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Top 5 Startups Fueling Innovative Financial Inclusion Solutions in India

Apr 24, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Capital Float, #Crediwatch, #Innovative Financial Inclusion Solutions in India, #Lendingkart, #RevFin, #Top 5 Startups, #WonderLend Hubs

Financial inclusion is considered as a new socio-economic concept in India that strives to revolutionize the dynamism of financial services in terms of cost and affordability. It gives a ray of hope to unbanked and underbanked communities by rendering access to formal financial services. Hence, financial inclusion has the power to put out the solid wave of revolution of growth and prosperity in the country. In this tech-savvy world, there is an imperative need to lubricate the financial system for the betterment of the citizens. In such a scenario, here are 5 startups that are tirelessly contributing in financial inclusion through their innovative solutions –

  1. CrediWatch – Crediwatch (CW) is a digital trust platform that has demonstrated multifarious use cases for the likes of large public sector banks to boutique corporate firms to small-scale industrial units. CW is an industry-defining AI/ML-powered company that operates in the space of business analytics, credit risk intelligence, and insights on businesses. CW is driven by its mission to solve for: 1. Financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 2. Removing barriers to trade and credit 3. Building trust and transparency in business.
  2. Revfin– Striving to work towards improving financial inclusion in India, RevFin (RevFin Services Private Limited) is an advanced digital consumer lending platform that makes getting a loan convenient and accessible to all individuals. The fintech platform has its own NBFC to issue the loan amount using non-traditional data and the three key techniques – Biometrics, Psychometrics and Gamification.
  3. WonderLend Hubs– Founded by Ram Ramdas, Anusha Jathanna and Rajesh Iyer, serial entrepreneurs and industry leaders with 80 years of cumulative experience across the banking, financial and software sectors, WonderLend offers a credit gateway solution to enable zero-friction credit assessment of the rurban and new-to-credit population, through its B2B2C digital lending hub platform.
  4. Lendingkart– Lendingkart Finance Limited (formerly Aadri Infin Limited), is a non-deposit taking NBFC, providing SME lending in India. The Company aims to transform small business lending by making it convenient for SMEs to access credit easily. The Company uses technology and analytics tools, analyzing thousands of data points from various data sources to assess the creditworthiness of small businesses rapidly and accurately.
  5. Capital Float– Capital Float is the pioneer of digital lending in India. The company leverages technology and big data analytics to deliver innovative credit products to businesses and individuals across the country. Through its proprietary digital loan underwriting and origination expertise, it has been able to deliver financing solutions to vast sections of the economy traditionally underserved by large financial institutions.
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5 companies that have helped MSMEs/SMEs to thrive in the year 2020

Dec 17, 2020 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Crediwatch, #Lendingkart, #MSMEs, #SmartCoin, #TradeIndia, #Udaan

India’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is the second largest in the world and are considered as the backbone of the Indian economy. The pandemic hit the economy and caused liquidity crunch in the market. MSME sector faced the most challenging time due to lack of funds and labour as a result of which a lot of MSMEs had to pause or discontinue their business. The government had taken necessary decisions and addressed these solvency issues by announcing stimulus package and loan moratorium, which has helped the MSMEs to stay afloat in the otherwise difficult times. Apart from this, there are companies that are also lending a helping hand to support the MSMEs and bridging the market gaps.

Crediwatch

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real-time inputs.A bank only looks up 200 of data points while considering the decision for a loan. On the other hand, Crediwatch picks up data from 25,000 different points which is the highest in the industry from already existing information in the regulatory framework. The intelligence can further be deployed for risk management and analysis, due diligence and in future can be used for providing ‘TrustScore’ for MSMEs who are new to credit.

Smartcoin

SmartCoin Financials is India’s first fully-automated next-gen Fintech company aiming to address the credit requirements of self-employed micro-entrepreneurs, micro-merchants and middle/lower-income salaried individuals by leveraging advanced data science and Machine Language algorithms. The platform intends to serve the hitherto under-served customers through a comprehensive digital interface across India. SmartCoin aspires to bridge the gap of financial inclusion of ‘Bharat’ by optimizing its state-of-the-art tech-platform and enable credit access for emerging India by arranging “digital collateral” on the basis of user-generated phone data that can effectively reflect user behavior. Its proprietary digital platform adeptly harnesses this alternate source of data to provide instant credit possibilities to the underserved segments of the nation. This newly-found access to formal credit will benefit over 300 million people from the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum by providing them with a slew of empowering prospects that can enhance their lives via financial inclusion.

