Sector: Banks & FIs
Post corporate restructuring, Shriram Finance shares business outlook
Shriram Finance (SFL) is the consolidated NBFC arm of the Shriram group. It is formed through the merger of Shriram Transport Finance (STFC), Shriram City Union Finance (SCUF) and Shriram Capital (SC). The management has shared the following key pointers on the way ahead – In next 3 years, Vehicle loans will reduce from 77% … Read more
RBI’s modified digital lending norms to come into effect from 1 Dec
The modified guidelines on digital lending by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will come into effect from Thursday, 1 December. The digital lending modified guidelines aim to protect customers from exorbitant interest rates and keep a check on unethical loan recovery practices. As per the new norms, all loan disbursals and repayments are to … Read more
RBI stops Paytm Payments Services from signing new online merchants
Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) is a subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd (OCL), the parent of Paytm. OCL had proposed to transfer the payment aggregator (PA) services business undertaken by it to PPSL in December 2020 to comply with the guidelines of the banking regulator. However, the RBI had rejected its application. The company had … Read more
SBI Card’s Chief Risk Officer resigns
SBI Cards has informed that, it’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Ms Aparna Kuppuswamy has resigned from the services of the Company. Reason for resignation – has not been informed. Last date at the Company – February 10, 2023 Any reason for being concerned? CRO is an important position in an NBFC. However, given the overall … Read more
Some notable highlights by Shriram Housing Finance’s MD
Shriram Housing finance (SHF) is a 85% subsidiary of Shriram City Union Finance (SCUF). SHF’s MD & CEO, Ravi Subramanian has informed the following – They are looking to grow both organically and inorganically Organically, the Company clocked a 54% year-on-year loan asset growth to Rs 6,546 crore at the end of September 2022 and … Read more
Softbank selling 1/4th of it’s remaining stake in Paytm
As the mandatory lockin period of 1 yr is ending, Softbank has decided to offload 4.5% stake of Paytm through block deal. Prior to this sell, Softbank was the second largest shareholder (after Alibaba group) with 17.5% stake in Paytm. It’s second largest position will continue with 13% balance stake. Softbank has offered to sell … Read more
We are not trying to be profitable in a hurry: Policybazaar Chairman
In an interview, Yashish Dahiya, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PB Fintech highlighted the following – “We started our new initiatives after the market started focusing on profitability. We are not reducing our new initiatives or killing them. We are only getting a little more efficient, which is exactly what we would do anyway. … Read more
Govt decides to sell it’s balance stake in Axis. Technically a wrong time.
Govt holds stake in Axis bank through Specified Undertaking of UTI (SUUTI). Shareholding was transferred to SUUTI (an investment vehicle) in 2003 when a scheme of the Unit Trust of India failed and was bailed out. At that time, SUUTI held investments in more than 40 companies, which it has been slowly exiting since then. … Read more