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  • Why investors must keep an eye on Bajaj Finance’s asset quality, post Q3

    Why investors must keep an eye on Bajaj Finance’s asset quality, post Q3

    Bajaj Finance has proactively set apart provisions using ECL method against potential stress, but investors should remain wary

  • Bajaj Finserv Q3 FY26 results: Net profit remains flat on-year at Rs 2,229 crore on higher provisions, labour code costs

    Bajaj Finserv Q3 FY26 results: Net profit remains flat on-year at Rs 2,229 crore on higher provisions, labour code costs

    Bajaj Finserv Q3 FY26 Results: Net profit flat on-year due to higher credit provisions and one-time labour code costs.

  • Cholamandalam Investment: Positive outlook, valuation rich but will sustain

    Cholamandalam Investment: Positive outlook, valuation rich but will sustain

    Healthy margin, low credit cost will support earnings growth and support valuations

  • Bajaj Housing Finance Q3 FY26 results: Net profit jumps 21% YoY to Rs 665 crore

    Bajaj Housing Finance Q3 FY26 results: Net profit jumps 21% YoY to Rs 665 crore

    Bajaj Housing Finance reported a 21 percent year-on-year rise in Q3 FY26 net profit to Rs 665 crore, led by a 19 percent increase in net interest income to Rs 963 crore. Asset quality remained stable, with gross NPAs at 0.27 percent and net NPAs at 0.11 percent.

  • Mahindra Finance Q3FY26: Pick-up in disbursements growth, lower credit cost to sustain

    Mahindra Finance Q3FY26: Pick-up in disbursements growth, lower credit cost to sustain

    Sustained ROA expansion hinges on diversification-driven growth, stable asset quality

  • Will HDB Financial’s profit surge keep its momentum?

    Will HDB Financial’s profit surge keep its momentum?

    Growth recovery, stable asset quality, and improved product mix can trigger valuation re-rating

  • Data Story | Big dreams, and bigger leverage fuel India’s small business loans

    Data Story | Big dreams, and bigger leverage fuel India’s small business loans

    India’s small firms have greater access to formal credit but that should come with a warning against too much leverage.

  • NBFC credit growth led by services, retail; power sector share moderates in FY25

    NBFC credit growth led by services, retail; power sector share moderates in FY25

    Total gross advances by NBFCs rose to Rs 48.39 lakh crore at end-March 2025 from Rs 40.53 lakh crore a year ago.

  • Open to more acquisitions for growth: Ankur Bansal, co-founder & MD, BlackSoil Capital

    Open to more acquisitions for growth: Ankur Bansal, co-founder & MD, BlackSoil Capital

    We are working with development financial institutions for that. Post the merger with Caspian, we are in a unique space where everybody wants to fund. They have done in the past with financial inclusion for instance. Our next biggest segment will be focusing on climate finance, said Bansal.

  • Shriram Finance shares jump again today; brokerages issue bullish targets after MUFG’s Rs 39,600-cr investment

    Shriram Finance shares jump again today; brokerages issue bullish targets after MUFG’s Rs 39,600-cr investment

    Shriram Finance share price target: Brokerages now see up to 33 percent further upside in the stock, following MUFG Bank’s landmark Rs 39,600-crore investment for a 20 percent stake in the NBFC.

  • After dropping IPO plan, Warburg, Mubadala-backed NBFC Avanse plans $152-mn rights issue

    After dropping IPO plan, Warburg, Mubadala-backed NBFC Avanse plans $152-mn rights issue

    Avanse is the second-largest NBFC in the education loan segment with expertise in the overseas education loan segment.

  • ARCs double down on India’s retail, SME loan distress

    ARCs double down on India’s retail, SME loan distress

    A prolonged clean-up of corporate balance sheets, competition from the government-backed so-called bad bank, and the sharp rise in stress within unsecured retail and small-business lending have together pushed ARCs into the non-corporate bad debt segment.

