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Ribbit Capital FinTech Study - Integrated Materials - vFINAL - MARKET OVERVIEW
Ribbit Capital FinTech Study - Integrated Materials - vFINAL - MARKET OVERVIEW
Ribbit Capital FinTech Study - Integrated Materials - vFINAL - MARKET OVERVIEW
August 2022
We have covered all key elements of the scope, and we’ll be sharing our integrated
perspectives today
Capital supply potential for Unsecured Loans from Funding & Business models used, and risk Benchmarking of players and understanding
banks/ NBFCs undertaken across models best in class
Key questions
• How much capital supply is there from • What is the risk Fintechs are taking on their • How does Fintech performance compare
Banks/ NBFCs for unsecured loans? books? to traditional players on channels and
Could Fintech companies scale 10x? economics?
• Implications / insights for Ribbit portfolio companies – what changes may be required for each firm in their approach ?
• Macro credit update on the Indian consumer- credit performance over time across Fintechs, Banks & NBFCs
Primary Sources: In-depth conversations with Senior Leadership in Industry (N=53) PortCo discussions (5 Companies)
Former Head of Partnerships – OneCard Group Product Mgr. BNPL – MoneyTap
Fintech Chief Product Officer
players Manager Corporate Finance & Investor Relations - Early Advisor - MoneyTap
Salary Chief Risk Officer
(N=30) Senior Group Manager – Lending at Navi
Head – Lending, Vice President – Navi Investor Relations Head
Bus. Head - Alliances & Partnerships – EarlySalary
VP Bus. Head of PL – PayTM Founder & CEO
Former VP Strategic Partnerships – Flexiloans
Former COO Payments Bank– PayTM Chief Financial Officer + 2
CoFounder – Flexiloans
Bus. Head and VP – PayTM Founder & CEO
Former VP Partnerships – Indifi
Senior Manager – PayU Co-founder & MD
Former Dir. Of Growth – INDmoney Head of PL partnerships- PayU
VP- Management
Head of Corp Strategy and Partnerships – KISSHT Dir. of Partnership and Sales – PayU
CTO / Cofounder - KISSHT Head of Partnerships – Slice
Chief Business Officer – KISSHT CFO – Slice Secondary sources
Vice President – KreditBee Advisor & Interim CFO - Slice
Head of Products – UniCard
Former Bus. Prod. Mgr. – KreditBee
Head of Partnerships and Alliance – UniCard
VP New Iniatives & Strategy – LendingKart
Head of Operations – Upgrade
Director of Colending – LendingKart
Traditional National Sales & Product Head - Bajaj Finance Axis AVP Credit - AXIS Bank Limited
Limited Banks
Credit Chief General Manager- Commercial Credit Group
NBFCs (N=10) - State Bank of India
Former Snr. Bus. Head - Bajaj Finserv
(N=11) Former National Head UPI and Partnerships – Bajaj Cluster Head - SBI MUTUAL FUND
Finserv
HDFC Head of DCM Credit - HDFC Bank
Current Head - Strategic partnership - Credit Saison
ICICI Product Lead - Digital Lending at ICICI Bank
Head of Policy and Credit - Personal Loans & MSME ICICI Head - Key Initiatives, Retail - ICICI Bank
Loans at DMI Finance IDFC Business Head - Digital Lending - IDFC First
IndusInd Bank Associate VP - IndusInd Bank
Group CFO - DMI Finance Analyst Reports
COO - Fullerton India Credit Company South Head Fintechs – South Indian Bank
Head of Digital – IIFL Union Bank of India Chief Manager - Union Bank of India Company websites,
Director & Head - Emerging Business - Northern Arc mobile applications and
Capital RBI Former Executive Director – RBI
Others annual reports
AVP Debt & Structured Financing - Tata Capital Fund Manager & Dealer Fixed Income PMS -
(N=2)
Current Head & COO - Vivriti Capital LIC Mutual Fund
• Unsecured retail lending is a $120-140B o/s market in India, with Fintechs accounting for $4-5B (3-4%). Going forward, we believe Fintechs can grow 6-7x by FY27, with need for
$2.5-3B equity infusion in base case ($5-5.5B infusion in conservative case). At a market level, Fintech currently do 40-45% of the o/s via in-house NBFC arm & rest 55-60%
coming from partner financiers (NBFCs & Banks) via FLDG & Co-lending models. Going forward, partner-based book to grow to 65-70% share, driven by a) high willingness &
availability of capital for partner financiers b) ease of scalability for Fintechs (need for lower capital from debt & equity for in-house NBFC)
– Multiple NBFCs participate in lending via Fintech partnerships, with Fullerton, IIFL & DMI finance being the top contributors. Going forward, we see NBFC capital via Fintechs growing at 50%+ driven by a) capital
supply growth for partner NBFCs (20-25% growth outlook going forward), b) increasing number of NBFCs showing willingness for Fintech partnerships, and c) increasing share of Fintech based lending in the
overall NBFC books (likely to reach 23-25% from current ~14%)
– Banks have been relatively more cautious in Fintech partnerships, with IDFC bank accounting for 70-80% contribution. However, banks like Federal, ICICI, KVB have been catching up, as Fintech books
demonstrate performance & maturity over time (with other players likely to follow suite). Given scale of Fintech financing being relatively small vs. overall bank financing ($4-5B vs. $100-105B of unsecured
retail loans from banks, $1.6T total bank advances), even a small proportion of bank financing diverting towards Fintechs can open up abundant capital supply for Fintechs
• It is critical for lending-focused Fintechs to have an in-house NBFC arm, to a) protect against extreme regulatory action with ban on FLDGs, requiring partner-based lending
to be only via co-lending, & b) safe-guard growth ambitions in case of unavailability of capital supply from partners. This would however imply need for raising capital via a)
debt (traditional avenues being large NBFCs & NCDs, with newer avenues like securitization & ECBs) & b) commensurate equity capital infusion (D/E ratio of 3-4 at an industry level)
• RBI regulation on PPI cards pose a risk to the card-based lending products from Fintechs, given the need for PPI to be funded only via bank a/c (and not via credit lines).
