Vuélvete ilimitado con Magzter GOLD

Vuélvete ilimitado con Magzter GOLD

Obtenga acceso ilimitado a más de 9000 revistas, periódicos e historias Premium por solo

$149.99
 
$74.99/Año

Intentar ORO - Gratis

Aim to cut share of unsecured loans from 47% to 30% in 3-4 yrs'

Financial Express Lucknow

|

June 06, 2025

SAF Small Finance Bank is recalibrating its lending strategy to focus on secured, retail asset-led growth, while gradually reducing its exposure to the microfinance segment.

- K Paul Thomas, MD & CEO, ESAF Small Finance Bank

reduction in our microfinance portfolio, which continues to face stress. The microfinance book declined to ₹9,705 crore in Q4FY25 from ₹13,764 crore in Q4FY24. The new guardrails introduced by the microfinance self-regulatory organisation (SRO) significantly reduced the pool of eligible borrowers. In several cases, we couldn’t extend fresh loans even to existing customers. As a result, disbursements in the microfinance segment dropped to ₹1,044 crore in Q4FY25 from ₹3,076 crore a year ago.

Consequently, the share of microloans in our overall portfolio declined from 70% to 49% year-on-year.

What caused the shift in your asset mix?

MÁS HISTORIAS DE Financial Express Lucknow

Financial Express Lucknow

IPO to set Shiprocket on new growth path: CEO

SHIPROCKET CO-FOUNDER AND CEO Saahil Goel sees the upcoming IPO as a key milestone, reflecting internal discipline, scale and governance, and believes it will set the logistics tech firm on a new growth trajectory with the direct-to-consumer, online and quick commerce space poised to boom.

time to read

1 min

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Which B-schools get you top dollar

THE LATEST NIRF ‘INDIA RANKINGS 2025: MANAGEMENT’ DATA SHOWS THAT THE IIMS OF MUMBAI, BANGALORE, AND AHMEDABAD (MBA) OFFER THE BEST MBA SALARY PACKAGES TO STUDENTS

time to read

3 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Lakshmi Mittal quits UK as tax on rich looms : Report

INDIAN-ORIGIN STEEL magnate Lakshmi N Mittal, until now based in Britain and a regularon the country’s richest billionaires tally, has decided to quit the UK as the Labour Party-led government’s feared tax shakeup for the super-rich nears, according to a UK media report on Sunday.

time to read

1 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

India-US deal to keep weighing on rupee: Poll

THE INDIAN RUPEE is expected to remain under pressure until India signs a trade with the US, said economists and treasury heads inan FE poll.

time to read

1 min

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Premium for 'experience' widens in realty projects

“LIKE WATCHES, REAL estate brands and addresses are now commanding higher prices and getting them from buyers,” Mohnot said.

time to read

2 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Use GST savings to top up basic life cover with rider

RIDER PREMIUM IS LESS THAN THE BASE PRICE & MAKES THE COVER COMPREHENSIVE

time to read

2 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

FPI activity, macro data to guide mkts

MACROECONOMIC DATA, GLOBAL market trends and trading activity of foreign investors will be the key drivers for dictating market sentiment this week, analysts said.

time to read

1 min

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

DOGE ‘does not exist’ with eight mths on charter

Initially, DOGE was lead by Tesla CEO Elon Musk

time to read

2 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Agritech funding plunges over profitability concerns

INDUSTRY EXPERTS EXPECT REVIVAL IN 2026

time to read

2 mins

November 24, 2025

Financial Express Lucknow

Google fixes AI’s text problems

AS CONFIDENT AS Al assistants can sound in chat responses, if you ask them to generate an image containing several text phrases, chances are the resulting imagery will contain some typos or distorted fonts.

time to read

1 min

November 24, 2025

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size