There are over 6.3 million MSMEs in India, with an unmet credit demand of close to 120 billion USD. Access to small ticket loans for MSMEs is often a long, uncertain process. MSME lending landscape faces challenges of credit underwriting necessary for the approval and disbursal of loans. Credit underwriting requires the applicant’s financial data from a myriad of documents…
India has over 6.3 milion MSMEs, with an unmet credit gap of 120 billion USD. According to 2024 Trans Union CIBIL report, only 2.5 million MSMEs have access to formal credit. MSMEs have a high demand for loans under 1 Lakh also known as small ticket loans. The lending process for such loans is often mired by traditional credit underwriting…