• Credit risk (NPAs/ DPD) is an additional risk that Fintechs need to plan for, especially the ones catering to near-prime & subprime segments (<750 credit score). Fintechs
with higher share of focus on this segment can ideally a) plan for appropriate capital provision, to plan for extreme NPA scenarios, b) pro-actively monitor collections at regular
intervals (15-day, 30-day etc.) & c) leverage tested base for cross-selling high-ticket/ long tenure loans
Unsecured credit demand in India - Market potential for lending players Remarks and Sources
# of Households (~300M) Bain – WEF report on India
Segmented by income consumption, Secondary research
Low: ~102M Lower Mid: ~106M Upper Mid: ~80M High: ~11M
Low: $300-350B Lower Mid: $550-600B Upper Mid: $1.1-1.2T High: $600-650B
Note: Low income: <$4k, Lower-mid: $4-8.5K, Upper-mid: $8.5-36K, High income: >$36K income per HH in real term; Sources: market participant interviews, NDL
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Of this ~$350B, only $120-130B is being served today, with majority supply coming
from banks; Fintech share at 3-4% today
TO D AY SERVED MARKET
Credit supply at $120-130B (~35% of overall demand); Overall supply coverage at ~35%, with greater coverage
bank have majority share with ~80% of the supply at higher income bands
Capital for Fintech lending in-turn sourced from
NBFCs (in-house & partner) & bank partners Income
21% segments Demand Supply Served market
3
Low $90-100B $6-7B 6-8%
2
Bajaj (24-26%
growth) + other Lower mid $100-110B $25-30B 25-30%
NBFCs growing
at 18-20%
1
High $30-40B $25-30B 85-90%
• Public sector banks are the largest holder of deposits, but they have seen a
decline in their share from ~73% (FY17) to ~60% (FY21) owing to strong growth
of pvt. sector banks (~16% in FY17-22 vs 5% for public sector banks)
• Borrowings from India constitute ~75% of total borrowings, this share has
increased from ~55% in FY17 as the delta between cost of borrowing in India
vs. overseas has gone down due to volatile macro-environment and high cost of
~$215B hedging
Debt
(8%)
– Borrowings from RBI and interbank borrowings constitute a smaller share and are typically
used by banks to meet capital adequacy requirements
– Borrowings from institutions are a key source for smaller banks with low base of deposits
• Other debt includes commercial papers (share decline to 2-3% post rapid
~$90B growth up to 6-7% in FY17 owing to CP induced liquidity crisis) and inter-
Other debt corporate borrowings
(18%)
• Includes alternate forms of capital
Description Tenor
Perpetual debt • Irredeemable debentures that bear coupon till dissolution of the firm (however, lender has an option of selling the debt in secondary market or use a put
Quasi-debt option)
instruments can have Perpetual
an option to attach a • RBI allows perpetual debt to be used as tier 1 capital; however currently low salience with NBFCs (only 2-3 of the top NBFCs have raised perpetual debt
‘kicker’ i.e., link part amounting to <2%% of total AUM)
of the coupon/
interest to share Convertible • Debentures convertible to equity after a pre-determined time period at the option of lender or automatically
price accretion debentures 1 to 5
• Used by small NBFCs to incentivize lenders with a lower risk instrument to lenders in case they are not able to raise equity (low salience currently with years
small to medium NBFCs)
External • Debt availed from foreign financial investors, typically at rates at par or slightly lower than domestic rates depending upon interest rate environment;
Alternate Commercial however increasingly expensive in the recent past due to high cost of currency hedge (increased USD/ INR volatility) 5 to 10
avenues for Borrowing years
(ECB) • ECBs are used to diversify lender risks for NBFCs e.g., in 2018 liquidity crisis, many even AAA rated NBFCs were asked to pre-pay their debt to banks by
capital resetting the floating interest rates to very high levels. Large NBFCs like Bajaj, Tata, Aditya Birla typically raise 3-6% of AUM as ECB
Securitization • PTC: Loans sold via special purpose vehicles that issues bonds to investors backed by those loans; In FY22, PTC accounted for ~45% of securitization loans,
of which vehicle loans contributed ~15%
Securitization & co- PTC, DA:
lending allows NBFCs • Direct assignment (DA): Loans sold directly to banks who take on the right to collect EMIs; used by banks as a way to grow loan book without opex or to meet Tenure
