Banking/Finance

Plea in Delhi High Court against Lakshmi Vilas Bank-DBS merger says shareholders shortchanged

The petition was listed before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on January 13, but was adjourned to February 19 after the bench was told that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has moved a plea in the Supreme Court to transfer all pleas against the amalgamation scheme to the Bombay High Court.

Debt trap: Inside the world of shady digital lending apps, which promise a loan in a minute

According to fintech industry sources, several lenders simply register an entity under the Companies Act, develop an app and start commercial lending. They peddle 7-30-day loans at high-interest rates — often 200-500% annualised. Most of these apps, recent investigations by NGOs and advocacy groups like Cashless Consumer reveal, are Chinese white-labelled apps with Indian names. The apps are mostly hosted on Chinese servers.