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Buy Bharti Airtel With A Target Price of Rs. 920 Says Motilal Oswal

November 23, 2021 root Personal Finance

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Growth in consolidated EBITDA on 2QFY22

Motilal Oswal in its research report has said that “On 22nd Nov’21, Bharti announced a 20% price hike, effective 26th Nov’21, across its prepaid plans, which contributes 85% to India Mobile revenue (15% is postpaid). The tariff hike comes nearly eight quarters from its last hike (Dec’19), even as industry participants have been calling for the same since the last 12 months. With a 20% increase in prices and expected ARPU at INR181, we expect incremental revenue/EBITDA contribution to its India Mobile business to be INR103b/INR72b, i.e. 16%/22% growth, which works out to a 13% growth in consolidated EBITDA on 2QFY22 annualized basis. On an FY24E basis, we revise higher our consolidated EBITDA estimate by 10% to INR821b.”

The brokerage has further claimed that “Bharti’s consolidated EBITDA (2QFY22 annualized) after capturing the 20% tariff increase would be INR624b. Adjusting for CAPEX, interest, tax, and Ind AS 116, it would be ~INR200b, thus implying a 5% FCF yield. It has the potential to grow EBITDA by more than 20% over the next two years on the back of mix-led ARPU improvement and subscriber additions. It does not factor in an additional 13% EBITDA opportunity due to potential market consolidation over time, leaving additional growth levers.”

Buy Bharti Airtel with a target price of Rs. 920

Motilal Oswal in its research report has reported that “Without capturing market share gains, the stock is trading at 7x consolidated EBITDA on a one-year forward basis, while the implied India business is trading at 8.5x. This doesn’t capture an additional 13% EBITDA opportunity from market consolidation and the re-rating potential due to an improving FCF/RoCE profile. We expect 24% CAGR in consolidated EBITDA over FY21-24E on the back of 31% CAGR in Mobile India EBITDA, aided by ARPU growth as a result of the tariff hike.”

According to the brokerage’s call “We see potential for a re-rating in both the India and Africa business on the back of steady earnings growth. We value Bharti on a Sep’23E basis, assigning an EV/EBITDA of 10x/4x to the India Mobile/Africa business, arriving at a SoTPbased TP of INR920. We maintain our Buy rating.”

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IndusInd Bank: Shalabh Saxena, Ashish Damani yet to resign from BFIL to join Spandana Sphoorty

November 23, 2021 root Banking & Finance

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IndusInd Bank on Tuesday said Shalabh Saxena, the Managing Director and CEO of Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd, and Ashish Damani, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of BFIL, are yet to resign and as per their terms of contract, they are prohibited from accepting employment at a competitor of the microfinance company.

Further, they cannot be relieved from the services of the company until an ongoing review into the disbursal of nearly 84,000 loans without customer consent due to a technical glitch at BFIL is completed.

Under fire, IndusInd Bank begins review of microfinance subsidiary

“…the continued employment of Shalabh Saxena and Ashish Damani at BFIL is critical to the closure of such process. Accordingly, they cannot be relieved from the services of BFIL, until completion of the said review,” IndusInd Bank said in a stock exchange filing.

BFIL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IndusInd Bank.

Clarification

“Neither Shalabh Saxena nor Ashish Damani have tendered their resignation from the services of BFIL. As per the terms of their employment, once the resignation is tendered, it is subject to acceptance by the Board of Directors of BFIL (Board). Upon acceptance by the board, a specified notice period is also required to be served. However, as neither of them have tendered their resignations to BFIL, such due process has not been initiated,” it further said.

IndusInd Bank’s ‘technical glitch’: RBI examining portfolio as part of an ongoing audit

Its clarification comes a day after Spandana Sphoorty (SSFL) announced the appointment of Saxena as its new Managing Director and CEO and Damani as the President and Chief Financial Officer.

“Both Saxena and Damani will join Spandana soon,” it had said.

