investor UK's development finance institution and impact investor British International Investment (BII). The funding will help the Pune-headquartered affordable housing-focused lender expand its operations in the country, as per a statement. The company has served over 15,000 customers in six states covering southern and western India, and manages assets of over Rs 1,000 crore. The investment will help increase credit access to low-income, majority women customers for the purpose of home construction and improvements, which will, in turn, improve access to basic services, such as sanitation, electricity, and safety, as well as asset ownership of households. Its managing director and chief executive, Vikrant Bhawat, said the investment will strengthen the balance sheet for a long-term, sustainable, impactful growth journey. BII's head of India, Shilpa Kumar, said the British investor is contin

Capri Global Q1 results: Net profit jumps over two-fold to ₹175 crore

Capri Global Capital Ltd on Saturday reported more than two-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 175 crore for the quarter ended June 2025, aided by higher margins and operating efficiencies. The non-banking financial company had reported a profit after tax of Rs 76 crore in the year-ago period. Total income of the company rose by over 41 per cent to Rs 582 crore in the June quarter compared to Rs 410 crore in the year-ago period, a statement said. The non-banking financial company's consolidated assets under management (AUM) surged by 42 per cent year-on-year to Rs 24,754 crore in the first quarter of FY26, driven by robust growth in its retail loan portfolio, the company said. Capri Global's gold loans grew 69 per cent, while housing loans expanded 32 per cent during the quarter. Co-lending AUM rose 64 per cent to Rs 4,681 crore, contributing 18.9 per cent to the total AUM compared to 17.8 per cent in the previous quarter. The company's disbursements stood at Rs 8,458

RBI eases norms, caps investments by banks, NBFCs in AIF schemes at 20%

RBI caps exposure at 20% for banks, NBFCs in AIF schemes, excluding equity investments from provisions, with new guidelines effective from January 2026

RBI to consider giving Section-8 MFI firms' access to credit bureaus

The lack of access to credit information leaves Section-8 MFIs in the dark about the worthiness of their clients, while allowing borrowers to exploit the arbitrage between Section-8 and mainline MFIs

We are catalysing retail green financing in the country: Rajashree Nambiar

The climate-financing gap over the next five years is about $40 billion, says Rajashree Nambiar, cofounder and chief executive officer of Ecofy

Debt securitisation volume rises to ₹49,000 crore in April-June quarter

Total number of originators in these securitisations, wherein a lender hands over future receivables on a single or a bunch of loans to a new entity usually on a discount, was around 90, Crisil report

NBFC's micro loan stress increases in FY25, says RBI report

RBI's FSR shows NBFCs' stressed assets rose sharply as write-offs jumped and credit risks increased, especially in small-ticket personal loans below ₹50,000

RBI's prepayment penalty ban poses bigger hit for NBFCs, say experts

NBFCs have around 5-25 per cent of their AUM under floating rate micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) loans which will be impacted as majority of them charge 2-5 per cent prepayment penalties

MF funding to NBFCs hits record Rs 2.77 trillion in May 2025: CareEdge

Mutual fund exposure to NBFCs rose 32.5% YoY to record Rs 2.77 trillion in May 2025, driven by CPs and corporate debt, while bank credit to NBFCs fell 0.3%

India Ratings sees FY26 credit growth at 13-13.5% amid NBFC drag

India Ratings expects credit growth to rise modestly in FY26, led by industrial capex and public bank disbursements, even as retail and NBFC lending cools

RBI relief for project finance, only 1% provision in construction phase

Banks welcome RBI's final project finance guidelines that lower provisioning to 1 per cent during construction and exempt existing projects from higher requirements

Happy as NBFC unless there's glide path to becoming a bank: Umesh Revankar

Microfinance can never be a sunshine sector because every 5-6 years it gets into some kind of challenges, says Revankar

SMFG India Credit begins hunt for new MD & CEO as Mitra retires

Shantanu Mitra to retire as MD & CEO of SMFG India Credit by June-end citing personal reasons as the NBFC's board initiates search for a successor amid leadership shift

RBI's breather on gold loans to spur growth in NBFCs: Crisil Ratings

RBI's revised gold loan norms to benefit NBFCs by raising LTV ceilings, providing better cushions for bullet loans and expanding lending headroom

Northern ARC pops 4% as RBI grants approval for undertaking factoring biz

Northern ARC share price jumped in trade after the company announced that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted approval to the company for undertaking factoring business.

Microfinance credit quality dips in FY25; NPAs rise to ₹55,000 crore

Microfinance sector sees worsening credit metrics in FY25 with PAR 31-180 and NPAs rising sharply amid disbursal decline and external disruptions, says MFIN

MFI stress to be steady in next few quarters: RBI Deputy Governor

RBI relaxes qualifying criteria for NBFCs to be treated as MFIs

RBI to review regulatory framework for Type-I NBFCs: Governor Malhotra

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the central bank will review and possibly introduce a separate framework for Type-I NBFCs, which do not accept public funds or have customer interface

To pay additional interest to bond holders for CAR breach period: UGRO

On May 20th, 2025, UGRO has announced a capital raise of more than Rs. 1300 crore which would increase its capital adequacy from current 19.4 percent to 29.4 percent