RBI Regulations

RBI is regulating the sector to protect the interests of all stakeholders – lenders, borrowers, and P2P lending platforms. The P2P lending companies are required to submit regular performance reports to RBI. The Reserve Bank of India in its latest move on 22, November 2019, has enhanced the exposure limit enforced on investors in peer-to-peer lending platforms to ₹50 lakhs in place of only ₹10 lakhs previously. This definitely comes as an affirmative attempt to give the sector enough scope to grow to its full potential.

Escrow Mechanism

Fund transfer between the participants on the Peer to Peer Lending Platform shall be through escrow account mechanisms which will be operated by a trustee which is mandatorily promoted by the bank maintaining the escrow accounts. All fund transfers shall be through and from bank accounts and cash transaction is strictly prohibited.

Risk Diversification

P2P Lending works on the principle crowd-funding. Instead of lending money online to one single borrower, the P2P lending platforms disburse your investment amount between multiple borrowers. This diversifies your risk in case a few of the borrowers default.

Borrowers’ Profile Verification

The peer-to-peer lending companies in India do an internal credit evaluation to verify Borrowers’ personal, professional, and financial information digitally. They assess the creditworthiness of the borrowers and take care of the documentation. Hence, you are saved from the trouble of conducting due diligence on your own, which may not be possible due to a lack of or limited resources.

Transparency

All the communication between the borrowers and lenders happens online through the P2P lending site. You can get continuous updates on how your money is being invested. Hence, there is complete transparency in the entire process.