IndusInd Bank further said that as per their contractual terms of employment Saxena and Damani are also prohibited from accepting employment at a competitor of BFIL (such as SSFL), unless approved in writing by the Board of BFIL.

“As stated above, as resignation from BFIL has not been tendered to the board by Shalabh Saxena and/or Ashish Damani, any purported acceptance by them of employment at SSFL will be in contravention of the terms of their employment with BFIL,” it said.

BFIL and IndusInd Bank are in the process of evaluating and undertaking appropriate steps and actions, including strengthening the management of BFIL to continue its usual business operations under the able guidance of its management and the bank, the lender said.

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

November 23, 2021 root Press Releases

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(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)

	Volume (One Leg)	Weighted Average Rate	Range
A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)	5,19,580.24	3.79	0.02-5.75
I. Call Money	13,122.49	3.55	2.00-4.00
II. Triparty Repo	3,79,810.45	3.82	3.30-4.00
III. Market Repo	1,23,837.30	3.71	0.02-4.10
IV. Repo in Corporate Bond	2,810.00	4.17	4.10-5.75
B. Term Segment
I. Notice Money**	1,242.05	3.33	2.75-3.50
II. Term Money^@@	129.50	–	3.10-4.25
III. Triparty Repo	0.00	–	–
IV. Market Repo	0.00	–	–
V. Repo in Corporate Bond	374.60	5.47	5.10-5.50

