BankBazaar has partnered with Muthoot FinCorp, one among India’s main NBFCs, and the flagship Firm of 138–year-old Muthoot Pappachan Group to enter the secured loans market with a Gold Mortgage product.
As a part of this progressive NBFC-FinTech collaboration, Muthoot FinCorp has additionally invested in BankBazaar’s ongoing Sequence D2 spherical as an fairness investor to additional strengthen the digital platform.
Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com, says: “This partnership unites two trusted manufacturers—a 138-year-old enterprise conglomerate and a 17-year-old fintech platform. Gold Loans, being countercyclical to unsecured credit score, will diversify our portfolio and strengthen our choices. BankBazaar’s shoppers will acquire seamless digital entry to Muthoot FinCorp’s high-quality, absolutely compliant gold mortgage merchandise.”
“We’re happy to announce our partnership with BankBazaar, one of many nation’s main fintech agency, leveraging their intensive buyer base and cutting-edge analytics capabilities to drive superior buyer expertise, making certain extra inclusive credit score entry, together with those that’ve been impacted by momentary monetary setbacks. This important collaboration is poised to be a significant milestone in our journey to ship seamless credit score options, empowering people to realize their objectives and aspirations,” mentioned Shaji Varghese, CEO of Muthoot FinCorp.
BankBazaar is optimistic about India’s resilient client credit score market, significantly the expansion potential of Gold Loans. With gold’s deep cultural significance in India, these loans function an important monetary software for small enterprise homeowners—serving to combine debtors into the formal lending system, making certain honest valuations, aggressive charges, and safety from unregulated lending practices.
Pankaj Bansal, Chief Enterprise Officer, BankBazaar.com, mentioned: “Almost 65% of Gold Loans are nonetheless supplied by unregulated gamers, underscoring the pressing want for safe, high-valuation financing at honest charges. We’re excited to companion with Muthoot FinCorp, a trusted chief in gold lending, to supply a seamless, digital-first Gold Mortgage expertise that mixes comfort with the peace of mind of capital safety and affordability.”
Beneath the partnership, BankBazaar will deal with digital knowledge administration, digital advertising, product training, digital buyer expertise, Credit score Rating enchancment through prudent monetary literacy, and client training, whereas Muthoot FinCorp will handle KYC compliance, verification, valuation, storage, mortgage disbursal and all different pointers making certain same-day mortgage disbursal through a seamless “phygital” lending expertise.
BankBazaar has seen important progress, with a 62.5% improve in co-branded Credit score Playing cards in FY24 and an anticipated 46% annual income progress from FY22 to FY25. The corporate anticipates reaching full-year EBITDA profitability in FY25. With Muthoot FinCorp investing in BankBazaar’s ongoing Sequence D2 spherical, alongside inside and new buyers, bringing the entire to ₹55 Cr, the corporate’s complete fairness funding has now reached $116 million.
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