Fintech-driven personal loans show rising stress, delinquencies at 6-quarter highFintech cos' small-value personal loans are showing increased stress, with delinquencies rising to 3.6% by March 2025, particularly in Tier...
01 Jul, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
FinTech deepens access to formal credit with 11 crore loans in FY 2024–25FinTech non-banking firms achieved a record in personal loan sanctions for fiscal year 2025. They approved 10.9 crore loans, totaling Rs 1,...
30 Jun, 2025, 01.44 PM IST
50 pc of Indian women borrowers are aged 25-35: ReportAccording to the BharatLoan Lending Report 2025, there has been a significant increase in financial independence and credit market particip...
07 Mar, 2025, 06.21 PM IST
Growth in active women borrowers outpaces men in 2024; asset quality better: ReportIn 2024, women surpassed men in active borrower growth and showed superior loan repayment behavior, with notable improvements in various lo...
06 Mar, 2025, 06.57 PM IST
Fintech personal loan sizes decrease as youth borrowing rises: RBI ReportMore than 59% of the total loans disbursed by fintechs were given to users below the age of 35, and the average ticket size of personal loa...
30 Jul, 2024, 05.21 PM IST
Taking a home loan? 5 ways you can reduce cost of borrowing and save moneyThe longer the tenure of a loan, the higher the interest burden. Home loan rates will not come down as the RBI has kept policy rates unchan...
10 Jun, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
View: Your first 100 days to-do list, GovThe upcoming government will have its work cut out for it as it steps into power following the conclusion of the 18th Lok Sabha polls. Whil...
26 May, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
Budget 2024: What to watch out for in India’s pre-Lok Sabha election BudgetInterim Budget: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely use the last budget of the present government before the elections to woo voters w...
31 Jan, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
Driving for a brighter future: Mother with baby in tow drives e-rickshaw in AmrohaPooja Rani, a 27-year-old woman from Gajraula, Amroha, is making a name for herself and standing out in a profession that is usually domina...
14 Aug, 2023, 11.13 AM IST
The younger generation getting more credit conscious: ReportGen Z borrowers monitoring their credit grew by 2.9 times in between October 2021 and September 2022, compared to overall growth of 1.8 tim...
29 Nov, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Facing tough love from users and investors, dating apps move towards marriage fixingThe casual dating market dominated by Tinder and Bumble is seen as a lost cause. It is a small market with heavily funded international pla...
03 Sep, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
Economic Survey 2019: Of Gods, Gandhi, myths & ‘mental models’Survey emphasises social, cultural and religious norms for changing behaviour.
05 Jul, 2019, 07.18 AM IST
A lot of ignorance about doing business in Africa: Exim Bank’s David RasquinhaExporters need to have presence on ground especially if you are selling complex high value such as machinery, equipment, turnkey projects -...
22 Mar, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
South Korea's top poet under fire over sexual abuse scandalChoi Young-mi described sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a poet named "En".
08 Feb, 2018, 08.43 PM IST
Discovery to launch Hindi general entertainment channel by year-endThe company will scale up investment to create 200 hours of original local content that will premiere on Discovery Jeet, which will target ...
09 May, 2017, 08.11 PM IST
View: Modi government's current Digital India push carries an inherent risk of failure. Here's whyDigital India cannot come about from pushing tech alone but from the organic growth of society that allows creation of an entire ecosystem.
28 Dec, 2016, 10.39 AM IST
- Burglary menace for Asians in UK claims one more victim
An elderly Indian-origin man in Southall has become a victim of burglars here, the latest among the members of Asian community, who have be...
20 Apr, 2008, 08.16 AM IST