1. Initiative Overview
- Bank: Bank of India (BOI)
- Service Introduced: BOI Trade Easy - a quick loan service.
- Partner: Cashinvoice, a technology firm in supply chain financing.
- Key Objective: To offer faster access to credit among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
2. Key Features & Benefits
- Speed: The platform is able to give loans within 30 minutes which is a massive cut off the time-consuming process of 15-30 days of the traditional process.
- Procedure: It is based on automated credit evaluation, which provides borrowers with a quicker, more transparent, and efficient procedure.
- Target: BOI expects to make available 1,000 crore working capital loans via this platform in 4-6 months.
- Outreach: This project will have a potential of benefiting more than 2 lakh MSMEs.
3. About the Partners
- Bank of India:
- Founded: 1906
- Headquarters: Mumbai
- MD & CEO: Rajneesh Karnatak
- Slogan: Relationships Beyond Banking.
- Cashinvoice:
- The co-founder and CEO is Arun Poojari.
Month: Current Affairs - October 08, 2025
Category: BANKING, FINANCE & BUSINESS