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At present, India retail industry accounts for more than 10% of the country’s GDP and over 8% employment. But a large percentage of small retailers in India still find it challenging to avail credit from nationalized and commercial banks to fund operations and growth.
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How Point of Sale Finance is helping Small Retailers in India?
At present, India retail industry accounts for more than 10% of the country’s GDP and over 8% employment. But a large percentage of small retailers in India still find it challenging to avail credit from nationalized and commercial banks to fund operations and growth. But many non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs) leverage advanced financial technologies (fintech) to provide new age credit products. POS based loan is one of the new age and technology-driven loan products. Here are 7 things to know about Point of sale finance.
At present, a number of NBFCs help small retailers in India to meet working capital needs by providing point of sale (POS) finance. Unlike conventional small business loans, the Point of Sale Finance enables small retailers to avail working capital loans without pledging any asset at collateral. At the same time, the retailers can also opt for Point of Sale Finance to avail credit based on the monthly sales routed through EDC terminals. The retailers have been switching from conventional credit products to Point of Sale Finance to avail a number of benefits.
Why Small Retailers have been switching from Conventional Loans to Point of Sale Finance? Extend POS Terminals The Government of India has been taking new initiatives to promote cashless and digital payments. It offers incentives to customers to switch from cash to cashless payment options. Also, the Indian government has reduced the cost of POS devices by waiving off excise duties. The number of small retailers installing EDC terminals has been increasing rapidly. Many small retailers nowadays leverage POS solutions to automate transaction processing and track real-time sales data. The new age lending institutions enable small retailers to extend POS systems and avail credit based on the sales routed through EDC terminals. They can also use virtual POS terminals for the same purpose.
Avail Collateral-Free Credit Like small business owners, small retailers often find it challenging to avail credit from nationalized and commercial banks. Most lending institutions even require retailers to pledge their personal or business assets as collateral to avail credit. The non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) leverage latest financial technologies to provide collateral-free loan products like Point of Sale Finance. They require the borrower to meet a number of business loan eligibility criteria to avail POS financing. The eligibility criteria for Point of Sale Finance even differ from one lender to another. But each lender allows retailers to avail Point of Sale Finance without pledging his assets as collateral.
A Av va ail il C Cr red edit it Ba Bas sed ed on on R Rea eal l- -T Time ime D Da at ta a While processing conventional small business loans, lending institutions do not consider latest and real-time sale data. They normally provide credit based on the financial records and cash flow statements. But the new age lending institutions provide Point of Sale Finance based on real time sales data. They even determine the loan amount based on the monthly sales routed by the retailer through EDC terminals. Hence, it becomes easier for the retailer to avail additional credit by routing customers to make payment using their debit or credit cards. Also, the retailer can avail the incentives provided by the Indian government to promote cashless payment.
