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Understanding FOIR: The Metric Lenders Rely On Most
Credit & Underwriting

Understanding FOIR: The Metric Lenders Rely On Most

Fixed Obligation to Income Ratio (FOIR) is the single most important number in retail credit underwriting. Here's how it's calculated, why it matters, and where it breaks down.

GD

Gourav Dalal

5 min read
GST Intelligence: What Your Clients' Filing History Actually Reveals
Compliance

GST Intelligence: What Your Clients' Filing History Actually Reveals

Most lenders look at GST returns for turnover figures. The real signal is in the filing behaviour — consistency, amendments, ITC patterns, and the gap between declared and banking turnover.

SD

Subhalaxmi Das

6 min read
Salary Credits vs Business Income: Why the Distinction Matters for MSME Lending
MSME Lending

Salary Credits vs Business Income: Why the Distinction Matters for MSME Lending

Misclassifying income type is one of the most common errors in MSME credit assessment. The downstream effects — wrong FOIR, wrong income estimate, wrong risk rating — compound fast.

GD

Gourav Dalal

5 min read
The Hidden Cost of Manual Underwriting in NBFC Operations
Credit & Underwriting

The Hidden Cost of Manual Underwriting in NBFC Operations

The obvious cost of manual credit processing is analyst salaries. The real costs are invisible: slower TAT, inconsistent decisions, and the good loans you didn't make because the queue was too long.

NU

Naveen Upadhyay

4 min read
Cash Flow vs Profit: Why Lenders Should Care About Both
Credit & Underwriting

Cash Flow vs Profit: Why Lenders Should Care About Both

A business can be profitable and insolvent at the same time. Understanding why — and what bank statements tell you that P&L statements don't — is fundamental to responsible MSME credit.

SD

Subhalaxmi Das

6 min read
How to Build a Fraud-Resilient Bank Statement Analysis Pipeline
AI & ML

How to Build a Fraud-Resilient Bank Statement Analysis Pipeline

Statement fraud in India has evolved from crude edits in Notepad to professionally fabricated PDFs. Here's what a modern detection architecture actually needs to catch it reliably.

SD

Subhalaxmi Das

8 min read
India's MSME Credit Gap: How AI Can Help Close It
MSME Lending

India's MSME Credit Gap: How AI Can Help Close It

India's 63 million MSMEs have a formal credit gap of over ₹20 lakh crore. The barrier isn't willingness to lend — it's the absence of analytical infrastructure to assess risk at scale.

NU

Naveen Upadhyay

7 min read
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