India's RBI partly dials back strict loan rules for micro credit, non-bank lenders
The Reserve Bank of India has partially reversed tighter rules for bank loans to small borrowers and non-bank lenders, ...
Reduction of risk weights on loans to NBFCs: How will RBI’s move impact banks, NBFCs?
While these measures aim to increase banks’ appetite for microfinance loans, given the recent asset quality challenges in ...
Bank Nifty snaps 4-day losing streak as RBI rolls back NBFC loan risk weight hike
The rally in banking stocks came in after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reversed its earlier decision to increase the risk ...
Lower capital requirements for bank loans to NBFCs to ease funding woes
The RBI had in November 2023 hiked risk weights on banks’ exposure to NBFCs by 25 percentage points, over and above the risk ...
India's financial stocks jump as central bank further eases strict lending rules
Shares of most Indian financial companies, especially those of non-bank and microfinance-focussed lenders, jumped on ...
Shares of NBFCs, MFIs rally up to 15% as RBI reduces risk weight on loans
CreditAccess, L&T Fin, RBL Bank, Poonawalla Fincorp, Five-Star Business Finance, Ujjivan SFB, Shriram Finance, Cholamandalam, ...
India's central bank relaxes certain norms for urban co-operative banks
India's central bank on Monday revised certain norms for urban co-operative banks (UCBs), with a view of providing them with ...
RBI reduces risk weights on bank loans to NBFCs, MFIs
The central bank has restored the risk weights on bank loans to NBFCs to the levels before they were hiked in November 2023.
RBI exempts bank microfinance loans from high risk weight requirement
In November 2023, the RBI had raised risk weights on consumer credit, including personal loans and bank credit to non-banking financial services, to 125% from 100%. This hike in risk weights had ...