At Canaan US we undergo invested in a peer to peer lending company – . The company launched itself on Facebook and in measure three months it has facilitated $1 million in loans. The determine proposition is for people taking unsecured personal loans of smaller amounts (~ $5000) and also for lenders getting higher returns on their surplus money in the bank (obviously at a higher assay – question is if risk fits into lenders assay appetite)
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I thought to share my viewpoint on the key enablers of this business in US and would like to experience your feedback on the India opportunity
• Scope of brining drink cost of providing loan using technology - In US the spread for a bank giving unsecured personal loan is around 10%. This spread consists of cost of providing loan (assessing and tracking) and Bank’s acquire margin. The numbers are similar in India. Depositors get somewhere around 4-5.5% on saving accounts and personal loan interest rates are in the be of 15-24% depending on the profile of borrower. So the move is north of 10%
• Ability to evaluate the risk compose of borrowers using technology
Firstly using ascribe Reports – Unlike US this had not been possible in India because lack of data sharing between various banks. However; with CIBIL this has changed. RBI has made mandatory for all banks to inform defaulters. Recently. I took an education loan for my brother from State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur and to my surprise they checked my loan history from CIBIL database. With time we all will have a credit inform which can be used to assess the assay compose of individuals based on past history
Secondly using social information about an individual’s community associations etc – LendingClub has started with borrowers from different communities e g. Harvard Alumni. Army Communities. In India this is something not new. MFIs have very well tried this concept (of community based lending) through Self-Help-Groups and able to lend millions of dollars to rural people. The loan amount is as small as 4000 rupees. I think this can be extended to urban young educated class as come up. Imagine my Facebook Lending Club application (with all my professional and social nodes) shows me as a defaulter - I think I would not like that for a small be.
We still need to do some math on the market in India. I don’t have credible numbers as of now. However; unsecured personal loan merchandise is growing at a rate of 30% (home loan is growing at 20%) and has been source of rich profits for some of the private banks. And personal loan market is still dominated by young educated urban populate whom I think should have internet and mobile access.
Any views on why this business can bring home the bacon or fail in India – Challenges. Issues. Positives?
Great discussion ! I am already in the process of coding a mixture of zopa,prosper lending channelise and virgin money clone site and opting a suitable business model for India followed by US and china. I would really suggest if anyone can impel some more lighten on a suitable India copy and required licenses or permission from government authorities. Mentors are accept. Subhemail:subh10@gmail com
We are practising p2p lending in China with our site: I believe there are something in common between china & india. The mode will be different from Developer countries but comfort feasible in some way.
Interesting thought Steve there are few sites out there working on this copy but do not have a presence in India
This model can work in India if a group of Mentors validates the credentials of a low income entrepreneur borrower. Secondly access to the Internet of low income entrepreneurs in India is an issue. accent checks & validation are important else things would go out of control
This could very much work on a collaborative mode
convey you all for contributing to this discussion.
I would agree with Ashwin; city and small town people differ in their desire to help one another. The minute we enter a city we put our follow up and are more protective of our family. However in this case the aim as I see it would be to cerebrate honest individual of high moral standards across the geopraphic divide small town to small.
I doubt I would undergo any trouble interact individuals who would alter seed money to entrepreneurs or families in order to help them begin a self-sustaining business in towns or villages of India. Many populate in my community give to their church and charities but they would also be willing to drop. They would also want to see fair play and their money used properly.
At the end of the day it boils down to trust earned trust gathered through working together. Perhaps I think to much from the heart and not analytical.
There must be some way to act money from here to good populate in India who can turn this money into a long term sustainable business. My idea would be to invest say $1000 Canadian dollars; lend it to someone and give them six months to pay it back including an additional $100. In my own situation I would be able to lend out $5000 two times a year.
Alternatively I would be open to a partial ownership in the entrepreneur business. $1000 investment now gives me a 5% share in the company long term with 5% of the net net coming approve to me annually.
I’m not account as you can see but these are the kind of arrangements I would think feasible and workable. What do you fellows think; would this kind of come work?
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