London and Mumbai-based business loans startup CreditEnable, on Tuesday (January 19), announced that it has raised $2 Mn in a pre-series A funding led by startup incubator Venture Catalysts, along with its UK arm JPIN Venture Catalysts. Prior to this, the company had also raised $5 Mn in a seed round from investors such as […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked banks to step up disclosures on customer complaints and cost of redressal, cautioning lenders that fail to improve their redress mechanism quickly will be charged. At the end of March 2020, the total number of complaints across various offices of RBI stood at 3,08,630. This is a steep
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Financial technology (FinTech) has disrupted the traditional lending process and made loans more accessible to the underserved and underbanked segments. Banks are usually wary of lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and are more cautious amid COVID-19 times. Small businesses generally face challenges to show collateral and are hence unable to avail credit
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Fintechs warn the government’s SME loan scheme will fail. Announced just days ago by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, members of the fintech community including Tide and Iwoca are already urging a rethink. “I have written to the government today to outline that the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, accessible via the British Business Bank, has a worrying lack of reach,” said Tide CEO Oliver Prill. In The
Fintechs warn the government’s SME loan scheme will fail. Announced just days ago by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, members of the fintech community including Tide and Iwoca are already urging a rethink. “I have written to the government today to outline that the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, accessible via the British Business Bank, has a worrying lack of reach,” said Tide CEO Oliver Prill. In The
Sponsored Q&A: Funding Circle is the leading SME loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, with over £8bn lent through the platform to 77,000 businesses. With mandates awarded from both local government treasurers and the Merseyside Pension Fund, chief capital officer Sachin Patel sets out the case for investing in the smaller
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Sponsored Q&A: Funding Circle is the leading SME loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, with over £8bn lent through the platform to 77,000 businesses. With mandates awarded from both local government treasurers and the Merseyside Pension Fund, chief capital officer Sachin Patel sets out the case for investing in the smaller
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Its group CEO Datuk Sulaiman Mohd Tahir (picture) said external developments, particularly news of the UK’s exit from Europe (Brexit) and ongoing US-China trade tensions, have brought “a holdback in terms of investment”. “We see a tapering down in small businesses. Of course, it is better than industry growth, but sentiment remains cautious in terms of the
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NeoGrowth is a pioneer in digital lending for SMEs in India, and Paisabazaar.com is one of India’s largest online marketplaces for financial products. The two had partnered to provide swipe-machine-based or POS-based loans to small and medium scale enterprises, said a release. Piyush Khaitan, Founder and Managing Director, NeoGrowth said: “I am delighted with this
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The Development Bank of Nigeria has introduced its first television commercial to be broadcast across various platforms to educate the Nigerian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on how to access the DBN loans, through the various Participating Financial Institutions. In a statement, the series of 60 second TV commercials recount the struggles of entrepreneurs who
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