to offload part of their priority sector lending requirements; In FY22, DA accounted for ~55% of securitization volumes (lower than 65-70% seen in earlier years) and was dominated depends
balance sheet to other by mortgaged backed loans on
financier, and hence, underlying
are not direct sources • Typically used by small NBFCs as a liquidity management tool; currently, money raised via securitization can be 30-50% of total borrowings for small NBFCs
asset
of capital (~5% at an overall level)
• It is primarily re-allocation of capital and has limited-indirect impact on overall capital supply (promotes more external capital raising by larger NBFCs)
Co-lending • NBFC’s tie up with banks to jointly lend to a customer on both their books
-
• Co-lending is typically done by smaller NBFCs as a way to circumvent lack of capital to meet demand; currently, <15% of AUM for small NBFCs are under co-
lending arrangements
Note: Quasi-debt instruments are defined as securities that have one or more of the following features: returns linked to stock prices (via a kicker), repayment priority above common equity but lower than common
debt, have a pre-determined rate of minimum return, are convertible into equity Source: Market participant interviews, RBI, secondary research
NDL 220810_Ribbit Capital FinTech ... 11
2 Mature NBFCs raise majority of debt capital from NCDs & bank lending, with rest
coming from securitization, deposits & other sources
DIRECTIONAL
Avg. mature
NBFC (non-
deposit taking)
Loan
~$85M $181M ~$400M ~$710M ~$720M ~$9B ~$10B ~$12B ~$20B ~$75B
advances(1)
Equity 53% 28% 29% 22% 16% 22% 16% 14% 25% 19% 15-25%
Debt(2) 47% 72% 71% 78% 84% 78% 84% 86% 75% 81% 75-85%
NCD 25% 27% 39% 25% 30% 33% 44% 51% 43% 39% 30-50%
Note: (1) Taken from FY22 Balance sheet, $1= INR 75; (2) Source of funds excludes provisions, payables, etc. (3) Other debt instruments include ECB, securitization, CD
Source: Annual reports, Market participant interviews, Bain analysis
% Share of NBFC
Total Outstanding % NBFC Outstanding of total NBFC Outstanding Outstanding
$365-370B 6-7% SBI has lower share for $20-25B3 “Public sector banks have
NBFCs due to higher
relative focus on retail historically had higher
(~36% 5 v/s 15-20% for exposure to NBFCs vs
$90-95B ~15% other PSBs) $11-15B private sector banks owing
to corporate relations
Top 5 (Union bank extending funds
$85-90B ~15% $11-15B 55-60%
Banks1 to Hinduja Finance with
Ashok Leyland as a corporate
$95-100B ~14% $11-15B client) and low share of
retail book”
Note: 1. Top 5 selected based on NBFC outstanding. 2. Other Banks include other pvt. banks, SFBs, foreign banks. 3. Estimated NBFC outstanding for SBI for FY22 based on historical share of outstanding, stable at 6-7%. 4. Excludes public finance
institutions 5. Excludes MSME and Agri loans. Source: RBI, Market participant interviews, company filings, Bain analysis. NDL 220810_Ribbit Capital FinTech ... 13
3 Fintechs do 40-45% of their lending via in-house NBFC, with rest distributed across
NBFCs & Bank partners
OUTSIDE-IN DIRECTIONAL
Fintechs source 40-45% of their capital via their in- … while NBFC & Bank partners help fulfil the remaining
house NBFCs… capital needs, via Co-lending/ FLDG arrangements
Loan Capital supply from
% on in- partners (off-book) Loans on
Book
Fintech house own NBFC
(FY22, From From
NBFC (FY22, $M)
$M) NBFCs Banks
Note: 1. Money tap sources 20% loans from their in-house bank, however, only acts as an aggregators for 50% of the book for RBL bank. 2. Zest has ~25% NDL
of its loan book on its220810_Ribbit
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Source: Market participant interviews, Bain analysis
3 Within Banks, IDFC Bank accounts for majority of capital to Fintechs; Within NBFCs,
Fullerton, IIFL & DMI are top partners
OUTSIDE-IN DIRECTIONAL
Note: 1. Consolidated financial statement considered 2. Loan book as per balance sheet assets (excluding securitized loans) 3. For DMI finance, loan book for FY22 prorated basis latest available data (FY21)
Source: Company filings, Market participant interviews, Bain analysis
Note: Does not include trade payables and non-financial liabilities. Debentures include convertible bonds, non-convertible bonds, perpetual debt, subordinated bonds. NCD: non-convertible debentures, MLD: market-linked debentures, MF: mutual funds.
