India's MobiKwik gets central bank nod for non-banking financial company licence

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Reuters

Mon, April 27, 2026 astatine 2:54 AM CDT 1 min read

BENGALURU, April 27 (Reuters) - Indian fintech steadfast One MobiKwik Systems said connected ‌Monday that its radical has ‌received support from the Reserve Bank of India ​for a non-banking fiscal institution (NBFC) licence.

• The licence volition let MobiKwik to motorboat a lending arm, Mobikwik Financial Services, ‌expanding its regulated ⁠credit offering.

• Shares of the institution roseate 14% aft the ⁠annoucement.

• One MobiKwik Systems operates a integer wallet and has expanded into the ​distribution of ​financial products, ​including recognition and investments.

• ‌The NBFC licence volition besides alteration MobiKwik to rotation retired lending products faster and amended margins by bringing recognition operations in-house, the institution said.

• The ‌unit volition connection secured ​and unsecured loans to ​consumers and ​small businesses, with a absorption ‌on underserved markets.

• The ​company said ​non-bank lending operations volition statesman aft it receives a certificate of registration ​from ‌the cardinal slope connected fulfilment of ​certain conditions.

(Reporting by Nishit Navin; Editing ​by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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