Aiming to manage assets worth Rs 50,000 cr by 2028 with emphasis on MSME loans: Godrej Capital's CEOUtilising digital platforms for streamlined loan applications, automated credit scoring and fast disbursement can help MSMEs bridge their c...
08 Aug, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
Meet the tycoon who built a fortune by lending to low-income borrowers shunned by banksShriram Group's R Thyagarajan is arguably one of the world’s most idiosyncratic financiers — in no small part because his multibillion-doll...
09 Aug, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
View: India's Data Protection Bill has a privacy problemThe Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that’s open to public comments is much shorter than its now-abandoned predecessor. It’s also a mo...
23 Nov, 2022, 09.13 AM IST
An app-solute menace: Victims falling prey to loan app schemesPeople who have got loans quickly through fraudulent apps online are being extorted into coughing up much more than what they owe. Despite ...
31 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Former Reliance Capital CEO Sam Ghosh plans to set up a small finance bankCosmea aims to involve in activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding. Directors of the company ...
30 Aug, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
PharmEasy IPO; the acquihiring trend; D2C brands make hayPharmEasy, the only major Indian e-pharmacy that hasn't been bought out by a bigger firm, plans to launch its IPO before the end of the fis...
27 Aug, 2021, 07.06 AM IST
Rural India wants Budget 2021 to handle digital money betterThe government’s ambition of a Digital India needs to begin with solving issues at the grassroots level, something Budget 2021 can help wit...
27 Jan, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
View: India’s proposed data protection regulator needs strong safeguardsThe Bill is currently under scrutiny by a joint committee of parliamentarians who are meeting stakeholders and are expected to submit a rep...
17 Sep, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
LeapFrog ramps up India exposure, scouts for dealsThe London-based firm, which has pumped in an estimated $200 million in local ventures, may look to allocate as much as 20% of its third fu...
10 Aug, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
Dvara KGFS raises Rs 70 crore from Nordic Microfinance InitiativeDvara KGFS is spread across 46 districts with 276 branches and more than 1 million enrolled customers.
25 Sep, 2019, 05.39 PM IST
Dvara KGFS gets Rs 97 cr in Series EThe round also saw participation from existing investors LeapFrog Investment and Dvara Trust. The company’s other major shareholder, Accion...
03 May, 2019, 09.23 AM IST
Dvara KGFS acquires Varam CapitalAccording to Dvara, Varam Capital’s presence in Chhattisgarh and products will enable the combined entity to have a bigger presence in the ...
09 Apr, 2019, 08.20 PM IST
IIT Madras to devise AI solutions for financial inclusionThe IIT researchers will develop algorithms which, when combined with observations by subject matter experts, will recommend financial prod...
26 Sep, 2018, 04.49 PM IST
Dvara Trust appoints Samir Shah as Executive Vice-ChairHe said “This group has been the pioneer of financial inclusion in India and will see many more opportunities to grow and fulfill its missi...
12 Dec, 2017, 08.50 PM IST