Entries by Team Finserv

UPIs become virtual credit cards: A game changer in credit delivery

– Vinod Kothari & Abhirup Ghosh | finserv@vinodkothari.com The recent notification[1] by the RBI permitting banks to provide pre-sanctioned credit facilities to be used by Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is a game changer. The full dimensions of this new mode of extending credit will possibly take some time to develop or demonstrate, but clearly, as […]

Loan Penal Charges: Accounting and GST implications

Abhirup Ghosh, Qasim Saif & Aanchal Kaur Nagpal  | finserv@vinodkothari.com Background Levying of penal charges or late payment charges are claimed as ‘just’, owing to the underlying breach of contract under the Contract Act, 1972. A breach or a non-performance by one party entitles the other party to receive compensation for any loss or damage […]

FAQs on Penal Charges in Loan Accounts

– Team Finserv | finserv@vinodkothari.com Updated as on 4th March 2024 The Circular is applicable from April 01, 2024. Please feel free to drop your queries in the comment box below and we will try our best to reply at the earliest. RBI on August 18, 2023 came up with the circular Fair Lending practice […]

FAQs on Reset of Floating Interest Rate on Equated Monthly Instalments (EMI) based Personal Loans

– Team Finserv | finserv@vinodkothari.com On August 18, 2023, the RBI came up with a circular on Reset of Floating Interest Rate on Equated Monthly Instalments (EMI) based Personal Loans (‘Circular) casting certain obligations and disclosure requirements on Regulated Entities (REs) at the time of reset of floating interest rate on EMI based Personal loans. […]

RBI streamlines floating rate reset for EMI-based personal loans

Major exercise for home lenders to reflect changes in existing home loans by year-end – Team Finserv | finserv@vinodkothari.com As indicated in the last Monetary Policy review, the RBI introduced new regulations for rate-based variations in floating rate loans, requiring lenders to mandatorily provide as many as 6 options to borrowers. The new regulations, vide […]

Inter-operable regulatory sandbox: A playground for fintechs ?

– Dayita Kanodia, Executive | finserv@vinodkothari.com A regulatory sandbox allows live testing of innovative products/services under regulatory supervision and with regulatory relaxations. This in turn allows regulators to design evidence-based and innovation-friendly regulations. An Inter-Operable Regulatory Sandbox or IoRS as defined by both RBI and SEBI is therefore a mechanism to facilitate testing of innovative […]