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Wednesday, November 12, 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

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.