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RBI’s crackdown on P2P companies exposes compliance failures
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The biggest problem with the P2P players is that time is not on their side for a course correction. Most of these companies are backed by equity investors who aren’t known for their patience.
Tighter regulations may have put P2P lending platforms in a spot of bother, but the guidelines bring in better clarity and transparency.
In 2018, when the Chinese regulator clamped down on the P2P model, many businesses shut shop in a matter of months. Industry observers say norms introduced by the RBI recently may result in a similar situation in India.
The Association of P2P Lending Platforms, which includes 11 prominent players such as Liquiloans, Lendbox, LenDenClub and Faircent, plans to meet with the RBI this week to seek amendments and clarifications on the new rules. Meanwhile, India P2P and 13Karat have stopped taking new investments.
Typically, the banking regulator issues mild warnings to the industry before actual clampdown. P2P lenders need to read the signals now
Jar Plus, the firm’s P2P lending product is currently in the testing phase and is in partnership with NBFC LendDenClub.
The regulator had sent out fresh emails to a few platforms last week as many continue to flout the legal conditions laid out in the P2P-NBFC master circular.
Analysis by peer-to-peer lending platform LenDenClub shows that 59 percent of lenders and a whopping 87 percent of borrowers are under 40 years of age.