Unlocking India’s Credit Potential: A Comparative Look at OCEN and ULI
Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) and the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) are designed to transform the lending landscape by making credit more accessible and streamlined for underserved segments. But how do they differ, and what unique roles do they play in enhancing India’s digital credit ecosystem?
SME Lending Channel Strategy: Key Success Factors
Lenders—Banks, NBFCs, or FinTechs—face the classic ‘Knapsack Problem’ while trying to create an optimal SME lending distribution structure. Each channel mix—branches, digital, phygital, own, agents, co-lending—brings its own costs and benefits, with varying considerations of scale, risk appetite, resources, and practicality specific to each lender. These essential considerations can help bring clarity to your distribution strategy.
Navigating SME Lending Strategy: Two key pointers
‘What is an SME?’ has no all-encompassing answer. Any standardised approach to building SME Lending strategy is therefore fraught with risks. We deep dive into two important factors that can be guiding lights- variance in SME definitions and the role legal ecosystem plays. Amit Balooni shares the pointers
Credit Evaluation: How much information is Enough?
How much information is enough for credit evaluation? For a streamlined process a delicate balance needs to be maintained between timeliness and need for facts. Sumit Kakkar shares his perspectives
SME Financing – Opportunity for Alternate Channels
MSMEs seem to be showing the expected resilience and regaining market’s interest. Sumit Kakkar explains some of the constraints faced by MSMEs and how resolving these presents a big opportunity for Alternate lending channels
Over reliance on credit rating: How Banks constrain SME Lending
Banks are flush with liquidity, but still grappling with twin issues – where to deploy the money and how to source the right credit which meets the stringent criterion. Is the straight jacket approach of the bankers and high reliance on credit rating constraining SME lending? Sumit Kakkar shares his perspective