🔴 Common Loan Trap Business Models in India
Unregulated Digital Loan Apps
Instant loans with minimal documentation.
High interest rates (often 30–60% annually or more).
Harassment and public shaming tactics for recovery.
Microfinance Overlapping Loans
Rural borrowers take loans from multiple MFIs.
Repay one loan by borrowing from another.
Gold Loan Chains
Borrowers pledge gold repeatedly and fall into cycles due to short tenures and high charges.
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Abuse
Young consumers overspend via easy BNPL credit, then default.
Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Misuse
Farmers end up overborrowing without proper planning or diversification of income.
Small Traders & MSMEs
Often take daily/weekly loans from private lenders at 3–5% per month due to lack of banking access.
