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Gold loan disbursements surge 94% in Q3FY26: Equifax Retail Insights

Gold loan disbursements nearly doubled in Q3 FY26 as borrowers favoured gold-backed credit, with NBFCs leading growth and PSBs contributing the largest share, Equifax data shows

DEG and Citi cofinance $76 million to Shriram Finance to boost MSME

DEG and Citi have extended a $76 million co-financing facility to Shriram Finance to expand lending to MSMEs, smallholder farmers, women borrowers, and electric vehicle buyers

Strong demand, low credit costs to keep gold-loan NBFC profits healthy

Crisil Ratings expects gold-loan NBFCs to maintain strong profitability as rising demand, better operating leverage and benign credit costs support returns over the next two fiscals

Bharti Airtel hits over 4-month low, down 2%; what's making Street nervous?

Investing in the NBFC business is non-core to the telecom business, hence, analysts may consider it a slight negative from a capital allocation perspective.

Transition path for NBFCs to become universal banks may be in the offing

DFS to again meet on shadow banks next week

Manappuram CEO takes medical leave as Bain Capital gains nomination rights

Manappuram Finance CEO Deepak Reddy has gone on medical leave for up to 120 days, even as Bain Capital prepares to assume promoter status and secure rights to nominate key executives

Gold loans drive 42% surge in secured lending in Q3FY26: Experian

Experian data shows secured loans growing 42% in Q3FY26, led by strong demand for gold loans, even as unsecured lending rebounded and home loans maintained steady momentum

Gold loans pip personal loans in retail segment in Q3FY26, shows data

Gold loans overtake auto loans as the second-largest retail segment, with rapid growth driven by soaring gold prices and rising borrower demand

NBFCs' bank licence set to figure at DFS meet on Thursday as reforms loom

The meeting will be attended by senior officials from the Finance Industry Development Council, Sa-Dhan and Microfinance Industry Network

Infra recovery could accelerate NBFC growth after strong Q3 trends

NBFCs reported stronger Q3FY26 growth with margin expansion, lower credit costs and improved asset quality; a revival in infrastructure-linked activity could further support sector momentum into FY27

Bharti Airtel dips 4%, sees sharpest intra-day fall in 3 months; here's why

Bharti Airtel to infuse ₹20,000 crore in Airtel Money to push digital lending.

Bharti Airtel to infuse ₹20,000 cr in Airtel Money to push digital lending

Bharti Airtel and promoter group to contribute 70:30 into NBFC

RBI's new loan recovery norms: NBFCs may incur extra cost to train agents

From a customer perspective, the stricter norms are welcome, industry executives said

RBI allows NBFCs to factor DLG in determining provisions under ECL

RBI allows NBFCs to factor in default loss guarantees from lending apps while computing ECL provisions, tightening uniformity without diluting prudential safeguards

RBI proposes deregistration window for NBFCs without public funds

The Reserve Bank of India has proposed exempting certain NBFCs from registration and allowing eligible non-public fund, non-customer-facing entities to seek deregistration within six months

Is UGRO Capital your next growth stock? Elara says 'Buy', 66% upside eyed

Elara Capital has initiated coverage on UGRO Capital with a Buy rating and a target price of ₹226, based on 1.2x FY27E book value

PFC board clears merger with REC to boost scale, efficiency of NBFCs

Power Finance Corporation's board has approved an in-principle merger with subsidiary REC Ltd, following the government's Budget push to restructure public sector NBFCs

RBI nod to direct bank lending to Reits may expedite asset growth

Industry executives note that REITs raise debt by issuing securities subscribed to by mutual funds and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)

RBI eases norms for small NBFCs, exempts non-customer-facing firms

The Reserve Bank of India has eased compliance for low-risk NBFCs by exempting certain non-customer-facing firms from registration and proposing to drop prior approval norms for branch expansion

RBI announces stricter fraud rules, mis-selling curbs to protect bank users

The central bank proposed draft rules to curb mis-selling, cap losses from unauthorised digital transactions and tighten recovery practices as part of a wider push to strengthen customer protection