Lendingkart Finance Limited, has announced that it has raised $10 million (INR 67 crores) debt fund from Kotak Mahindra Bank, Aditya Birla Financial Services and other financial institutions. As the company expands its reach to over 700 cities across the country, these funds will come in handy to…
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Investors stay bullish on fintech bandwagon
Deal activity in the financial services technology (fintech) space continues to remain strong, with start-ups announcing a fund-raise every second week. Since 2012, investors have pumped about $2.35 billion (Rs 15,000 crore) into fintech firms in 325 deals, says data platform VCCEdge. The bulk we…
Fintech start-up Lendingkart raises $7.8 m in debt funding from Yes bank
Lendingkart Finance, a digital lending platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India, has raised US $7.8 million (INR 50 crore) in debt funding from YES Bank, India’s 4th largest private sector bank. The funds will be utilised to further build the loan book as Lendingkart ex…
NBFC start-ups in India offer quick, simple financing options to revive sick MSMEs
India has about 4.8 crore MSMEs which consequently provides employment to over 10 crore people. However, they suffer from a lack of funding support despite the government’s various attempts at financial inclusion. In order to bridge this credit gap, Lendingkart offers quick, convenient financing…
Budget2017: A wishlist from India’s start-up entrepreneurs
This year’s Budget to be announced next month is expected to be a big one for startups which are reeling under the impact of demonetisation. The government may announce a string of initiatives to support them, including widening of the tax-free regime to five years from three years and faster pro…
SME lenders laud govt’s move
The central government’s decision to increase the credit guarantee for small companies would help wean away the latter’s dependence on money lenders, says lenders to the segment. In the backdrop of currency demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had over the weekend announced some help for …
Lendingkart expects to disburse Rs 1,600 cr loan for SMEs
Fintech startup Lendingkart Group expects an exponential rise in working capital loan demand from small businesses and estimates to disburse Rs 1,600 crore by 2017-end through its NBFC arm Lendingkart Finance, a company official said. The company, which caters to small businesses generating reven…
Lendingkart Finance expands to 462 cities, aims to cover 10k SMEs
Lendingkart Finance, the NBFC (non-banking finance company) of Lendingkart Group, a leading online platform that facilitates SMEs (small and medium enterprises) to obtain working capital loans, has expanded its reach to 462 cities across the country. Disbursing over 6,500 loans in small towns and…
Indian fintech start-ups a long way off from big global peers
Though IT trade body Nasscom claimed that India has more startups than China last week, the KPMG Fintech100 report for 2016 does not reflect it. In the top 100 fintech companies shortlisted from across countries, there are only three Indian startups that have made the cut, while China dominates t…
5 crucial aspects money lenders check before disbursing credit
Written exclusively for SMEpost.com by Harshvardhan Lunia, Co-Founder & CEO of Lendingkart Technologies The universal law of business states that ‘money makes money’. Every businessman is well-aware of the scope and opportunity that the influx of capital can bring to their business. This is w…