Sandeep Soni
Assistant Editor at Financial Express
Newsman @ Financial Express. Vertical head - FE Aspire focusing on SMEs, startups. Ex-Entrepreneur, CNN. Tweets strictly personal. 📧[email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni
Balance-level delinquencies in the MSME loan portfolio of lenders are at their lowest levels in the last five years, at 1.79 per cent as of March 31 2025, improving by 35 basis points (bps) year-on-year. Indicating improved risk assessment and portfolio management practices, the delinquency rate improved from 2.14 per cent as of March 2024, as per the latest MSME Pulse report for May 2025 by TransUnion CIBIL and SIDBI.
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2 weeks ago |
financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni
Indian family businesses, which contribute around 79 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), are witnessing a shift in trends related to family succession. While they continue to trust the next generation’s ability to manage family wealth, 45 per cent of them don’t expect their children to take over the family business. According to a survey report launched by HSBC Global Private Banking on Tuesday, this highlights a shift in the traditional approach to succession planning.
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3 weeks ago |
financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni
Mid-market non-banking financial company (NBFC) Vivriti Capital has launched a new co-lending platform VivFlo that provides businesses with access to credit via multiple co-lending partners of Vivriti Capital on a common platform. With a 40 per cent co-lending share in its Rs 8,400 AUM (assets under management), the platform integrates with Vivriti’s network of over 30 co-lending partners and supports over 10 asset types.
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3 weeks ago |
financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni
NBFCs offering MSME loans under Rs 10 lakh against property (micro-lap) may see a slight moderation in their profitability metrics in FY25 and FY26 due to compression in Net Interest Margins (NIMs) and an increase in credit costs, said credit rating agency CareEdge in a report on the MSME sector. NIM tracks the profitability of a financial institution’s lending activities.
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3 weeks ago |
financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni
Even as the government has taken multiple policy measures, there is a need for sector-specific thrust for better credit access to MSMEs along with further simplification of the credit delivery process, suggested a SIDBI survey on Tuesday.
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