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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicShadow banks

Topic: Shadow banks

Why ‘buy now, pay later’ fad doesn’t sit well with RBI

The RBI wants every small-ticket loan to be a marriage officially solemnised in the church of banking. Its new guidelines stop nonbanks from loading digital wallets using credit lines.

Shriram City working on its own super app as India’s NBFCs take on fintech competition

Move follows another major shadow lender Bajaj Finance, which has also been working on its consumer app, as the sector tries to play catch up after undergoing a crisis.

DHFL gets big bids as NBFC sector begins to show signs of recovery

Oaktree Capital Group has offered Rs 366.5 billion, up from Rs 310 billion in its previous bid for DHFL. Piramal Enterprises and Adani Group also improved their proposals.

NBFCs show signs of recovery as economy begins to rebound

A stronger NBFC sector, which has been struggling since a crisis in 2018 when a large financier unexpectedly defaulted, is key to helping staunch further trouble in the economy.

Shadow bank recovery stalls in India as fears over Covid impact resurface

The developments are a setback after months of improvement following unprecedented RBI stimulus and targeted support for the industry.

NBFCs are recovering slowly even though economy struggles under Covid impact

Premiums on NBFCs’ bonds narrowed to a two-year low in August & liquidity and share performance indicators stayed steady, indicating strength.

Mutual funds cut investments in shadow bank debt by half, shows SEBI data

With the crisis continuing, Indian mutual funds halved their holdings of debt sold by shadow lenders in the two-year period to June after defaults by some major financiers.

Why lower borrowing costs can’t save India’s crisis-hit NBFCs

Worries are mounting that bad debt at NBFCs may rise as the world’s strictest lockdown hammered India’s business and left millions jobless.

Borrowing costs are finally beginning to fall for India’s top NBFCs

Premiums investors seek to buy AAA ranked 5-year bonds of NBFC lenders over government securities declined in May after gaining for 3 consecutive months.

After Franklin’s funds freeze, a contagion risk is building in India’s credit market

Authorities will be forced to take steps to keep credit markets functioning & the mutual fund industry will be a key focus, market experts say.

On Camera

India can’t go one-on-one with Morocco. Move beyond bilateral deals in Africa or get left out

India’s entry into Morocco should not be seen as a direct counter to Pakistan-Saudi Arabia or any singular rivalry. Geopolitics no longer works through straight-line confrontations.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.