Consumer Loans

Kotak Mahindra increases 1-year MCLR rate by 10 bps, hikes for other tenors

For other tenor loans ranging from overnight to three year, the revised rates are in the range of 7.80-9.05%, according to Kotak

M&M Finance, SBI Card: Financiers eye over 10% upside amid festive cheer

Among consumer financiers, Mahindra & Mahindra and Cholamandalam Investment look strong on charts, while Bajaj Finance and Muthoot Finance need to overcome key hurdles for an upside, indicate charts.

TMS Ep261: BYJU's revenue, D2C brands, consumer financiers, Project Cheetah

Did BYJU's bite off more than it can chew? What explains the great Indian brand rush? Is it the right time to invest in consumer financiers? What is Project Cheetah? Answers here

Is it the right time to invest in consumer financiers?

A strong credit growth with pent-up demand is set to push loan books of consumer financing companies. Analysts suggest investors warm up to related stocks but with caveats. Here's a report

Punjab National Bank to hike MCLR by 0.05% across tenors from Sep 1

Punjab National Bank has raised the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 0.05 per cent across tenors from September 1, making most of the consumer loans costlier. The benchmark one-year tenor MCLR, which is used to price most consumer loans such as car, auto and personal, will be at 7.70 per cent against the existing 7.65 per cent, PNB said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The three-year MCLR stands at 8 per cent, up by 0.05 per cent. Among others, the rate of one-month, three-month and six-month tenor will be in the range of 7.10-7.40 per cent. The MCLR on overnight tenor will be 7.05 per cent against 7 per cent. Earlier this month, the state-owned lender increased the repo-linked lending rate to 7.90 per cent, up by 0.50 per cent, with effect from August 6 following the increase in repo rate by the RBI.

Canara Bank raises MCLR by 10 basis points to 7.50% with effect from July 7

Among other MCLRs from overnight to six-month tenors, the new rates will be in the range of 6.75-7.45 per cent.

Consumer loans up 32% in festive season of FY22, marking demand revival

The festive season spanning October-December period saw origination worth Rs 19,356 crore in FY21.

China to push its tech giants to share consumer credit data: Report

The plan, if implemented, would effectively end the government's laissez-faire approach to the industry.

HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank bring sops for customers ahead of festive season

HDFC Bank's business is back to pre-covid levels, says Aditya Puri

RBI moratorium: 10% provisioning may shave Rs 35,000 cr off bank profits

Banks will have to categorise the moratorium loans as special mention accounts (SMA) wherein loans are in the 0-90 days overdue buckets

Consumer credit demand rebounds after note ban

The demand for consumer loans in India seems to be returning as the adverse effect of demonetisation on the confidence of households wanes. Demand growth was flat in November 2016 over the same month a year before but moved up 15 per cent in January, according to TransUnion CIBIL, a leading credit information agency. The financial system had seen unprecedented consumer credit growth over the earlier four years, including loans for vehicles and homes, cards and other credit products. The announcement on demonetisation created short-term disruption in this, says the agency.However, new data indicates a strong rebound in demand for loans from individuals. A promising indicator for the stability and growth prospects of the credit sector and the economy overall, said Amrita Mitra, vice-president at TransUnion CIBIL. Public sector bank (PSB) executives said loan performance had remained stable after demonetisation but that it would take five to six months for credit demand to become ...