Gold loan NPAs may rise: ICRA
Kolkata: Gold loan non-performing assets (NPAs) for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to rise with the lenders making a structural shift from bullet payments to monthly installment schemes, while the overall market is projected to grow over 30% in the next two years to Rs 30 lakh crore by March 2028, analysts with ICRA said Wednesday.The rise in bad loans may not however translate into credit loss as these loans can be recovered by auctioning of the yellow metal, they said. The loans with bullet payment are more vulnerable to price movement and an overwhelming majority of gold