  • NBFCs tighten MSME lending as bad loans rise: Report

    NBFCs tighten MSME lending as bad loans rise: Report

    Bajaj Finance has pared back its MSME portfolio after gross bad loans in the segment rose to 2.47% in Q2, compared with 1.83% in the previous quarter and 1.65% a year earlier

  • Bajaj Finance shares crash 7% today after Q2 results as growth guidance cut; brokerages broadly positive

    Bajaj Finance shares crash 7% today after Q2 results as growth guidance cut; brokerages broadly positive

    Bajaj Finance Q2 results analyst views: Brokerages were positive on Bajaj Finance after its Q2 FY26 results despite the management’s lower AUM growth guidance, with a few cautious voices. Bajaj Finance stock fell 6.5%, while group firm Bajaj Finserv shares also fell 6.5% ahead of its Q2 results.

  • Bajaj Finance’s Q2 shows tax cuts powered consumer loans, but stress lurks

    Bajaj Finance’s Q2 shows tax cuts powered consumer loans, but stress lurks

    GST cuts pushed Indians to indulge in festival purchases, powering up Bajaj Finance’s loans

  • Shriram Finance shares rally 5% after Q2 results beat Street, top Nifty gainer; brokerages bullish -- check target prices

    Shriram Finance shares rally 5% after Q2 results beat Street, top Nifty gainer; brokerages bullish -- check target prices

    Shriram Finance stock jumps over 5 percent in the morning trading after reporting robust Q2 FY26 financial results. Brokerages are bullish on the stock.

  • Tata Capital Q2 Results: Net profit rises 2% to Rs 1,097 crore, revenue up 8%

    Tata Capital Q2 Results: Net profit rises 2% to Rs 1,097 crore, revenue up 8%

    The newly-listed company said that asset quality in unsecured retail loan book has started showing improving trends

  • Optimo Capital raises Rs 150 crore in Series A round led by founder Prashant Pitti, Blume Ventures, Omnivore

    Optimo Capital raises Rs 150 crore in Series A round led by founder Prashant Pitti, Blume Ventures, Omnivore

    The NBFC, which focuses on credit-starved MSMEs, also secured an additional Rs 110 crore in debt from IDFC and Axis Bank

  • OPINION | Does the rise of non-bank funding represent financial disintermediation or liquidity shuffling?

    OPINION | Does the rise of non-bank funding represent financial disintermediation or liquidity shuffling?

    On paper, non-bank sources have offset the fall in bank funding to commercial sector. But trace the source of funds and we go back in many cases to banks, who continue to play an outsized role. India still lacks enough diversity in sources of funding

  • NBFC Q2 earnings preview| PAT to grow 8-28% YoY on stable margins, improving asset quality

    NBFC Q2 earnings preview| PAT to grow 8-28% YoY on stable margins, improving asset quality

    Brokerage firms expect asset quality of most NBFCs to remain broadly stable amid better customer selection, stricter credit underwriting, and improved collection efforts.

  • Tata Capital IPO: Margins under pressure as funding costs rise and provisioning buffers thin

    Tata Capital IPO: Margins under pressure as funding costs rise and provisioning buffers thin

    Tata Capital enters the market while navigating a phase of margin compression. While analysts expect profitability to recover, for investors, the IPO is essentially a play on the Tata group’s long-term resilience rather than short-term margin expansion.

  • Chart of the Day: NBFCs' faster loan growth hits policy transmission

    Chart of the Day: NBFCs' faster loan growth hits policy transmission

    Non-bank lenders do not have access to cheap source of funds

  • Will continue at the helm, says Sammaan Capital CEO Gagan Banga post-IHC deal

    Will continue at the helm, says Sammaan Capital CEO Gagan Banga post-IHC deal

    'The clear mandate to me is to continue to run the company as you are. They are a shareholder backing us with capital, knowledge, and experience but they will operate at the board level,' Banga tells Moneycontrol

  • HUDCO, IREDA, PFC, REC stocks jump 3-5% as RBI eases infra financing norms

    HUDCO, IREDA, PFC, REC stocks jump 3-5% as RBI eases infra financing norms

    RBI monetary policy norms for easier infrastructure financing push NBFC stocks up.

  • Non-lending businesses like private equity and wealth are accretive to Tata Capital: Rajiv Sabharwal

    Non-lending businesses like private equity and wealth are accretive to Tata Capital: Rajiv Sabharwal

    As at June 30, 2025, Tata Capital has raised around Rs 7,000 crore across its domestic funds and offshore funds, with 53 deals in over 15 years, as per the NBFCs IPO documents.

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