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Festive borrowers choose speed over rates: 42% opt for instant loans

Festive borrowing is booming - and not just among seasoned credit users

Festive borrowers choose speed over rates: 42% opt for instant loans
Updated On : 10 Nov 2025 | 12:53 PM IST

Loan foreclosure decoded: How it shapes your credit score and finances

The step will improve savings but impact on credit scores depends on the loan and the lender's rules

Loan foreclosure decoded: How it shapes your credit score and finances
Updated On : 24 Sep 2025 | 3:57 PM IST

Loan recovery gets an AI push as major banks deploy virtual agents

The AI avatars, often designed to appear in sharp business attire, adopt a firm tone and use legal language to nudge customers into making repayments during the call

Loan recovery gets an AI push as major banks deploy virtual agents
Updated On : 22 Sep 2025 | 9:24 AM IST

When should you take a personal loan and what are the best rates?

Check out the best interest rates and EMI amounts across different tenures for personal loans

When should you take a personal loan and what are the best rates?
Updated On : 10 Jul 2025 | 4:23 PM IST

Bank credit growth slows to 6.7% in first half of April, shows RBI data

Bank credit growth slowed to 6.7% in April, with faster growth in metals and textiles but slower in infrastructure and agriculture. RBI data highlights changes in services and personal loans credit

Bank credit growth slows to 6.7% in first half of April, shows RBI data
Updated On : 30 May 2025 | 10:46 PM IST

Our aspiration is to exit Q4FY26 with RoA of 1%: Yes Bank MD & CEO

Prashant Kumar discusses the Q4FY25 results and future strategy of the bank

Our aspiration is to exit Q4FY26 with RoA of 1%: Yes Bank MD & CEO
Updated On : 04 May 2025 | 10:57 PM IST

Pledging mutual funds? Keep extra units handy to handle margin calls

Previously, availing these loans was a cumbersome physical process that took five-seven working days

Pledging mutual funds? Keep extra units handy to handle margin calls
Updated On : 28 Mar 2025 | 10:26 PM IST

Looking for a personal loan? Check the best rates and charges here

A personal loan is a quick and easy way of getting some money to tide over a cash crunch

Looking for a personal loan? Check the best rates and charges here
Updated On : 27 Mar 2025 | 3:25 PM IST

Securitised pools face pressure as collections dip on unsecured loans

The collections of microfinance pools have declined to about 90 per cent in the third quarter of financial year 2025 (Q3FY25) from around 97 per cent at the beginning of this year

Securitised pools face pressure as collections dip on unsecured loans
Updated On : 13 Mar 2025 | 11:55 PM IST

Growth in personal loans slows down to 14.2% in Jan, shows RBI data

Personal loan growth slowed down to 14.2 per cent in the fortnight to January 24, 2025, mainly due to subdued credit offtake of vehicle loans and credit card outstanding, according to the Reserve Bank data. The RBI on Friday released data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for January 2025 collected from 41 select commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as of the fortnight ended January 24, 2025, grew at 12.5 per cent (a three-month high) as compared to 16.2 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (January 26, 2024), the RBI said. "Credit to personal loans segment registered a growth of 14.2 per cent (y-o-y) as on the fortnight ended January 24, 2025, as compared with 18.2 per cent a year ago, largely due to decline in growth rate in other personal loans', vehicle loans' and credit card outstanding' segments," it said. It further said that loan to ...

Growth in personal loans slows down to 14.2% in Jan, shows RBI data
Updated On : 28 Feb 2025 | 7:12 PM IST

CIBIL flags risks of stress spreading from unsecured to secured loans

Rising delinquencies in consumption-led loans come amid credit slowdown

CIBIL flags risks of stress spreading from unsecured to secured loans
Updated On : 27 Jan 2025 | 6:38 PM IST

Pockets and packets shrink as urban consumers face budget squeeze

Companies say that the urban consumer is stressed majorly due to taking on loans and credit in various forms like personal loans and credit card debts

Pockets and packets shrink as urban consumers face budget squeeze
Updated On : 24 Jan 2025 | 12:05 AM IST

Fintechs' personal loan portfolio drops 10% in Q2, NPAs rise: FACE

Fintechs' portfolio outstanding in the riskier personal loans segments dropped by 10 per cent in the September quarter, a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for the sector said on Monday. In a data release -- which comes amid concerns on the personal loans front, which have even led to actions from RBI to curb lending in it -- Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) said the loan outstanding dropped to Rs 66,683 crore at the end of September compared to Rs 74,057 crore in June. The SRO said loans unpaid for over 90 days increased to 3.4 per cent from 3.2 per cent in June. West Bengal (4.1 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (3.7 per cent), Rajasthan and Gujarat (3.6 per cent) each had the highest incident of stress, it added. The first half of the fiscal witnessed a reduction in the average ticket size per borrower to Rs 9,225 against Rs 10,222 in FY24, it said, adding that 41 per cent of the loans in the first half were under Rs 25,000. Digital personal loans by Fintech NBFCs ..

Fintechs' personal loan portfolio drops 10% in Q2, NPAs rise: FACE
Updated On : 13 Jan 2025 | 10:49 PM IST

Lenders must offer fixed-rate products for EMI-based loans, says RBI

While lenders offer fixed rate auto loans, unsecured personal loans, not many banks and NBFCs have fixed rate products for home loans

Lenders must offer fixed-rate products for EMI-based loans, says RBI
Updated On : 10 Jan 2025 | 11:32 PM IST

Lenders likely to securitise loans over Rs 60,000 crore in Q3FY25

Secured loans are prime assets; investors selective about segments with quality pressures

Lenders likely to securitise loans over Rs 60,000 crore in Q3FY25
Updated On : 13 Dec 2024 | 12:01 AM IST

How Gen Zs, millennials are funding dream weddings for social media 'likes'

Gen Z and millennials are reshaping the wedding industry, financing unique, lavish ceremonies through personal loans to capture social media-worthy moments and avoid family financial burden

How Gen Zs, millennials are funding dream weddings for social media 'likes'
Updated On : 13 Nov 2024 | 11:26 AM IST