Lendingkart

LENDINGKART is a fin-tech startup in the working capital space. The Company has developed technology tools based on big data analysis which facilitates lenders to evaluate borrower’s credit worthiness and provides other related services.LENDINGKART Finance Limited (formerly Aadri Infin Limited), is a non-deposit taking NBFC, providing SME lending in India. The Company aims to transform small business lending by making it convenient for SMEs to access credit easily. The Company uses technology and analytics tools, analyzing thousands of data points from various data sources to assess the creditworthiness of small businesses rapidly and accurately.

Tradeindia

Tradeindia is India’s largest online B2B marketplace, connecting buyers and suppliers. Their mission is to help SMEs go Digital. Now more than ever, company is committed to provide SMEs with the resources they need to take their businesses online. As the shift from offline to online accelerates, during these times companies are being asked to do more with less. Tradeindia client Relations team helps SMEs with tools to digitize their business operations and make your business future-ready.

Udaan

Udaan is a Business-to-Business (B2B) ecommerce platform, designed to solve core trade problems for small, medium and large businesses across India. It is the largest such national distribution platform of its kind enabling retailers and businesses to source merchandise from manufacturers, brands, white labels, importers etc. on a single platform. udaan brings to users the power of technology to grow their business.The easy-to-use app gives them the power to BUY & SELL on their terms with secure payments and hassle-free logistics,GROW their network through access to new regions and customers for brands, manufacturers and marketing & sales support for retailers and businesses,DISCOVER customers, suppliers and products across multiple categories, CONNECT directly with sellers and interested buyers to discuss trade.

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Fintech platforms transforming SME Lending in ecommerce space

Oct 27, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Capital Float, #Fintech, #FlexiLoans, #Indifi Technologies, #Lendingkart

Access to traditional funding is still a challenge for many SMEs. In 2018, loan approvals from big banks were the highest they’ve been in 7 years. But, at 25.9%, that’s not especially high. It means big banks still decline by 74.1% of applications. As it happens, this massive gap is big banks’ loss and fintech’s gain. By combining financial know-how with technology, fintech is reshaping SME lending, approving loans to more businesses more quickly, and giving more SMEs access to the funds they need to expand.

At a time when retailers are facing a liquidity crunch and struggling to operate due to frequent lockdowns, here comes the Fintechs platforms that are transforming SME lending in the E-commerce space and helping them in maintaining working capital.

Indifi Technologies: Indifi Technologies is a Gurgaon-based NBFC licensed for a debt-financing platform for small businesses. With credit underwriting, technology and partners being the strong pillars, they have launched new products- early and weekend settlement to ensure timely credit to the merchants in the e-commerce sector especially in the festive season. To improve the cashflows of merchants during the crisis.

It aims to substantially improve the experience for borrowers regarding credit access as well as speed and convenience of the loan process. Driven by the idea of expanding access to MSME financing in India, Indifi has emerged as an enabler for start-ups and small businesses seeking seamless access to funding. Indifi expands the envelope of formal lending by designing the right-fit credit products for MSMEs, improving the standard of risk assessment, and leveraging the supply chain linkages of MSMEs.

Lendingkart: LENDINGKART Technologies is a fin-tech startup in the working capital space. The company has developed technology tools based on big data analysis which facilitates lenders to evaluate borrower’s creditworthiness and provides other related services. The company aims to transform small business lending by making it convenient for SMEs to access credit easily. The company uses technology and analytics tools, analyzing thousands of data points from various data sources to assess the creditworthiness of small businesses across different sectors including e-commerce rapidly and accurately.

Flexiloans: FlexiLoans is an online lending platform started with an endeavour to solve the problem that SMEs face in accessing Quick, Flexible & Adequate funds for growing their Businesses. Over 80% of Loan proposals from SMEs currently are rejected by institutional channels on account of inadequate financial history or collaterals. The platform wishes to make the ‘social & alternative scoring of SMEs & Individuals a big opportunity for the economy that will far out place the limited insights that the financial bureau provides. Their technology-powered online marketplace is the best model to meet the financial requirements of SME’s in the e-commerce sector, who do not have credit history & hence cannot avail loans from traditional banking channels.

Capital Float: Capital Float is the leading Fintech lender to digital India. From financing the dynamic growth of the SMEs to offering innovative point-of-sale financing for consumers, we are leading the charge in addressing the country’s enormous credit problem. They offer flexible, short-term loans that can be used to purchase inventory, service new orders or optimize cash cycles. Borrowers can apply online in minutes, select desired repayment terms, and receive funds in their bank accounts in 3 days with minimal hassle.