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NBFC

An NBFC or a Non-Banking Financial Company is that kind of financial institution which provides various financial and non-financial services to individuals, business enterprises, entrepreneurs, etc.

They are different from the Cooperative and Commercial Banks, They do not need to hold a banking license but must strictly follow the rules and regulations provided by RBI from time to time.

NBFCs, most commonly, operate in the field of industrial and commercial loans and advances, deposit's, leasing, hire-purchasing, investment funds, chit fund business, insurance business, instruments of the capital & money markets such as stocks, debentures, bonds, and many other similar activities. India's financial sector has shown consistent growth for the past two decades. The NBFC part of this sector has transformed tremendously over the past few years.

And NBFCs have been at the forefront in driving new credit disbursals for the country's underserved retail and MSME market.

NBFC License must be taken from RBI u/s 45-IA of the RBI Act of 1934. A financial institution wishing to be registered as an NBFC must, be duly registered either as per the Companies Act of 2013, or earlier Act of 1956.

RBI strictly regulates and ensures that the NBFCs are complying with the provisions and regulations provided in Chapter III B of the RBI Act.

The principal business activity of a NBFCs is to raise capital from the public depositors & investors and lend these further to the borrowers.

Note: NBFC registration process is a lengthy one. So as an applicant, you must make sure that you have all the necessary NBFC registration documents required for the process.

Also you must ensure that comply with all the NBFC registration requirements.

NBFCs are the bridges that link the investors or depositors with the borrowers. They have become a better alternative to the banking and financial sector by providing financial solutions to the unorganized segments of society.

So if you want to go for NBFC registration online, then you can contact the expert team of LegalRaasta.

Our experts team will inform you about the various factors involved in the NBFC registration online process, such as "NBFC registration fees".

Principal Business

The precise meaning of a "Principle business" has not been defined by the RBI Act. Therefore, RBI, in an attempt to bring clarity, has defined financial activity.
It has defined that the principal business will be considered as a financial activity only, if the company fulfills the following conditions:

Its Total Assets comprise of more than 50% financial assets.
Income from financial assets constitutes more than 50% of the gross income.

This is also known as 50-50 criteria.
But below activities are not considered of being financial in nature:

agricultural activity,
industrial activity,
purchase/sale of any goods and services (excluding securities), and
Sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.

So while doing NBFC registration online, you will also be required to pay an NBFC registration fees. Upon the completion of "NBFC registration process", you will receive "NBFC registration certificate".

Various Types

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Factors (NBFC-Factors): These are NBFCs that have factoring as their principal business activity. Factoring is a financial transaction. A kind of “debtor finance” in which an entity can sell it's invoice or bills (accounts receivables) to a third party (NBFC-Factor) at a discount. It is also commonly known as bill discounting or invoice financing.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Mortgage Guarantee Companies (NBFC-MGC):NBFC-MGC must be registered with the RBI as a Mortgage Guarantee Company. It's principal business is that of providing a mortgage guarantee. This guarantee is provided for repaying an outstanding housing loan and interest accrued on it, up to the guaranteed amount to a creditor institution, when a trigger event happens. The minimum NOF requirement and financial asset criteria are different for this kind of NBFC.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Investment Credit Companies (NBFC-ICC):Any financial organization whose primary business is- Asset finance. The finance is provided by loans/advances or otherwise, for any activity other than it's own and acquiring securities. And it's activities must not fall under some other category defined by the RBI.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Infrastructure Finance Companies (NBFC-IFC): These types of Companies invest in the debt securities of infrastructure companies or in public-private partnership projects, who have a minimum NOF of Rs. 300 crore. The principal business and rating requirements are also different for such NBFCs.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Microfinance Institution (NBFC-MFI): A non-deposit taking NBFC lending on a short-term basis to low-income groups in India, with at least 85% of it's assets, satisfying a few conditions:
the loan provided to a borrower with a rural household must have an annual Income of less than Rs. 60,000, or in case of an urban and a semi-urban Household, the annual Income of Income must not exceed Rs. 1,20,000.
the amount of lending must not exceed Rs.35,000 in the first cycle and Rs.50,000 in all the subsequent cycles.
the total obligation of the borrower doesn't exceed Rs.50,000.
if the amount is more than Rs.15,000, then the loan term must be of at least 24 months, with prepayment and without penalty, loan to be extended without any mortgage, the aggregate number of loans provided for income generation must not be less than 75% of the total loans given by the MFI, the frequency of repayment, whether weekly, fortnightly, or monthly installments, to be selected by the borrower.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Non-Operative Financial Holding Company (NBFC-NOFHC):b. Non-Banking Financial Companies – Systemically Important Core Investment Company (NBFC-SI-CIC): These NBFCs obtain shares, stocks, and securities. The transactions must fulfill the below conditions: The financial organization through which promoter or promoter groups will be permitted to set up a new bank. It is a wholly-owned NOFHC that shall hold the bank as well as all other companies involved in financial services, regulated by RBI or other regulators, to the extent permissible under the applicable regulatory prescriptions.

Non-Banking Financial Companies – Systemically Important Core Investment Company (NBFC-SI-CIC): These NBFCs obtain shares, stocks, and securities. The transactions must fulfill the below conditions:
It holds at least 90% of it's total assets as an investment in equity or preference shares, and debt/loans in group companies, It's investments in the equity stock/shares (including instruments that are convertible into equity shares within a period of not more than 10-years from the date of issue, in group companies) must not be less than 60% of it's total assets,
It does not trade it's investments in stocks, debt or loans in group companies except by the way of block sale for dilution or disinvestment,
No financial activity, which is listed u/s 45-I(c) & 45-I(f) of the RBI Act, is being carried out by it. Other than for investments in bank deposit's, government securities, money market instruments, loans to and investments in debt issuances of group companies or guarantees declared on behalf of group companies,
It's asset size is Rs.100 crores or above, It accepts public funds.