Aug 12, 2022
RBI Digital Lending
Rules: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued strict guidelines for digital
lending in the country. Borrowers are set to benefit from the new RBI
guidelines directed at curbing rampant malpractices in the digital lending
ecosystem.
The RBI has issued the guidelines based on recommendations of a working group
for digital lending which submitted its report in November 2021. You can read
more details of the guidelines issued by the RBI here. In this article, we take
a look at what the borrowers should know before going for a loan in view of the
new lending norms issued by the RBI.
Legal experts say that borrowers should know the safeguards assured by the
RBI’s new regulatory framework for digital lending.
“These norms were required to protect the interest of the borrowers and to
ensure that the money cycle is taking place through legitimate apps with proper
KYC structure and audit mechanism as a lot number of fake applications are
being reported and the end user incur losses.