Gain expert insights into Digital Lending, Fintechs, NBFCs, Banks, and Co-Operative Banks by Mani Parthasarathy.
DeFi is yet another aspect of finance that has seen a rise.
Sunny Leone raised this issue few months back, "This just happened to me. INSANE.
Can AA framework help digital lending?
Last weekend, my friend and I had the following conversation.
For the new age fintechs and NBFCs, what does the competitive landscape look like?
He aspired to break the stereotypical way of lending. He decided to do the exact OPPOSITE of what a conventional BANK did
He aspired to break the stereotypical way of lending. He decided to do the exact opposite of what a conventional bank did...
Let's explore some more #embeddedfinance use cases today.
#Embeddedfinanceseries is back with a new use case - embedded insurance
Glad to receive your thoughts on #embeddedfinanceseries regarding #embeddedpayments.
In the previous post, we discussed the details of embedded finance on #learnatermwithMani.
Since the pandemic hit, embedded finance has become one of the hottest trends in fintech.
UPI transactions have doubled in volume and value since COVID.
Over the past decade, the financial services industry has undergone a massive technological revolution, and the results are as below -
Have you heard about TNPL? Among customers opting for TNPL, SOTC Travel Ltd. has experienced a 7X surge in queries.
RBI has proposed linking credit cards to UPI. Can this be beneficial to fintechs? Will this bring BNPL services under the regulation?
Do you know more than 40% of the 58 million MSMEs in India lack access to traditional lending?
83.9% of financial institutions think customer experience can be a game-changer. 60.9% consider improved customer experience has made a massive difference.
Diwali is around the corner, so let's revisit what last year 2021 sales nationwide are telling us -
What should a digital lending solution address? India's digital lending market has explodingly facilitated $2.2 billion in the digital loans segment for 2021-22 alone.
New lending tech trends: API-driven lending ecosystems, Data Analytics, Account Aggregators, End-to-end digitization.
What is Digital Payment? Any payment that takes place electronically through online/digital mode is called digital payment. It eliminates the need for the physical exchange of funds.
Is fraud prevention possible in fintech? Some good news - India topped 48 global markets with 25.5 billion real-time payment transactions in one year.
India's NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Companies ) industry is thriving and diversifying rapidly.
What makes digital lending so compelling to me? The word loan resembles a responsibility, a need, and in many cases, it is associated with dreams and hopes.
Over 1100 lending apps are available on the Google play store for the Indian market; how many of them are safer for borrowers?
Interesting facts in Alternative Credit Scoring
Digital Lending now bringing Education dreams to life!
Yesterday I was a speaker at ISACA Chennai Chapter(Official), addressing a topic called "How Fintech is reshaping the word".
In Retail Lending, we have Secured vs Unsecured lending. In Secured lending, we have three categories.
From March 2021 to March 2022, the Indian lending market grew by 11.1 percent, to Rs 174.3 lakh crore.
Managing a variety of loans, manual processes, eKYC, credit score details, disbursals, and more!
How to build excellence through digital lending?
Features that make loan management system a must for digital lending.
RBI says that, as of March 2021, India had 10,000 shadow banks.
The Digital Lending industry in India is complex! Do you know why?
A year back, Colending was primarily about Liquidity. Every lender jumped into Colending because of Liquidity issues.
In the Gold loan Product, When customers delay their EMI payment, Lenders will increase the interest rate.
Funny conversation with a celebrity on lending:
The conversion in digital lending is 10x in one of India's top-notch Private Sector Banks.
An exciting use-case of how the collections are handled intelligently using data!
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An interesting insight on vehicle loans for lenders.
A trend we are seeing today – the first-hand vehicle ownership is decreasing with time. Why? People are upgrading their vehicles in every few years because of technological advances. And, this can be seen more with the millennial generation.
So, what should a lender do in terms of financing?
– Estimating the residual value of the vehicle at the start of the financing period.
– Charging a borrower only for the residual value (which is the difference between the value after a few years and the current value)
Example: A bike currently is INR 1 lakh. You want to buy the vehicle for 2 years. A lender will estimate the residual value of that bike today and what it would be after 2 years. If the estimated residual value = INR 45,000, the lender will charge you only that (say, INR 55,000 with interest for this instance) during your tenure.
At the end of 2-year period, you have 3 choices:
1. Return the bike and upgrade to a new one without going through the struggle of selling it.
2. Pay the lump sum remaining amount to own the vehicle outright.
3. Extend the financing and own it by keep paying the EMIs for the remaining amount of the vehicle for the next 12 or 18 months.
Benefits for the borrowers?
– Flexibility to use a vehicle and upgrade to a new one.
– Affordability to not pay for the complete value of the vehicle with the intention to use for a lesser amount of time.
– Convenience in owning the vehicle.
Say goodbye to the old lending option and embrace the new way of financing for vehicle by lenders!
How many of us know this?
1) Tiktok does Lending ( is it an entertainment company or social media company or a fintech company?
2) Youtube China does Lending
3) Top 100 internet companies in China(no matter what business they are in) do Lending
The team which was heading Lending in Tiktok was the Advertisement team. If we do Ads, we do X no of revenue. But if we do lending, we’ll get X+30% more revenue. This is on the same Ad spot.
Ad team has transformed into a lending team, and in today’s world, it’s possible because the subject matter expertise can be put in as an API and given to you.
Embedded Lending as a service is becoming popular in India too, and I am happy to be part of this ecosystem.
The answer is No. Only the top 10 crore people have access to many credit products in India. Almost all Banks focus on this market.
Once you go beyond that, the credit access rate has dropped significantly due to multiple factors.
1) Customers who are having low income(30-40K per month)
2) Not earning from an employer who belongs to Category A or B
3) Not from Tier 1 or 2 cities
NBFCs and Fintechs focus on the above segment, pushing another 10 crores of people.
But in India, 70 crores more people are formally or informally employed, which still needs to be tapped.
After smartphone penetration, people are not watching their SMS at all. They use SMS only for OTP related transactions. That’s it.
But What can a Lender see in your SMS after you consent to them?
Lender can see income, expenses, and any other Fixed Obligation like (EMIs/Credit Card).
1) Income – Parameters like Average Salary Credited, Stable Monthly inflows like Rent
2) Expenses – Average monthly debit card transactions, UPI Transactions, Monthly ATM Withdrawal Amount etc
3) Fixed Obligations – Loan payments have been made for the past few months, Credit card transactions.
It also tells the Lender the adverse incidents like
1) Missed Loan payments
2) Cheque bounces
3) Missed Bill Payments like EB, LPG gas bills.
4) POS transaction declines due to insufficient funds.
A massive chunk of data is available in our SMS (more than 700 data points), which helps Lender to make a credit decision.
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