Retail Finance – MSME

MSME Lending-Covid 19 impact

I have been noticing that financial services lenders and banks take policy calls on not lending to a particular sector(s) at various points in time during economic and industry cycles. Some years back it was the steel industry and now the services and the hospitality sector. Does this stem from…

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MSME Lending Post Covid

In all the years that I have been Consulting and Training in the Retail Lending space especially in the MSME sector I have always felt the need for NBFCs /Banks to look at consultative approach rather than product centric approach to MSME lending. Covid has now made it imperative for…

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New Opportunities for NBFCs in MSME financing

NBFCs would do well to avoid term lending in the coming 9/12 months and stick to lending thru the Supply chain financing route to push liquidity to existing customers against their purchases of raw materials / key services and also focus on the receivables financing for them . This will…

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Analysing Rs 300000 Crores MSME package announced by the FM on 13.05.20- Views

Total lending to SMEs estimated at Rs 18 trillion of which NPAs account for 15% approx. Regular accounts around Rs 15.3 trillion. 20% funding works out to around Rs 3 trillion. The Broad size of the lending package announced by the FM. Loans to be provided to standard accounts with…

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Impact of Covid-19 on Auto Finance and MSME/ Supply Chain Financing

Post Covid 19, NBFCs and Banks can focus for business in the used car space and in the two wheeler and high end bicycle segment. People will shun public transport at least for a year till confidence is restored or a vaccine or a cure is found and put in…

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