Fintechs leverage AI to boost creditworthiness and reduce rejectionsFintech startups are leveraging AI to help borrowers improve their creditworthiness and reduce loan application rejections. Companies like ...
16 Apr, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
Housing finance platform Weaver Services to raise Rs 1,482 crore from Lightspeed, Premji InvestWeaver Services, a tech-led housing finance platform, is raising Rs 1,481.5 crore in funding led by Lightspeed and Premji Invest. Focused o...
19 Aug, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
Cities face huge climate finance gap, study saysA study by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) shows that cities are only receiving 1% of the climate finance they need,...
02 Dec, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
States, cities will be encouraged to take up urban planning: FMThe government had launched the Smart Cities Mission on 25 June 2015. Hundred smart cities had been selected through four rounds of competi...
02 Feb, 2023, 01.09 AM IST
NBFCs look for retail money as MFs, banks keep a tight rein on fundsL&T Finance and Aditya Birla Fin both are rated ‘AAA’, the top grade, by ratings firms.
25 Feb, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
Boost for banks with big loans against propertyRBI has allowed the scheme for restructuring of stressed assets with credit facilities not exceeding Rs 25 crore as on January 1.
03 Jan, 2019, 08.22 AM IST
Faircent expands presence in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities in one yearFaircent.com, leading NBFC-P2P, said loan disbursements to borrowers from Tier-3 cities tripled during the past financial year.
20 Dec, 2018, 04.39 PM IST
How does MSME credit analysis differ from consumer credit analysis?In the past, large numbers of individuals and small companies were financially excluded as lenders didn't have any data upon which they cou...
08 Sep, 2018, 12.03 PM IST
P2P lending platform Lenden Club goes live with an android appThe product is mainly targeted at the millennial population in smaller cities of the country who might be employed but still find it diffic...
13 Jun, 2018, 04.58 PM IST
Qbera disburses Rs 30 crore in loans, aims Rs 200 crore by end of FY 19The company aims to breach the Rs 200-crore mark by the end of the 2018-19 financial year.
22 Mar, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Centre to recommend loans to performing cities: Venkaiah NaiduThe Centre would recommend loans from international agencies for reform-oriented and performing cities who have repaying capacity, Venkaiah...
07 Sep, 2015, 09.00 PM IST
Capital Float raises $13 million for expansionThis round takes the total capital raised by the Bengaluru-based company, which provides working capital loans to SMEs to over Rs 100 crore.
11 Feb, 2015, 04.01 AM IST
Venkaiah Naidu slams civic bodies for dismal state of urban areasThe Urban Development Minister said the states will be asked to introduce credit rating of cities "for which we are working on a framework".
16 Jan, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
More people seek credit scores to get better ratesGrowth in overall credit was highest in semi-urban branches, at 20 per cent.
15 Nov, 2013, 11.40 AM IST
Most people lack awareness about creditworthiness: SurveyMost borrowers are unaware about the fallout of defaulting on loan payments and presence of systems to rate their creditworthiness, says a ...
23 Sep, 2013, 06.37 PM IST
- Beijing Olympics could be a boon for China
At $20 billion and counting, the Beijing Olympics may be the most costly games ever, but they will be a boon rather than a boondoggle for C...
04 Jun, 2008, 12.28 AM IST
- Muni bonds to be rated soon
Urban local bodies and municipal corporations will now be rated by credit rating agencies such as Icra, Crisil and Fitch to help them in mo...
12 Mar, 2007, 12.57 AM IST