Source: Company annual reports and press releases
• Predominant focus on debt • Balanced across equity & • Balanced across debt &
route: Key debt instruments debt: Key debt instruments equity: Key debt instruments
include NCDs, term loans include debentures, term loans include NCDs and term loans
and commercial papers & inter corporate borrowings – Rated AA+ on NCD-covered,
– Bank borrowing makes ~40% – Rated A (stable) on NCDs and long MLD-covered by ICRA
of total debt term bank facilities by CRISIL
– Key debt suppliers incl. HNIs,
– ~45 investors as debt suppliers – Rated A1 on commercial paper by wealth management company,
in FY21 (incl. MFs, private CRISIL and CARE large MFs like Nippon India
wealth mgmt. firms & HNIs) Mutual fund, Axis Mutual fund
– Raised ~$82M through issuance
– Rated A+ on NCDs, long-term of NCDs of which ~$60M is under – Overall ~35 lenders; raised
bank facilities, MLDs and TLTRO & PCGS ~$90M from bank borrowings
subordinated debt by ICRA in FY21
– Raised ~$87M through term loans
and working capital from banks
• Key fintech partners: • Key fintech partners:
Moneyview, Kreditbee, EarlySalary, Kreditbee,
• Key fintech partners:
EarlySalary, Zestmoney, Kinara Capital, Upmoney,
Zestmoney, EarlySalary,
Early Salary Finwego
Kreditbee, Moneyview
Note: Does not include trade payables and non-financial liabilities. Debentures include convertible bonds, non-convertible bonds, perpetual debt, subordinated bonds. The Bank borrowings for IIFL Finance includes borrowings from banks, NHB and
financial institutions. Source: Company annual reports and press releases. NCD: non-convertible debentures, NHB: National Housing Bank, TLTRO: Targeted Long-Term Repo Operation, PCGS: Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme, MF: Mutual funds.
Contribution outlook -
“We are largely dependent on other large NBFCs for
70-80%
10-15% 5-10% capital as private sector banks have stringent
2.5-3.5 (MAS, Northern Arc, requirements around profitability, portfolio mix, loan
(AU Small Finance, Kotak) (NCDs)
Fedbank, Mannapuram)
vintage etc. before they consider lending capital to
3-4
70-80% 10-15% 5-10% our in-house NBFC”
(Northern Arc, DMI Finance) (IDFC first bank) (NCDs) Corp. finance & Investor Relations, Early Salary
80-90%
5-10%
3-4 (Edelweiss, Aditya Birla -
(AU Small Finance)
Capital)
“We aim to increase contribution from banks for
80-85% 5-10% our in-house NBFC to make the debt split more or
5-10%
3-3.5 (Northern Arc, MAS, Credit (AU Small Finance, Utkarsh
less even between banks and NBFCs…this will
(NCDs, Securitization)
Saison, Vivreti, Tata Capital) Small Finance, Kotak, ICICI)
enable access to a cheaper and more stable
65-75% 10-15% source of capital. We’re in conversations with
10-15%
2.5-3 (Credit Saison, Vivreti, (AU Small Finance bank,
High share Incred) Kotak)
(NCDs, CPs) multiple banks to take this forward”
from banks
given PayU 25-30% Co-Founder and CTO, Kissht
60-65%
Finance, the 3-4 (HDFC, SBI, Small finance 5-10%
(Tata Capital)
parent, is an banks)
established “Typically banks only provide capital to captive NBFCs
20-30%
NBFC 3-4 20-30% 50-60% after the fintech has shown signs of success and
(NCDs, CPs, Securitization)
has become sizeable…in the earlier stages, captive
~67% NBFCs get a large chunk of their capital from other
9.5 ~33% -
(NCDs)
PortCos
Note: (1) Zest & Axio data is taken from public MCA filings for FY21 (latest data unavailable from documents); mix would have changed substantially in FY22 owing to rapid growth of loan book (2) Debt excludes
provisions, payables, etc. | Source: Market participant interviews, MCA Filings, Bain analysis NDL 220810_Ribbit Capital FinTech ... 18
Going forward, India consumption will reach $3-3.2T by FY27 (~335M households),
driven by rising disposable income, premiumization and rural access
FUTURE CONSUMPTION
India expected to reach 335M households in FY27 with Increased disposable income, premiumization and
~$4.5T in income and 3-3.2T in consumption access in rural India driving growth in spend
~335M Pre-tax
Consumption Rising disposable • India will add ~42M upper mid income & ~8M
Income high income households who will drive growth
income & middle-
High class expansion in specific categories
$1.7-1.8T $0.7-0.8T
20M (6%) – Households spend 2-2.5x higher on essential
products, 3-4x higher on services and drive 15-20 p.p.