	Auction Date	Tenor (Days)	Maturity Date	Amount	Current Rate / Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) & Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
I. Today’s Operations
1. Fixed Rate
(i) Repo
(ii) Reverse Repo	Mon, 22/11/2021	1	Tue, 23/11/2021	1,13,246.00	3.35
(iii) Special Reverse Repo^~
(iv) Special Reverse Repo^ψ
2. Variable Rate^&
(I) Main Operation
(a) Reverse Repo
(II) Fine Tuning Operations
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo
3. MSF	Mon, 22/11/2021	1	Tue, 23/11/2021	40.00	4.25
4. Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) for Small Finance Banks (SFBs)^£	Mon, 22/11/2021	1095	Thu, 21/11/2024	100.00	4.00
5. Net liquidity injected from today’s operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-1,13,106.00
II. Outstanding Operations
1. Fixed Rate
(i) Repo
(ii) Reverse Repo
(iii) Special Reverse Repo^~
(iv) Special Reverse Repo^ψ
2. Variable Rate^&
(I) Main Operation
(a) Reverse Repo	Thu, 18/11/2021	15	Fri, 03/12/2021	4,45,742.00	3.99
(II) Fine Tuning Operations
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo	Tue, 16/11/2021	7	Tue, 23/11/2021	2,00,010.00	3.94
	Tue, 02/11/2021	28	Tue, 30/11/2021	50,007.00	3.97
3. MSF
4. Long-Term Repo Operations^#	Mon, 17/02/2020	1095	Thu, 16/02/2023	499.00	5.15
	Mon, 02/03/2020	1094	Wed, 01/03/2023	253.00	5.15
	Mon, 09/03/2020	1093	Tue, 07/03/2023	484.00	5.15
	Wed, 18/03/2020	1094	Fri, 17/03/2023	294.00	5.15
5. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations^	Fri, 27/03/2020	1092	Fri, 24/03/2023	12,236.00	4.40
	Fri, 03/04/2020	1095	Mon, 03/04/2023	16,925.00	4.40
	Thu, 09/04/2020	1093	Fri, 07/04/2023	18,042.00	4.40
	Fri, 17/04/2020	1091	Thu, 13/04/2023	20,399.00	4.40
6. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations 2.0^	Thu, 23/04/2020	1093	Fri, 21/04/2023	7,950.00	4.40
7. On Tap Targeted Long Term Repo Operations^€	Mon, 22/03/2021	1095	Thu, 21/03/2024	5,000.00	4.00
	Mon, 14/06/2021	1096	Fri, 14/06/2024	320.00	4.00
	Mon, 30/08/2021	1095	Thu, 29/08/2024	50.00	4.00
	Mon, 13/09/2021	1095	Thu, 12/09/2024	200.00	4.00
	Mon, 27/09/2021	1095	Thu, 26/09/2024	600.00	4.00
	Mon, 04/10/2021	1095	Thu, 03/10/2024	350.00	4.00
	Mon, 15/11/2021	1095	Thu, 14/11/2024	250.00	4.00
8. Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) for Small Finance Banks (SFBs)^£	Mon, 17/05/2021	1095	Thu, 16/05/2024	400.00	4.00
	Tue, 15/06/2021	1095	Fri, 14/06/2024	490.00	4.00
	Thu, 15/07/2021	1093	Fri, 12/07/2024	750.00	4.00
	Tue, 17/08/2021	1095	Fri, 16/08/2024	250.00	4.00
	Wed, 15/09/2021	1094	Fri, 13/09/2024	150.00	4.00
	Mon, 15/11/2021	1095	Thu, 14/11/2024	105.00	4.00
D. Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Availed from RBI^$				20,001.80
E. Net liquidity injected from outstanding operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-5,89,760.2
F. Net liquidity injected (outstanding including today’s operations) [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-7,02,866.2
G. Cash Reserves Position of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(i) Cash balances with RBI as on		22/11/2021		6,37,449.41
(ii) Average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending		03/12/2021		6,50,308.00
H. Government of India Surplus Cash Balance Reckoned for Auction as on^¥		22/11/2021		0.00
I. Net durable liquidity [surplus (+)/deficit (-)] as on		05/11/2021		11,23,716.00
^@ Based on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) / Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).
– Not Applicable / No Transaction.
** Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 2 to 14 days tenor.
^@@ Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 15 days to one year tenor.
^$ Includes refinance facilities extended by RBI.
^& As per the Press Release No. 2019-2020/1900 dated February 06, 2020.
* Net liquidity is calculated as Repo+MSF+SLF-Reverse Repo.
^# As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/287 dated September 04, 2020.
^ As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/605 dated November 06, 2020.
^€ As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/520 dated October 21, 2020, Press Release No. 2020-2021/763 dated December 11, 2020, Press Release No. 2020-2021/1057 dated February 05, 2021 and Press Release No. 2021-2022/695 dated August 13, 2021.
^¥ As per the Press Release No. 2014-2015/1971 dated March 19, 2015.
^£ As per the Press Release No. 2021-2022/181 dated May 07, 2021 and Press Release No. 2021-2022/1023 dated October 11, 2021.
^~ As per the Press Release No. 2021-2022/177 dated May 07, 2021.
^ψ As per the Press Release No. 2021-2022/323 dated June 04, 2021.
Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)
Press Release: 2021-2022/1234

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“BUY” This Small Cap Logistic Stock For A Gain of +25%: Motilal Oswal

November 23, 2021 root Personal Finance

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Motilal Oswal’s take on VRL Logistics Ltd

The brokerage has said in its research report that “We released our Logistics thematic report recently, wherein we highlighted that the Logistics sector is set to move towards formalization and there would be strong growth opportunities for some of the established players in this space. With a robust growth outlook, we expect a strong upside in the stock from current levels. The strong tailwinds for VRL would drive consistent growth in volumes and earnings over the next few years. The company would benefit from the uptick in economic activity, the general price hikes taken post 1QFY22, and easing fuel prices (on account of tax cuts). VRL is focusing on the high-margin LTL business (driven by the B2B segment) and expanding its network into newer markets.”

Motilal Oswal has claimed that “The company has seen capacity utilization moving towards pre-COVID levels in the last few months. 2Q saw ~35% YoY growth in volumes, driven by the buildup in festive season inventory and easing of transport restrictions. The volume momentum is expected to continue with the pickup in economic activity and normalization of transportation activity. Over the medium-to-long term, we expect growth to be driven by an uptick in the overall Logistics sector (driven by economic growth) and increasing formalization, leading to market share gains in organized players such as VRL.”

