Banks act against Future Retail for missing payments
The HinduLenders to Future Retail have started classifying loans to the firm as a ‘non-performing asset’ after the retailer missed payments to the banks, they told the Supreme Court in a filing. Citing its dispute with Amazon, FRL last month challenged its lenders in the top court to avoid facing insolvency proceedings or being classified as a defaulter, after it missed making certain payments on its loans. Future has failed to complete its $3.4 billion retail assetsale as Amazon has successfully argued before legal forums thatthe Indian retail giant violated certain non-compete contractualterms the two sides had. Future has told Indian stock exchanges it was unable to pay35 billion rupees it owed to its lenders on Dec.31 as it could not sell certain small stores amid the row withAmazon.