Rate cut to trigger growth: Muthoot
The New Indian Express Kottayam|January 06, 2025
KOCHI-BASED Muthoot Microfin is hopeful of better days ahead, even as the industry faces headwinds.
BENN KOCHUVEEDAN @ Mumbai

The second largest micro lender expects the third interest rate reduction earlier last month to attract more customers and also improve collections.

The publicly listed company, with a loan book of ₹12,500 crore as of September 2024, lowered its lending rates for the third time this fiscal in December, by 25 bps to 23.05% for group loans and by 125 bps to 22.70% for third-party product loans.

This has crimped its margins to 13.24%. Earlier in January 2024, it had slashed the interest rate by 55 bps and then in July by 35 bps.

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