higher durables penetration as they move into higher
income segments
Upper mid $1.7-1.9T $1.3-1.4T
122M (36%)
Premiumization • Premiumization of products and services
– ~50% of incremental spend expected through
consumption of premium products and addition of new
categories for consumers (apparel, personal care and
Lower mid
F&B to see significant increase)
120M (36%) $0.65-0.7T $0.65-0.7T
– Millennials and Gen Z to drive consumption owing to
brand consciousness and aware about new models of
consumption (e.g. – ride sharing)
Low
Increased access • Access constraints in developed rural areas
73M
$0.25-0.3T $0.25-0.3T in semi-urban/ (1.5-2x lower spend than urban HH with same
(22%)
income) likely to reduce with rising internet
rural India
and e-commerce penetration
Note: Low income: <$4k, Lower-mid: $4-8.5K, Upper-mid: $8.5-36K, High income: >$36K basis income per household in real terms. Source: Bain IP, market participant interviews, secondary research
Credit demand in India - Market potential for lending players Remarks and Sources
# of Households (~335M) Bain – WEF report on India
Segmented by income consumption, Secondary research
Low: ~73M Lower Mid: ~120M Upper Mid: ~122M High: ~20M
Low: $250-300B Lower Mid: $650-700B Upper Mid: $1.7-1.9T High: $1.7-1.8T
Note: Low income: <$4k, Lower-mid: $4-8.5K, Upper-mid: $8.5-36K, High income: >$36K income per HH in real term; Sources: market participant interviews, NDL
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1 Capital supply from banks likely to grow at 10-12%, translating to ~$280B
outstanding for unsecured loans
FUTURE CAPITAL S UP P LY
• Banks view institutions as a key source to raise domestic debt, future growth
will be in line with historical pre covid growth of 10-11% (FY17-19), share of
domestic borrowing expected to increase to 80-85% from currently 75%
• A slow growth of 3-4% is expected for borrowings outside India
~$215B ~$380B – Access to cheaper capital not available in current environment due to high interest rate cost of
Debt ~12% hedging (high volatility in USD/ INR)
(8%) (8%)
• Interbank borrowings are expected to grow in line with historical trend to meet
capital adequacy requirements as needed; RBI borrowing to remain stable
(2-3% of deposits) to manage compliance & other requirements
Unsecured retail lending at $80- Key sources of Capital for NBFCs in FY27
90B (9-10% of total) Instrument FY222 FY27 CAGR Description
Include credit outstanding
• Bank funding for NBFCs has historically grown at 25% (FY17-22); NBFC
by fintech (NBFCs
contribute 85-90% of fintech outstanding (as % of total bank outstanding) increased from 4% (FY17) to 7-8% in
FY22, with increased confidence in underwriting/ collection capabilities of
outstanding) Bank ~$125B ~$250B
~15% larger NBFCs + channel for diversification for banks
borrowing (25%) (24%)
• NBFC outstanding likely to settle at 8-9% in steady state (FY27), implying
tapering growth- Banks have started to closely monitor financial conditions of
NBFCs before lending and have also started lending more via structured credit
• Capital through debentures has historically grown at ~13% (FY17-22); Key
Debentures saw slower than usual growth buyers (Mutual funds, insurance funds, and pension funds) view NBFC
over last few years due to caution post IL&FS, debentures as a relatively high yield product to invest and are bullish on
Increase in DHFL, and adverse pandemic impact continued purchase of A+ rated NBFC debentures
share of Debt
unsecured to • Funding through debentures is expected to grow at ~18%,
Increase in
share of retail ~25% from ~$150B ~$355B – MF (50-60% of NBFC debentures): DCM markets to become active in investing in NBFC debentures
Debentures ~18% gradually and move towards pre-pandemic & pre -IL&FS levels; Additional growth driven by a)
lending for ~18% in FY22 (30%) (34%) growing AUM of debt mutual funds (16-18% likely growing forward) & b) increase in share of debt
NBFCs to AUM invested in NBFC debentures (14% to 17-18%)
– Insurance (20-25% of NBFC debentures): Growth in investment pool of insurance funds (14-16%
~40% from likely growing forward) driven by growing insurance premiums and higher insurance penetration
~30% in FY22
• Subordinated debt to grow at 15-16%, in line with overall capital to meet liquidity
requirements (part of tier 2 capital)
• Other debt options will grow slightly faster than historical rate of ~12%
~$90B ~$165B
