..........Banerjee cut his teeth in door-to-door deposit collection in the early 1980s as an agent of Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd—a residuary non-banking company, which pioneered in collecting small savings. Though it didn’t ever default on repayments, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forced Peerless to stop taking deposits in 2005-2006. This spawned the growth of unregulated deposit-taking companies in West Bengal and other eastern Indian states. Exploiting the strength of Peerless’s impeccable repayment track record, its redundant field agents helped found new firms that went after people’s savings, mostly in rural areas...........
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