Buy VRL Logistics Ltd With A Target Price of Rs. 540

The brokerage has said that “With a demand pickup and branch additions in untapped regions, we expect VRL to clock 19% revenue CAGR over FY21-24E. With robust volumes and cost efficiency measures, VRL would be able to maintain its EBITDA margin profile at 14-15% over the next two years.”

Motilal Oswal stated in its research report that “We expect the company to clock a revenue/EBITDA/PAT CAGR of ~19%/19%/45% over FY21-24E. The stock trades at 30x FY24 EPS. We maintain our Buy rating, with revised TP of INR540/share (35x FY24E EPS).”

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3 Best ELSS Plans To Invest Which Are Rated No 1 By Crisil

November 23, 2021 root Personal Finance

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Union Long Term Equity Fund

This is an ELSS fund, which like all other ELSS funds has a lock-in period of 3-years. This fund has done well over the years and has reported a returns of nearly 46% over the last 1-year and an annualized returns of 23.20% over the last 3-years and 17.20% over the last 5-years. The SIP returns have been a solid 41% over the last 1-year.

Having said that of course it had largely to do with the way the markets have rallied. However, going forward we do not expect stupendous returns. The fund has holdings including names like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC and Ultratech Cement.

The equity holdings in the fund is almost 96%. We suggest that investors should not invest lumpsum and stick to the SIP route for investments.

BOI AXA Tax Advantage Fund

The BOI Axa Advantage Tax Fund is another ELSS scheme that has been rated No 1 by CRISIL. The 1-year returns from the fund has been 59.75%, while the 3-year returns has been 29.79% and the 5-year returns has been 20.95%. The fund has been a good and consistent performer over the years.

The portfolio of the fund consists of names like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Infosys and Divis Labs.

Over the last few months we have been telling investors to invest only through SIPs as the markets have gone-up sharply and are at dangerously high levels. We continue to maintain the same stance. Investors need to be very careful with the Sensex at around the 59,000 points level. Invest only in small amounts.

Quant Tax Plan

This is a highly rated ELSS plan that has also been rated 5-star by Morningstar, apart from the No 1 ratings by CRISIL. This is an open ended fund whose net asset value under the growth plan is currently Rs 219.49. A new investor can invest a sum of Rs 500 and in multiples of Rs 1 thereafter.

For Systematic Investment Plan (SIP), the minimum amount is Rs 500 and in multiples of Rs 1 thereafter. As there is a lock-in of three years for all ELSS plans, because of sec80c benefits, there is no exit load.

The investment objective of the Scheme is to generate Capital Appreciation by investing predominantly in a well diversified portfolio of Equity Shares with growth potential. This income may be complemented by possible dividend and other income. All of the ELSS schemes are essentially long-term given that there is a lock-in period of 3-years.

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Bank officers’ body to hold protest against govt’s privatisation plan, BFSI News, ET BFSI

November 23, 2021 root Banking & Finance

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Kolkata, Nov 22 (PTI) All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) on Monday said it will hold a protest programme against the government’s move to privatise public sector banks (PSBs) in Delhi later this month during the winter session of Parliament. AIBOC general secretary Soumya Datta said the government is likely to introduce the bank privatisation Bill in the winter session of Parliament scheduled to commence from November 29.

The government’s move is not based on sound economic logic, but purely a political decision to hand over the banks to “crony capitalists”, Dutta claimed.

Privatising the PSBs will hurt priority sectors of the economy and credit flow to self-help groups (SHGs), he asserted.

Around 70 per cent of the country’s total deposits are with the PSBs, he said alleging that handing them over to private capital will put the common man’s money deposited with these banks into jeopardy.

To protest against this move of the government, AIBOC will start ‘Bharat Yatra’ on November 24, which will culminate at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on November 29, Dutta said.

