Ajay Ramanathan
Finance
Sector scan: Why microfinance firms are bracing for growth slowdown
In March, India’s microfinance sector recorded its biggest private equity transaction. That month, US-based Advent International and India’s Multiples PE ......
Finance
Spotlight: What went wrong with Warburg-backed Fusion Finance as stock slumps
In December 2018, private equity firm Warburg Pincus made its debut investment in India’s microlending sector when it backed Fusion ......
Finance
IIFL Home's CEO Ratra on growth drivers, high cost of funds, IPO plans and more
IIFL Finance’s home loan subsidiary IIFL Home Finance has seen an uptick year-on-year in terms of assets under management to ......
Finance
Bottomline: InCred Finance's profit zooms as loan book jumps above $1 bn
Non-bank lender InCred Financial Services Ltd more than doubled its profit and grew its assets under management at a brisk ......
Finance
Bottomline: Finova Capital's asset quality worsens even as profit rises
Non-bank lender Finova Capital continued to be troubled by asset quality risks in FY24 even as the company sustained an asset ......
Finance
BlackSoil's Ankur Bansal on Caspian merger, funding plans and possible IPO
Earlier this month, impact investment lender Caspian Debt announced a merger with alternative credit provider BlackSoil Capital, in what the ......
Finance
Bottomline: PE-owned HDFC Credila's FY24 profit jumps as loan growth sustains
HDFC Credila Financial Services, which recently came under private equity ownership, has sustained the pace of its assets under management ......
Finance
Bharat Bhise's Bravia Capital fully exits Indian finance company
Bravia Capital, a New York-based family office investment firm founded by Bharat Bhise in 2000, has fully exited a Mumbai-headquartered ......
TMT
Embedded finance, cross-border payments hold promise: QED's Sandeep Patil
Fintech-focussed QED Investors has pumped $150 million into India since it set up operations in the country four years ago. ......
Finance
SMFG India's FY24 profit takes a hit on high operating expenses
SMFG India Credit Company’s net profit has taken a hit during the financial year ended 2024 as the non-bank lender ......