RBI caution on the retail growth of the banking system, What do you make of that?
Quality lending should be clear focus of financial Institutions. Building an Unsecured and Retail loan book is easy, but significant challenges may arise if the book is not built carefully.
Numerous new players are entering the market including New-to-Bank (NTB) segment for Personal Loans who extend credit based on track record of customer behavior. They are solely relying on the credit score, which reflects past performance.
During turbulent times when there is headwind as well as tailwinds, there is a level of uncertainty, and this may have prompted this RBI advisory to make the banks a bit more conservative in their approach.