He claimed that selling of PSBs to private bodies will lead to financial exclusion and not inclusion.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech had announced that the government will make strategic divestment in two PSBs this fiscal.

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RBI details draft amalgamation plan for PMC Bank, BFSI News, ET BFSI

November 23, 2021 root Banking & Finance

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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has detailed a draft scheme for the merger of sick Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank with the newly-formed Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd (USFB), more than two years after PMC was put under restrictions on account of fraud that led to a steep deterioration in the networth of the bank.

According to the scheme, deposits of up to 5 lakh can be claimed by depositors over a period of three to 10 years.

The scheme says depositors can claim up to 50,000 at the end of three years, 1 lakh at the end of four years, 3 lakh at the end of five years and 5.50 lakh at the end 10 years.

It may be recalled that the RBI had doubled the amount depositors can withdraw from PMC Bank to 1 lakh from 50,000 in June 2020, allowing more than 84% of the depositors to withdraw their entire account balance. RBI said the above limits are for depositors over and above the withdrawals already made.

According to this schedule, the entire remaining deposits of PMC Bank depositors will be paid back within 10 years from the date the central government notifies this scheme of amalgamation.

Further, the central bank has clarified that interest on these deposits shall not accrue after March 31, 2021 for five years.

“No further interest will be payable on the interest bearing deposits of transferor bank for a period of five years from the appointed date. Provided further that interest at the rate of 2.75% per annum shall be paid on the retail deposits of the transferor bank (PMC), which shall be remaining outstanding after the said period of five years from the appointed date. This interest will be payable from the date after five years from the appointed date,” RBI said.

According to the scheme, 80% of uninsured institutional deposits will be converted into perpetual non-cumulative preference shares (PNCPS) of Unity SFB with dividend of 1% per annum payable annually.

After 10 years from the appointed date, Unity SFB may consider additional benefits for PNCPS holders either in the form of providing a step-up in coupon rate or a call option, upon receipt of approval from RBI.

The remaining 20% of the institutional deposits will be converted into equity warrants of Unity SFB at a price of `1 per warrant. These equity warrants will further be converted into equity shares of the Unity SFB at the time of the initial public offer when it goes for one.

“In respect of every other liability of the transferor bank (PMC), the transferee bank (Unity) shall pay only the principal amounts, as and when they fall due, to the creditors in terms of the agreements entered between them prior to the appointed date or the terms and conditions agreed upon,” RBI said.

“Our shareholders have committed capital of over `3,000 crore through cash and warrants, which will be utilised to build a strong foundation for the bank, hire the right talent and bring best-in-class technology,” Unity Small Finance Bank said in a statement.

In June, RBI had given an in-principle nod to Unity SFB, a joint venture of Centrum Financial Services and Resilient Innovations that runs BharatPe, to take over PMC.

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PMC Bank’s retail depositors face long wait to get full money, BFSI News, ET BFSI

November 23, 2021 root Banking & Finance

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MUMBAI: Retail depositors with over Rs 15 lakh in Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank will have to wait for 10 years to get all their money back. The timeline is in terms of a resolution plan drawn up by the RBI, which involves the defunct cooperative lender’s amalgamation with the newly formed Unity Small Finance Bank (SFB).

The resolution of PMC Bank through private investment using the SFB licence route is the first time such an exit option has been adopted for stakeholders in a failed bank.

Institutional depositors, including cooperative housing societies and cooperative credit societies which have deposits in the bank, will end up taking a haircut. The resolution plan envisages 80% of their funds being converted into perpetual non-cumulative preference shares with a dividend of only 1% per annum. After 10 years, the bank can decide if it wants to increase the dividend or repay investors. The remaining 20% of institutional funds will be converted into equity warrants of Unity SFB at Re 1 per warrant. These warrants will be converted into shares whenever Unity SFB floats a public issue. For retail investors, interest at the rate of 2.75% will be paid on deposits that are outstanding after five years from the date of notification of the scheme.

