Kerala-based Muthoot Finance Ltd is India’s largest gold loan non-banking financial company (NBFC) in terms of loan portfolio, as on March 31, 2016. The fact is backed by the IMaCS Research & Analytics Industry Report, Gold Loans Market in India, 2017
The company is classified as a systemically important non-deposit taking NBFC (NBFC-ND-SI) by the RBI. Muthoot approximately had 7.58 million loan accounts as on December 31, 2017, serviced through 4,303 branches across 23 states, the national capital territory of Delhi and five union territories
During FY2013 to FY2017, the gold loan business contributed 98.77%, 98.07%, 98.19%, 98.49% and 98.26% of total income, respectively. Between March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2017, the value of the company’s portfolio of outstanding gross gold loans grew to Rs 27,219.96 crore from Rs 26,000.37 crore. For FY2017, the company’s net profit grew 45.74% to Rs. 1,179.83 crore.