Five out of six debutants in the top 100 rankings are from the financial services sector.

What started out as a debt default crisis at IL&FS has snowballed into a liquiditysqueeze, triggering panicky outflows from mutual funds and risk aversion atlarge.

The ongoing two-day RBI board meeting in Mumbai is expected to touch upon the liquidity squeeze gripping the non-banking finance companies. Concerned that this could cause the credit markets to collapse, putting the broader economy at risk, the government is reportedly pushing for additional contingency measures.

It may appear that SBI is coming to bailout the NBFCs, but it can be a win-win situation for both and will also help SBI to improve its retail portfolio.

The Reserve Bank of India announced guidelines for co-origination of priority sector loans by banks and NBFCs with a view to enhancing flow of funds to the sector at competitive rates.

Vijayalakshmi Das once hand-held the microfinance institutions. Now, she is doing the same with farmer collectives and churning out women entrepreneurs.

Praseeda Kunam's Samhita Community helps poor women live a dignified life and offers them opportunity to work.

There is a huge potential to use UPI 2.0 as a building block to create next generation digital platforms for lending and payments in the future.

Payout by RBI has shot up 63% year-on-year, but the finance ministry is not happy. The government believes that the payout ought to be higher so it has reportedly asked the apex bank to review its dividend and capital conservation rules.

As banks and financial institutions integrate fintech solutions with their core banking platform, it's a win for both.

\"How safe our technology is, is going to be an important risk for the industry to consider\", says Caldwell.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government has moved a proposal to infuse additional grant of Rs 88,139 crore - total Rs 80,000 crore through Recap Bonds and Rs 8,139 crore as budgetary support - for 2018 under the public sector banks recapitalisation plan.

The winding up or liquidation process of the first batch of 31 distressed corporates under the new bankruptcy code has thrown up some interesting facts. 

The budget this year, microfinance sector players hope, will see some re-thinking from a taxation perspective that would make government an enabler for growth.

With an aim to take the agenda of financial inclusion further, 2017 saw two categories of small and nimble institutions, allowed by the Reserve Bank of India, take shape in the country.

Non banking finance companies (NBFCs) have sought parity in treatment with banks and other financial institutions on matters related to taxation, refinancing and recovery proceedings.

Why new generation private banks are expanding into microfinance by acquiring existing well-run microfinance companies.

Indebtedness and affordability assessment should be carried out throughout the customer lifecycle; origination, customer management, pre-delinquency, collections and debt recovery.

Fintech players are transforming the lending business. But scaling up will be a challenge.