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ďźNo circulation, publication, or unauthorised use of the
presentation in any form is allowed, except with our prior written
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ďźNo part of this presentation is intended to be professional advice,
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4. WHAT IS CROWD FUNDING?
1. Accumulating funds for business/ ideas
through multiple avenues that involves
networking in any possible way.
2. It is the process by which a group (the
general public) collectively provides money
for artists, researchers, businesses and
more.
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5. EMERGENCE OF CROWD FUNDING
Crowd funding as a concept pre-dates
the internet,
The earliest reference of crowd
funding can be traced back to time
during the construction of one of the
worldâs most famous landmarks â
âThe Statue of Libertyâ, which was
partially funded by the people of
America when the committee set up
for arranging funds for the Statue
failed. It was the people of America
who funded the construction of the
Statue of Liberty.
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6. ADVANTAGES OF CROWD FUNDING
ďźIt provides access to capital.
ďśCrowd funding is a great alternative way to fund a venture, and it can be done without
giving up equity or accumulating debt
ďźIt hedges risk.
ďśLaunching a crowd funding campaign hedges the risks associated with start up ventures
and serves as a valuable learning experience.
ďźIt serves as a marketing tool
ďśAn active crowd funding campaign is a good way to introduce a ventureâs overall
mission and vision to the market
ďźIt gives proof of concept.
ďśA good way to gain some respect and credibility is be able to show the market that the
proposed venture had a successful crowd funding campaign.
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7. ADVANTAGES OF CROWD FUNDING
ďźIt allows crowdsourcing of brainstorming.
ďśBy having a crowd funding campaign, the entrepreneur has the ability to engage the crowd
and receive comments, feedback, and ideas for his proposed enterprise.
ďźIt introduces prospective loyal customers.
ďś People who view the entrepreneurâs campaign and decide to contribute are ones that believe in the
success of the company in the long run.
ďźItâs easier than traditional applications.
ďśApplying for a loan or pursuing other capital investments are very cumbersome and
painful, but with crowd funding the entrepreneur will have the essential start-up capital
much easily.
ďźIt provides the opportunity of pre-selling.
ďśLaunching a crowd funding campaign gives an entrepreneur the ability to pre-sell a
product or concept that they havenât yet taken to market.
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8. ďźRisk of fraud
ďśFunds raised may not be used for the purpose as disclosed on the platform
ďźSingle transaction
ďśCrowd funding is mostly a single transaction rather than continuous like other
forms of financing
ďźTheft of idea
ďśOneâs business idea may picked-up and capitalized by others
ďźLimited follow-up mechanism
ďśNo mechanism to follow-up the performance of the borrower
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ISSUES RELATED OF CROWD FUNDING
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13. LENDING BASED (P2P) - MOST POPULAR FORM OF
CROWD FUNDING
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Peer to Peer lending is:-
ďź Practice of lending money to unrelated individuals, or "peersâ;
ďź Without going through banks or other traditional financial institutions;
ďź Lending takes place online on peer-to-peer lending companies' websites;
ďź Various different lending platforms and credit checking tools are used;
ďź Many also the abbreviation "P2P" when discussing the peer-to-peer
lending generally;
ďź Also known as crowd lending.
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FEATURES OF P2P LENDING
⢠Conducted for profit;
⢠Intermediation by a P2P lending
company;
⢠Transactions takes place on-line;
⢠Lenders uses own discretion to
lend;
⢠Unsecured and are not protected by
government insurance;
⢠Loans can be sold to other lenders,
like securities.
⢠No pooling of funds
⢠No entry in books for client funds
⢠Multiple lenders to one borrower
and vice versa
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ADVANTAGES OF P2P LENDING (FOR BORROWERS)
⢠Easy Application
ď§ Application can be made on-line by putting in a few pieces of personal information.
⢠Speed of Funding
ď§ Loans can be raised in matter of weeks, whereas the banks and other institutions takes over a
months time to sanction a loan.
⢠Funding for all kinds of loans
ď§ P2P loans can be raised for any amount, even amount which are small/ large enough for banks to
reject them.
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ADVANTAGES OF P2P LENDING (FOR LENDERS)
⢠Spreading Risk
ď§ A single P2P loan may be funded by a number of lenders, leading to distribution of risk among
the borrowers
⢠Higher Earnings
ď§ The lender uses his/her own discretion to finance a loan request, so he/she decides on the
interest component of the loan
⢠Choice of borrowers
ď§ Lenders have the full knowledge of the parties to which his/her fund goes, unlike banks where
the bank lend out the funds and the individual depositors have no knowledge where there funds
are invested by the bank.
⢠Lower rate of interest
ď§ Interest rates of P2P loans tend to equal or lower than bank and other traditional financing
institutions.