Other debt ~13% (FY17-22), as alternate sources of capital such as ECB will gain prominence post
(18%) (15%) macro environment stabilization; there is also an increasing securitization trend
Note: (1) Fund sources taken as a weighted average of peers (FY22 data for PortCos unavailable in the documents/ MCA filings) (2) Source of funds excludes provisions, payables, etc. (3) Other debt instruments include CD, deposits etc.. Mature NBFC
range includes indicative range for marque NBFCs like Bajaj, HDFC Ltd, L&T Finance, Mahindra Finance, ABF etc.; Source: Market participant interviews, Bain analysis
• FLDG expected to continue with no cap (for • Cap on FLDG arrangement; banks/ NBFCs • Complete curb on FLDG arrangements (only
regulated entities) expected to share part of risk platform model or co-lending allowed)
What we need to believe • Healthy capital supply from banks/ NBFCs • Adequate capital supply from existing capital • Capital supply constrained for banks/ NBFCs,
and via NCDs, along with additional supply market sources; Limited traction for ECBs, in turn affecting their willingness to partner
via securitisation, ECBs etc. securitisation etc. with Fintechs
Regulatory Environment NA Regulatory environment is favourable for RBI issues notices to restrict share of FLDG Fintech operations are highly regulated and RBI
fintechs and RBI accepts all forms of FLDG arrangements and starts to closely monitor fintech doesn’t allow FLDG arrangements to exist in any
arrangements (within regulated entities) operations form, ensuring underwriting responsibilities also
taken up by banks/ NBFCs through risk exposure
Bank Partners
Growth for bank AUM of ~21%2 23-25% ~15% 8-10%
co-lending with fintechs (FY19-22) (Banks gain confidence in fintech business models and (Banks grow fintech partnerships steadily with caution, with (Only select banks have capability to u/w customer
increase fintech partnerships- in-line with increasing scrutiny on capital adequacy/ liquidity of fintechs) segments fintechs cater to; few banks continue to partner
interest from banks like ICICI in recent times) without FLDG)
In-house NBFC
Growth for in-house 40-50% 35-40%
NBFCs AUM: (FY19-22) (Growth expected to be slightly slower than historical growth; Historical in-house NBFC AUM growth higher than overall fintech lending growth owing to low base; expected to mirror
past growth of overall fintech lending)
Note: 1. Loan book growth for key NBFC partners (Fullerton, IIFL DMI, and Northern Arc) from FY17-20, 2. Bank unsecured lending growth taken as proxy forNDL fintech partner growth owing to limited presence with
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Fintechs before FY21 Source: Market participant interviews; Bain analysis
3 Base Case: Banks / NBFCs raise adequate capital & continue co-lending-> Fintechs
can grow 6-7x, needing moderate in-house NBFC growth & capital infusion
Fintech lending grows 6-7x by FY27, with AUM diversified across …with limited growth
Market Parameters in-house & NBFC/ Bank partners… pressure on in-house NBFCs
Retail unsecured market can reach $360-380B …& accounting for ~10% share in incremental o/s, via in-
(outstanding) at 23% CAGR, with 7-8% Fintech share… house NBFC, partnerships with banks & NBFC partners
Fintechs continue to grow books with a
balanced mix of in-house NBFC (~40%),
NBFC partners (45-50%) & Banks (10-12%)
21% 23%
This translates to 65-70% penetration in FY27 ($540 TAM for credit demand), with unsecured retail
credit to GDP ratio reaching 13-15% (vs. ~5% today). Evolution of credit penetration in global markets
offers a compelling analog for future demand potential in India. Retail unsecured credit to GDP is 13-
15% for mature markets like US/ UK, and India can potentially reach there in 5-7 yr time frame
In case of tighter regulatory constraints on FLDG, only few …with significant equity
banks and NBFCs may be keen on partnering with fintechs- $6-6.5B capital infusion needed
translating to increase in salience of in-house NBFC …
Source: Market participant interviews, Bain analysis
Examples
Operating model • Typically underwrite customers • Offers personal loans as cross-sell • Lenders choose which borrowers to • Offer loans via direct digital
based on traditional models (require product to customers within platform fund based on risk profile and marketing or via tie-ups (corporates,
access to a credit history and a and earns commissions via interest rate etc.)
