logo
episode-header-image
Jan 2021
37m 25s

How Chinese instant loan apps are creati...

THE KEN
About this episode
In today's world, where there's a need, there's an app. With the onset of the pandemic, many Indians have been struggling to make ends meet, and the demand for credit has skyrocketed. While a plethora of banks and fintech startups exist for just this, opportunistic loan sharks also prowl these waters, looking to prey on vulnerable and desperate borrowers. Ov ... Show More
Up next
Aug 2022
Introducing Cost to Company
Cost to Company is a brand new podcast by The Ken. We tell you how your workplace is changing before you hear it on slack. Hosted by Sneha Vakharia and Shreevar Chhotaria, each week Cost to Company brings to you a fresh narrative, told from multiple perspectives, around significa ... Show More
1m 20s
Jan 2022
Final Episode?
Stay tuned to the feed for updates on new shows. 
3m 28s
Dec 2021
How Tata Power and Jio-BP are charging up for an EV empire
As the EV space picks up pace in India, so is the fuel behind it all: charging. And big players like Tata Power and Jio-BP are pushing their weight to establish themselves in the budding infrastructure. Add to it all, an all-electric cab fleet operator BluSmart is scaling and pav ... Show More
17m 24s
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2022
The challenges of India’s microfinance sector
Millions of Indian households rely on microfinance – small loans available to the poor as an alternative to traditional banking credit. For many, it is a lifeline, and often the only way to begin a business.But despite the industry recording a 10% growth in its loan book this yea ... Show More
26m 29s
Sep 2023
Ticking Debt Bomb for Young India
<p>Household savings fall to a 50-year-low at a time when borrowing and spending are touching new records. The new mantra of lenders is to bank on Gen-Zers taking the lead on loans and spending. But with the demand, comes debt and default. Unsecured lending is booming at a record ... Show More
25m 59s
Aug 2023
Private Debt Defaults Accelerate; China’s Bond Mess
Companies that borrowed from private markets are struggling to pay as interest rates surge, according to Bloomberg News’ Kat Hidalgo. There’s more distress to come amid record levels of fundraising and ever-increasing deal sizes, Hidalgo says. In this episode of the Credit Edge P ... Show More
34m 20s
Oct 2023
Are Indians struggling to pay bills?
<p>In today’s episode for 26th October 2023, we look at whether the massive fall in household financial savings coupled with a boom in small-ticket loans is a reason for worry.</p> <p>Talk to Ditto - https://bit.ly/45uvyDL </p> 
6m 16s
May 2016
28: Finance's Hot New Thing Ended Up In An Old-School Scandal
<p>Peer-to-peer lending was supposed to disrupt the traditional way people borrowed money. Instead of going to some giant, soulless institution, online platforms offered a way for people to post what they needed to borrow money for, and for other individuals to loan them the mone ... Show More
25m 49s
Nov 2022
What Could Go Wrong?
Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay have turned four easy payments into a whole new credit universe. Economic uncertainty and regulatory scrutiny—and, of course, the usual debt problems—are spoiling the fun. By Esmé E. Deprez, Evan Weinberger and Jenny SuraneSee omnystudio.com/listener f ... Show More
31m 59s
Nov 2023
WeWork Bust Shows Hazards of Love; China Chips War
WeWork Inc. — known for free-flowing booze and a fleeting $47 billion valuation — declared bankruptcy just two years after going public. This cautionary tale of over-indebtedness highlights the perils for investors who fall in love with businesses they don’t really understand, sa ... Show More
21m 58s
Aug 2024
Private credit’s ‘golden era’ shows signs of tarnish
<p>Private credit took Wall Street by storm. But at a software company called Pluralsight, recent loan troubles are now highlighting risks that could be hidden in the sector. The FT’s senior US corporate finance correspondent Eric Platt and Due Diligence reporter Amelia Pollard w ... Show More
20m 34s
Oct 2025
The Shadow Credit Crisis That Could Shock the World
These recent bankruptcies have garnered close attention from the marketplace because they represent the very real possibility serious cracks have already weakened credit markets...to the point even the stock market (part of it, anyway) is taking a hard look. Ally, Bread Financial ... Show More
20m 38s