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NOTARY MODEL
Lender
P2P Lending Company
Underwriting
servicing
Commercial
Bank
Borrower
3. Origination of Loan
5. Purchase of loan
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23. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE P2P LENDING
PLATFORMS
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Activities performed by the platform
Borrower info validation
Data Gathering
Credit Scoring
Loan Funding, Investing, Servicing
Regulatory Compliances and Fraud
Detection
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Debt
Consolidation
Credit Card
Refinancing
Auto Loans
Business
Loan
Home Loan
Home
Improvemrnt
Green Loan
1754786 69064 2340 2239 1022 16992 147
NO OF LOANS TAKEN FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES
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Purpose of loans
Debt Consolidation Credit Card Refinancing Auto Loans Business Loans Home Loans Home improvement Loans Green Loans
A case study on Lending Club, worlds largest P2P platform
27. P2P LENDING SCENARIO IN EUROPE
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European Commission is set to unleash the power of crowd funding in
Europe
The European Crowd funding Network helps advise and influence the
European Commission in policy building for the sector
Countries most active in P2P Lending:
ďUnited Kingdom
ďFrance
ďSpain
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28. P2P PLATFORMS IN EUROPE
ďZopa â UK
ďCrowdCube â UK
ďFunding Circle â UK
ďOur Crowd â Israel
ďKissKissBankBank â France
ďGoteo â Spain
ďSeeders â UK
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ďDerev â Italy
ďBooomerang â Denmark
ďSymbid â Netherlands
ďMyMicroinvest â Belgium
ďCompanisto â Germany
ďInvesdor â France
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30. P2P LENDING SCENARIO IN AMERICA
In America, US crowd funding industry sums up to 80-90% of the continentâs crowd
funding
Other countries allowing crowd funding in America are:
ďCanada
ďMexico
ďBrazil
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31. P2P MARKETS OF AMERICA
ďThe US crowd funding market grew by
167% in the year 2014 as compared to
2013
ďFunds raised through P2P platforms in
the year 2014 was over USD 16 billion
ďTitle III of the JOBS Act deals with Crowd
Sourced equity Funding (CSEF) in
America
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CONSUMER CREDIT ORGINATION LOAN TRUST 2015 (CCOLT),
CARRIED OUT WORLDS FIRST RATED SECURITISATION OF P2P LOANS
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ďźOn January, 2015
ďźUSD 344.85 million, loans securitsed
ďźSecuritisation of unsecured consumer installment loans
ďźOriginated and serviced through Prosper Funding LLC
ďźBlack Rock Financial Management Inc. floated the SPV â CCOLT
ďźMoodyâs Investor Service rated the transaction
33. RATINGS OF WORLDS FIRST P2P LOAN SECURITISATION
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Clan Ratting Loan Amount
A (P) Baa3 (sf) USD 281.32 millions
B (P) ba3 (sf) USD 45.38 millions
C NR USD 18.15 millions
Baa3 â Moderate Credit Risk
Ba3 - Not considered to be investment-grade bonds
NR â No Rating
34. P2P LENDING PLATFORMS IN AMERICA
ďLendingClub.com - US
ďKickstarter â US
ďProsper â US
ďGoFundMe â US
ďLendingLoop â Canada
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P2P LENDING VOLUMES WORLDWIDE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
In USD billions
US
UK
China
Australia
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EXPECTED P2P LENDING VOLUMES WORLDWIDE
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
In USD billions
US
UK
China
Australia
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DEMOGRAPHY OF P2P LENDING
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Age 18-34 Age 34-55 Age 55+
Used
Aware but not used
Unaware
40. CROWD FUNDING IN INDIA
Crowd funding is not a new
phenomenon for India, Temple and
mosques are being built by
accumulating funds from the public
from the ancient era
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41. CROWD FUNDING IN INDIA
An age old form of Crowd funding
practiced in INDIA
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42. HURDLES OF MODERN CROWD FUNDING FORMS
IN INDIA
⢠Peopleâs mindset
⢠Lack of knowledge
⢠Limited reach of technology
⢠Disparity of Income distribution
⢠Governmental regulations
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43. LEGALITY OF CROWD FUNDING IN INDIA
Crowd funding is devoid of any regulations or
regulatory authority in the country.
In the absence of any regulations there are
many dilemmas regarding crowd funding in
India
ď Registration requirements for the platform
ď Will cash collected from clients be regarded
as deposits under the RBIâs âAcceptance of
public depositâ directions?
ď Will the loans funded by multiple lenders be
regarded as collective investment scheme?
ď Will lenders have recourse on the platform
in the event of default by the borrower?
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44. REGULATIONS FOR CROWD FUNDING IN INDIA
⢠No specific regulation for crowdfunding.
⢠The only piece of document in relation to
Crowd funding issued by the authorized
source is the consulting paper by
Securities and Exchange Board of India,
which was issued in the year 2014.
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REGULATIONS TO BE KEPT IN MIND BY THE P2P PLATFORM
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Regulations Compliance Requirement
Deposit Regulations x
Section 45 (S) of Reserve Bank of India x
Collective Investment Scheme of SEBI x
Alternative Investment Funds Scheme of SEBI x
Portfolio Management Scheme Regulations of SEBI x
The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 x
Chit Fund Regulations x
State wise money lending laws ďź
46. SEBI CONSULTATION PAPER ON CROWD FUNDING
⢠Overview of crowd funding scenario world
wide.
⢠Covers prevalent regulations governing
fund raising for start ups and SMEs in India.
⢠Points out the judicial and regulatory
challenges for crowd funding in India.
⢠Proposes crowd funding as an additional
channel for an early stage of funding via
access to the countryâs capital markets
⢠Asks for public comments and suggestion
on crowd funding
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P2P VOLUME IN INDIA
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
2013 2014
in USD thousands
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P2P MODEL IN INDIA
Client Account
Borrower Lender
P2P Lending Company
Underwriting
servicing
Investor Sub-Account
2. Identification
3.LoanPayout
4.LoanPayout
6. Loan Repayment
7. Loan Repayment
49. FUTURE OF P2P LENDING IN INDIA
ď Crowd funding will be lucrative in near
future only if S.E.B.I comes up with a
framework which is
ď§Broad
ď§Extensive
ď§Flexible
ď with regulations coming into place it would
become the highly sought out platform for
raising money.
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50. CROWD FUNDING PLATFORMS IN INDIA
⢠Fair Cent (www.faircent.com)
⢠Lend Box (www.Lend Box.in)
⢠I-lend (www.i-lend.in)
⢠Rupiya Exchange (www.rupaiyaexchange.com)
⢠Loan Meet (www.loanmeet.com)
⢠Lenden Club (www.lendenclub.com)
⢠We Care India (www.wecareindia.org)
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