relatively higher credit score) partnerships with lending companies
• Manage acquisition as well as risk • Manage cust. sourcing, underwriting
• Benefit from high brand recall, • Brand recognition with high profiling of borrower & loan servicing
especially for credit products customer engagement and payment
infrastructure acts as advantage
Typical GTM play • ETB customers with 750+ cc • In-platform customers with steady • Millennials (25-35 years) with low/ no credit history wherein credit-worthiness
transaction history (650+ cc) is assessed by alternate data points (600-750 cc)
Acquisition partnerships/
hooks
- - -
Role of platform Pre-qualification+ Pre-qualification+ Pre-qualification+ Offer display & End-to-end loan origination, financing &
Offer display & selection+ digital Offer display & selection+ selection+ collection
fulfilment digital fulfilment+ operational support Loan application+ Underwriting+
Physical interaction+ Loan sanction
Origination
Operational support
Underwriting
Disbursal
Collections
Description • Simple lead generation channel, and • Lead generation (cataloging), with • End-to end ownership of loan • End-to-end ownership of origination,
provides a list of offers for users to operational support on with digital origination, fulfilment, underwriting; financing & collection
choose from (cataloging), along with fulfilment (form filling, document Fintech’s take part/ whole risk on the
facilitating basic digital fulfilment (form upload), appointment fixing, customer portfolio via FLDG/ co-lending;
Most Fintechs are exploring a hybrid
filling, document upload) support & possible offline support
• RBI circulars indicate need for a approach, between models 3 & 4-
• Operational fulfilment, underwriting, • Loan underwriting, disbursal & regulated entity for FLDG/ co-lending, financing partly on own book & partly via a
disbursal & collections done by collections done by financiers implying need for in-house NBFC arm, partner financier (Kredit Bee, Kissht, etc.)
financiers for participation in risk sharing
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Key risks across regulations, capital supply, asset quality exists for Fintechs, but can
be mitigated to some extent
Asset quality- – High credit risk/ NPAs: Potential credits risks & higher than expected NPA in newer – Investments in u/w & collections
C NPAs/ credit risk segments (NTC customers, blue collar/ gig economy workers, T2/ T3 cities), less diversified capabilities; leverage existing base
than a typical bank/ NBFC (tested) for cross-selling
– Cautious approach balancing
growth with asset quality
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A The new circular could have implications for Fintechs that are sourcing credit-line via
NBFCs to load the pre-paid instrument
RBI CIRCULAR PRELIMINARY
– Offer other lending products such as personal loans, BNPL (non-card based)
Applicability
• NBFCs: Might see impact on interest income earned on funds routed
through ‘rented’ PPIs
• The notification impacts:
– Fintech players (neo-card players such as Slice, Uni etc.) that are sourcing credit line • Banks that lend PPI licenses might lose out on transaction fees earned
from non-banks (i.e., NBFCs) from fintech partners
– NBFCs who fund credit lines for fintech players
– Banks who lend PPI licenses to fintech players (e.g., SBM, Federal Bank)
• Traditional banks: New regulation could potentially reduce competition for
traditional banks in the consumer lending, credit card and BNPL spaces
The notification is recent with limited insight into exact guardrails/exceptions and implementation roadmap - to become clearer over the next few weeks
Case study- Bajaj (1/6): Key success factors/ learnings from Bajaj model
Wide cross-category play • Wide range of product offerings for customers, incl. consumer B2C finance (e.g., personal loans) and customer B2B2C
finance (e.g., in-store financing and web-based point-of-sale)
– Driving scalability by enabling funneling of customers acquired through small ticket size products (e.g., consumer durables) into larger ticket size
loans, (e.g., personal loans)
Robust Execution • Strong geography, department and employee-level incentives driving robust execution to achieve company-wide targets
– Quarterly and annual targets assigned to each vertical/ department, driving strong department-level incentives to perform
– Monthly variable pay for 90%+ employees, with bonuses up to $7 per case, incentivizing strong employee performance on key metrics (e.g., with
significant scope for promotion based on performance;
– Regular check-ins of low performing departments with the leadership team to enable performance turnaround
• Collection network & efficiency: ~98% collection efficiency achieved via large collection teams driving pan-India reach,
with strong incentives depending on customer credit score and penalties allotted for low collection rates
Differentiated underwriting • Deep experience in lending driving strong understanding of default risk based on customer buying habits, enabling lending
at scale despite limited data (e.g., by predicting riskiness based on purchases from select retailers)
– Also enables higher approval rates vs traditional banking peers such as HDFC bank, incentivizing retailer onboarding
