Buying a used vehicle is a lot more complicated. Not only do you have to worry about its condition, you also have to think about whether the price you are offering is anywhere close to its true value, reveals Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Weak consumer sentiment across urban and rural markets due to slow farm inflows, subdued agri-commodity prices, rising cost of ownership as a result of regulatory changes including safety, emissions, vehicle registration, along with a rise in interest cost/EMI, have impacted demand.
'One of the ways to do that is to ensure that NBFCs have got liquidity.' 'If we don't do that, this mood of gloom will continue.' NBFCs need to be provided with liquidity if they have to start lending.
In the backdrop of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherji offering banking licences to NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies), rediff.com spoke to T T Srinivasaraghavan, managing director, Sundaram Finance Ltd, the oldest NBFC in the country (founded in 1954).
Private equity firms invested about USD 3.7 billion across 133 deals during the first quarter of 2018 as compared to USD 7.3 billion by way of 200 transactions a year ago.
Investors in LIC's insurance and other schemes are receiving a lower rate of return because LIC is subsidising incompetence at best and malfeasance at worst in institutions such as IDBI Bank and IL&FS, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
Bandhan financial Services will raise funds via internal accruals.
Vishal Kampani said one of the important lessons he learnt from his father was to be humble.
While start-ups are making it easier to borrow, one needs to choose carefully.
With liquidity crunch hitting operations, many finance companies have put the brakes on sanctions in the third quarter in the aftermath of the IL&FS crisis.
NBFCs seek level playing field with banks in terms of treatment of NPAs, TDS on deposits, removal of service tax on HP and lease transactions, refinance mechanism akin to NHB etc
Kolkata tops the list with 617 cancellations, New Delhi stands second with 203, followed by Mumbai at 190.
Housing finance companies step in to provide loan to customers turned away by banks.
The exit of the big movers has meant more opportunities for local players such as Nambiar Finance, which is just one of the 1,465 non-deposit-taking NBFCs registered with the Mumbai office of the Reserve Bank of India.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The central bank reduced the reverse repo rate -- the rate at which banks park their fund with the central bank -- by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent.
While the situation Sitharaman finds herself in may not be that good, how does it stack up against her three immediate predecessors Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and the late Arun Jaitley?
State Bank of India partnered GE Capital in 1998 for its credit card business.
Anshuman Jain became the co-head of Deutsche Bank in 2012 along with Juergen Fitschen.
The awarding of in-principle licences for 10 small finance banks is likely to be a game changer in a way which may not be adequately realised right now.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Capital on Wednesday said it is planning to enter the housing finance and non-banking finance businesses, for which it has already filed applications with the concerned regulatory authorities.
Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar Subramanian.
Members of Parliament, state legislatures, and local governments not eligible to be members of PSB boards
'It may sound like sacrilege, but does it really matter if the global raters downgrade India for fiscal slippage?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Normalcy returned to the Sahara premises in Lucknow. The residuary NBFC saw the Supreme Court's direction to Sahara India Financial Corporation to approach the designated RBI authority in a positive light.
The RBI had raised the issue with thegovernment, stating that foreign banks buying majority stakes in non-deposit-taking NBFCs (NBFC-ND) would provide room for regulatory arbitrage.
The industry said if the policy was announced, it would have taken 28 million vehicles bought before March 2005 off the road.
'The macro-economic stresses -- high interest rates, rupee depreciation and capital flows -- have receded now.' 'Interest rates have come down, inflation is down and the rupee has bounced back.' 'If oil prices continue at this level, there will be no vulnerability.' 'Growth is a different story.'
Indiabulls has received Sebi's approval to enter the mutual fund operations.
'Equities are likely to be range-bound with a downward bias for the remaining part of the year.'
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs, to benefit 45 lakh small businesses. Detailing parts of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package, she said this loan will have a 4-year tenure and will have 12-month moratorium, she said.
His portfolio was worth Rs 12,333 crore at the end of June 2018. It was worth Rs 10,633 crore at the end of the September quarter. Smallcaps account for the largest number of his stock-picks. Such a fall has now happened for the third quarter in a row.
What ex-IL&FS top brass got for loans? Foreign trips, private jets and chopper rides.
'Those who come from outside are surprised at the relatively small strength of the RBI supervisory cadre, relative to the needs of the country and the needs of the financial sector.'
We take a look at some of the reasons why you may not get a loan the next time you apply for one.
Among the stocks that have seen the largest cut by MFs, the DVR shares (shares with differential voting rights) of Tata Motors have seen a cut of 243 basis points (bps) in MFs' stake.
An initial reading of the guidelines indicates two factors - potential rise in borrowing cost and lower returns on investment book - could hit the spread of NBFCs.
Banking industry sources said data has been sought both on the source and deployment of funds by NBFCs, both those that accept deposits and those that don't.
NBFCs which have not met Sebi criteria will face tough action.
The companies will pick up 20 per cent each in PTC Financial Services, a non-banking finance company (NBFC). The total investments could be Rs 50-60 crore (Rs 500-600 million), including a premium of Rs 3-5 on a face value of Rs 10 a share, according to company executives.
'Common sense says if one can afford, servicing the loans during this period is a better bet than postponing it by three months,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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