MSME

Finance

01 February, 2020

Budget 2020: No recapitalisation for state-run banks, but some sops for small businesses

The Budget proposed the sale of the government's balance holding in IDBI Bank but didn't announce any recapitalisation of public ......

Finance

17 September, 2019

SME lender Aye Finance raises debt funding worth $11 mn

Fintech lender Aye Finance, backed by multi-stage investor SAIF Partners and Google's venture capital arm CapitalG, said it has raised ......

Finance

25 June, 2019

RBI panel suggests floating $720 mn stressed asset fund for small businesses

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee has suggested a Rs 5,000 crore (about $720 million at current exchange rate) ......

Finance

24 December, 2018

How NBFCs are using tech to boost MSME lending

Over the last few quarters, public sector banks’ (PSBs’) share in lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has ......

Premium

Finance

07 December, 2018

NBFCs are here to stay but need to build niches: U Gro Capital's Shachindra Nath

Shachindra Nath quit as group chief executive officer of Religare Enterprises Ltd in 2016 after more than 15 years at ......

Finance

13 November, 2018

China's ICBC Bank sets up $200-mn fund to invest in small Indian businesses

China's biggest lender has set up a $200-million fund through which its local arm will invest in India's small- and ......

TMT

11 June, 2018

Alpha Capital invests in supply chain finance startup CredAble

Mumbai-based supply chain financing startup CredAble has raised Rs 100 crore ($14.8 million) in a Series A round of funding ......

TMT

31 May, 2018

Accion Venture Lab, YourNest invest in SME lender CredRight

Hyderabad-based fintech startup CredRight has raised $1.3 million (Rs 9 crore) in a pre-Series A round of funding from seed-stage ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Financing to MSMEs gets special attention

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought to bring discipline in the medium, small and micro enterprise financing space through higher capital ......

Finance

12 September, 2017

Jaipur-based Finova raises Series A funding from Sequoia Capital

Jaipur-based non-banking financial company Finova Capital Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round from Sequoia ......