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(i) ICL Fincorp Ltd., established in the year 1999 with registration under the Companies Act 1956, was started off as a financial services providing company. In the year 1999, the Company forayed into the non-banking financial sector (NBFC) with the approval of Reserve Bank of India.

Since its inception, ICL Fincorp has witnessed unparalleled growth under the leadership of its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. K G Anilkumar. It was by the sheer business acumen that Mr. K G Anilkumar, acquired a Chennai based NBFC company, Jawahar Finance Company and thus forayed into Non-Banking Finance field.

Today, ICL Fincorp, is one of the leading Gold Loan oriented Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) in South India. The company has also in its portfolio, other services like Vehicle Loans, Business Loans, Money Transfer, Forex, Travel, and Tourism, etc.

(ii) The company’s first branch was established in a small town called Annamanada in Thrissur District on 20/4/2013. Since then, the company has maintained consistent and rapid growth. Today, the company has over 140 branches spread across South India. ICL has set a tall aim to achieve a total of 1000 branches all across India by the end of the year 2022.

(iii) As an organization, ICL Fincorp has a presence through its branches across five states in South India, viz. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telengana and Andhra Pradesh. The ICL Group consists of other concerns viz. ICL Chits Ltd, ICL Tour, and Travels P.Ltd, ICL Medilab P Ltd, Snow View Tex Collections P Ltd.

(iv) Loan Profile and understanding of Business:

a) Gold Loan:

Walk into any of ICL branches and receive money against pledging of your gold ornaments. The company charges different interest rates ranging from as low of 9% to 28%, depending upon the tenure period. The ICL Fin Corp being a lender earns by charging heavy interest rates from the consumers for the loan given against the gold. The different gold schemes are mentioned below.

For more such schemes, you can visit this link.

Understanding Gold Business and Risk

Let us suppose, the present worth of Gold in your hand is Rs.1,00,000 and you go to the ICL to get money by pledging this gold. The company will not pay you Rs. 1,00,000 as principal, but give you roughly around 65-70% of the total value. 30-35% is the safety margin for the company from the fluctuation of gold price. So, now they have given you Rs. 65000 as loan money on say 12% interest for one month. After one month, you didn’t turn up to pay it back and take your gold back. Then company will sell this gold in the market to recover its value.

Worst Case or Chance of loss to ICL Fin Corp: If within one month, the total worth of gold decreases below 65,000, the company will have to adjust that as loss in their books. So, the Gold loan business becomes riskier when prices of gold are falling and they flourish vice-versa.

b) Business Loan:

ICL offers business loans to SMEs. Such SMEs must be either running a small business unit or a shop. For such small business entities, timely availability of funds is key for enhancing their business or preparing to take advantage of the festival season. ICL, therefore, has loan portfolios from Rs.10,000 up to Rs.5 lakhs that are devised to help meet the evolving financial needs of small entrepreneurs. For more detail, click here

c) Health Insurance

ICL Medicare with its Associates Liberty Videocon brings tailor-made health policies catering to customer various needs. For more detail, click here

d) Vehicle Loan

ICL offers a two-wheeler vehicle loan up to 75% value of the vehicle with an attractive interest rate for a period of one year. The repayment is calculated on EMI basis. Such loans are extended to select customers only who are salaried, professionals or self-employed.