The draft proposals will be finalised and implemented through a government notification after taking into account suggestions and objections up to December 10, 2021. Going by experience, major changes are unlikely under the scheme as there is a huge gap between the assets and liabilities of the bank due to large-scale fraud and there are no other bidders to take over the business.

“Given the financial condition of the PMC Bank, and in the absence of proposals for capital infusion, the bank was not viable on its own. In that event, the only course of action could have been the cancellation of its licence and taking it for liquidation, wherein depositors would have received payment up to the insurance ceiling of Rs 5 lakh,” the RBI said.

Unity SFB, which has been promoted by Centrum and Bharat Pe, said that 96% of all depositors will get immediate access to their deposits and 99% will get paid in full by the 5th year. It added that the scheme saves the bank from liquidation and protects the interest of stakeholders.

“The draft scheme provides much-needed relief and clarity to over 1,100 PMC Bank employees, who will remain employed and continue uninterrupted service to clients,” the statement said. It added that the bank was operationalised in record time after RBI’s approval on October 12, 2021. “Our shareholders have committed capital of over Rs 3,000 crore through cash and warrants which will be used to build a strong foundation for the bank,” the SFB said.

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Punjab National Bank denies any data theft, system breach, BFSI News, ET BFSI

November 23, 2021 root Banking & Finance

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Punjab National Bank on Monday said there had been no breach of its systems or pilferage of personal data of customers and account holders. The state-run lender, in a statement, said it had thoroughly checked its systems and that the reported attempt of perpetrator was monitored and checked.

“PNB has implemented stringent security controls in all our ICT (information and communications technology) systems,” said the bank, adding that it has deployed data leak prevention solutions which prevent any unauthorised data to be sent through email.

Cyber security firm CyberX9 had said that a vulnerability in the server of Punjab National Bank exposed the personal and financial information of its about 180 million customers for about seven months and that the bank fixed the vulnerability when CyberX9 notified PNB through CERT-In and NCIIPC.

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OkCredit report, BFSI News, ET BFSI

November 23, 2021 root Personal Finance

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– Anushka Sengupta

More than 30 lakh customers came forward to settle their credit this festive season. Credit given per active merchant went up by 23%, a report by OkCredit revealed.

The oldest form of ‘Buy Now Pay Later‘ has been a part of the small and medium sized businesses space, where customers who buy from local stores do not pay upfront, but pay later. These merchants usually keep an account for their customers, and the customers repay the bills later.

Such merchants added 1 million customers during the period, repayments were up 12% than average, and merchants booked 15% growth during the two-week festive period, it said.

Digital payments have played a huge role in helping mom and pop stores recover credit. As per the report, the number of credit lines settled digitally have gone up by 100% since last year, showing adoption of online payments in digital book keeping. There has been a 70% increase in retail small and medium sized businesses adopting a digital solution to manage their books.

Merchants in eateries, school supplies, travel, jewellery and kirana shops saw the highest growth. On an overall basis, transactions have grown by 20% compared with the festive season a year ago.

Each merchant category on OkCredit has seen an increase in customers. The most significant growth has been witnessed by retailers in the following categories :-
1) School supplies and stationary – 39%
2) Travel agencies – 26%
3) Eateries – 25%
4) Gold & Jewellery – 17%
5) Electronics – 12%

BNPL sees surge in repayments this Diwali season : OkCredit report

The increased repayments and growth in retail small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) also point to a healthy recovery in the economy, especially in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, as these towns account for a significant chunk of OkCredit’s merchant base, the report said.

Gaurav Kunwar, Cofounder & CPO at OkCredit says, “We wanted to measure category-wise impact of the Diwali shopping season among retail SMBs.
It was heartening to see credit recovery being high, in places such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, it was 30% higher than rest of the country.”

BNPL sees surge in repayments this Diwali season : OkCredit report

Merchants in states such as Kerala and Karnataka have seen 8% growth in business. The North-Eastern states have seen the highest growth, topped by Manipur where transactions per merchant increased by 22%.

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