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Generative AI in Lending and Where It Is Actually Used in Operations

A 2026 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report with Indian banking bodies found that 86% of Indian banks had generative artificial intelligence (AI) use cases under implementation. A September 2026 survey...

Open Banking Regulations and Their Impact on Lending Infrastructure

Sahamati estimated that India’s Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem facilitated 3.68 crore loans worth ₹3.82 lakh crore in FY26, equivalent to 8.4% of retail and micro, small and medium enterprise lending...

Fraud Detection in Digital Lending Where AI Actually Helps

ProSight Financial Association surveyed 125 North American banking professionals in 2026, and 85% said fraud is changing faster than they can respond. Only 3% said banks are ahead of fraudsters...

Neobanks vs Traditional Banks: Are Digital-Only Lenders a Threat or a Partnership Opportunity?

Neobanks and digital-only lenders have changed how customers discover, open and use financial products. Their advantage is often strongest in fast digital acquisition and specialised customer journeys; traditional banks retain...

Co-Lending Models: The Operational Backbone Banks and NBFCs Need

A co-lending arrangement between a bank and an NBFC (non-banking financial company) sounds simple on a term sheet: two lenders, one borrower, one agreed split of the loan. In practice,...

BNPL for SMEs: How B2B Buy Now Pay Later Actually Gets Underwritten

B2B buy now pay later is one of several models designed to provide short-tenor working capital at the point of a business transaction. In India, its regulatory treatment depends on...

SCF Adoption in Emerging Markets: Barriers and Opportunities Beyond India

The global trade finance gap remained at an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2025, unchanged from 2023, according to the Asian Development Bank. UNCTAD estimates that Africa represented about 2.4% of...

Digital Lending Fraud: How Synthetic Identity and Document Fraud Are Evolving

Synthetic identity theft accounted for 11% of reported fraud in LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ 2026 Cybercrime Report, up from 1.4% in the prior year. The report analysed activity across the LexisNexis...

Data Privacy in Lending: The DPDP Act and What It Means for Lenders

A lender may hold identity documents, income data, bureau reports, bank statements, device information and repayment histories across several systems and service providers. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023...

RBI Digital Lending Guidelines: What They Mean for Loan Origination Platforms

Digital NBFCs sanctioned 13.2 crore loans worth ₹2.15 lakh crore in FY2025-26, according to FACE’s March 2026 report. At that scale, the RBI (Digital Lending) Directions, 2025 make fund-flow, disclosure...

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