Thursday, February 28, 2013

Rao committee: A halo for gold loan NBFCs


The release of Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) KUB Rao committee report on gold has brought a breath of fresh air. The awareness of gold loans had grown well beyond the south and gold loan players, especially the biggies, have been growing at a brisk pace. The RBI had some concerns, which it laid down with a slew of measures it deemed fit. While these were more of hygiene factors, what followed was a dialogue between the gold loan players and the regulator to explain the business model, risk management measures, the role the sector played in financial inclusion and the sector's efforts to address customers, who even today are being exploited by moneylenders and pawnbrokers. The Rao committee's recommendations reiterate this and articulate a perfect mix of what it feels about the sector and what it is expected to do going forward........... 

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