Banks' high retail loan book due to securitisation by NBFCs, not actual credit demand: Crisil
FirstpostAdjusted for the securitisation, which is when a lender transfers future receivables to another one, retail credit growth will come at a lower 12 percent for the first half of the fiscal, as aga Mumbai: Banks’ retail credit growth is up due to higher reliance on securitisation by liquidity starved non-banking lenders, and does not represent a higher credit pick-up by small borrowers, says a report. Adjusted for the securitisation, which is when a lender transfers future receivables to another one, retail credit growth will come at a lower 12 percent for the first half of the fiscal, as against 16.6 percent classified as “retail credit growth”, Crisil said in a report on Tuesday. The adjusted retail credit growth numbers, net of securitisation, for FY19 has also gone down to 12 percent from 16 percent in FY18, it said, pointing out that securitisation volumes have soared. The note also said the slowdown in retail credit growth reflects both macroeconomic challenges which have constrained loan demand and fewer loan sanctions by banks because of risk aversion.