Diverse sources of capital • High resilience due to diverse sources of capital, driving lower risk to capital supply during a crisis
– Sources of capital include borrowings from Banks and related parties (~30%), Debt securities (~29%), Equity (23%), Public deposits (~16%),
Subordinated debt (~3%)
Source: Industry participant interviews, annual reports, investor presentations, secondary research, Bain analysis
Note: (1) Consumer B2B sales finance: CD, digital lifecare, e-commerce spends etc., Auto Finance: 2W & 3W, Consumer B2C: personal loans, Commercial lending: WC & term loans to small & mid-corporates, IPO financing; Rural lending: Rural B2B sales finance
& Rural B2C finance, Mortgage includes - (i) Real estate: developer finance & lease rental finance, (ii) Home loans: home loans & rural housing; (*) Break-up across Home loans, LAP and Real-estate done as per FY21, (2) Conversion rate used: 1$ = 75 INR
Source: Annual report, Investor presentations
Consumer • Consumer B2C finance: Personal loans (and cross-sell) targeted via a) Outbound call center, b) Via aggregators (e.g., Paisabazaar) and c)
products FOS targeting salaried professionals
– <5 mins. for loan approval/ rejection
• Consumer B2B2C finance: Provides in-store loan financing/ EMIs at checkout via a) web-based PoS (linked to billing systems of retailer)
and b) FoS in-store assisting customers to avail credit
– EMI cards enabling financing through a simple swipe; cards supplemented with mobile wallet for loan balance, credit limits
Tech. & data • Significant investment in technology helping deliver a superior customer experience (technology expenditure: Bajaj Fin: 0.22% of total
access assets, Capital First: 0.07%, HDFC: 0.05%)
• Real-time decisions through risk scorecards and fraud analytics using proprietary data; maintains data warehouse of customers with pre-
approved loans/ offers per their credit history
Increased • Vast distribution network: ~50K CD product stores, ~30K lifestyle and digital stores, 75K+ active distribution PoS; BAF’s EMI network has
reach and 23M+ issued cards and operations in 1200+ cities
– Growing rural network (11K channels vs. 1.5K in ’15); Rural CD ticket sizes 10% lower than urban branches however, yields 100-150bp higher
cross-selling
capabilities • Strategic partnerships: Acquired stake in MobiKwik for India’s first debit & credit wallet; launched co-branded credit cards with banks (e.g.
RBL, Standard Chartered) and co-branded EMI cards with Future Group, Flipkart, GlobalDesi, etc.
– Tie-ups with leading OEMs such as LG, Samsung, Haier, etc. to provide no cost EMIs
• Focus on cross sell: Base of ~20M customers providing edge amidst intensifying competition
Underwriting • Underwriting: Selective underwriting process driven by evaluation of credit score, income, current borrowings, borrowing history, etc.
and – Loan approval from Bajaj Finance typically results in approvals from other fintech firms. Leverage data from consumer loans to cross sell PLs
collection
• Collections: Large collection teams driving pan-India reach, with strong incentives for both in-house as well as outsourced collection agents
– Incentives depend on credit rating of the customer, efficiency of collection, varying from $7 to $1 per case, penalties allotted for low collection rates driving ~98%
collection efficiency
Source: Secondary research, Analyst reports
Strong collection and underwriting capabilities driving low NPAs for consumer B2C business
Differentiated underwriting, strong collection teams and robust execution driving low credit cost, high ROA
Note: (1) Excluding Bajaj Housing finance, average closing AUM for FY22, FY21 taken as the denominator (2) Direct cost includes CAC, collection costs, excludes NPA provisioning (3) Indirect costs include employee cost, admin cost, tech cost
Source: Q4FY22 Investor presentation, FY22 annual report
Note: (1) Excludes subsidiaries, includes PL ,home loans, mutual funds (2) Excludes AUM under the AMC (3) For loans disbursed after April21 (constituting 70% disbursals; | Source: Investor presentations; Annual Reports; Industry Participant Interviews
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2 Set 2 (Economics): Aggressive expansion plans for NAVI driving negative ROA due
to low GII, high direct costs
As % of avg. AUM
Low interest rates vs peers (starting at ~9%) as a part of NAVI’s aggressive expansion plan driving low
Gross Interest Income (GII) 17%
gross interest income as a share of AUM
(-) Cost of Fund 4% Funding from NAVI Finserv driving low cost of funds
Fee Income <1% Includes collection fee, no additional service fee charged on the assigned loans
Provision High provisioning due to expected focus on unsecured lending inherent in NAVI’s expansion plans,
8%
(Credit Cost) expected to drive up the NPA
Direct Costs
(Excluding Credit Costs)
(-) Indirect Costs 3% Indirect costs largely driven by employee salaries, wages and bonus
(Employees, Tech, Admin, Others)
Note: (1) NAVI ROA tree excludes net gain on fair value changes (~10% of average annualized AUM) NDL 220810_Ribbit Capital FinTech ... 43
Source: Market participant inputs, Secondary research, Analyst reports, Company website, MCA filings, Bain analysis