1) Applicant seeking to get himself registered as investment advisor shall file its application in form A along with the required documents provided in the regulation with a non-refundable fee. For individual firms fees of Rs. 5000/- is there whereas in case of Body corporate including LLPs fees of Rs. 25,000/- is there.

2) On the receipt of application, Board may require the applicant to furnish more documents or can also ask for any kind of clarification by calling them. The total time for its registration totally depends on how they fulfill all the requirements and provide all information in all respects.

3)Before gentaing of the certificate board will consider that whether an applicant is an individual or a Body corporate, and in case applicant is individual then he must possess the following qualification-

• A professional qualification or postgraduate degree or post graduate diploma in finance, accountancy, Business management, commerce, economics, capital marketing, banking, insurance or an institution recognized by the Central Government or State Government, or a Foreign institution or university or association.

• A graduate in any discipline with an experience of at least five years in activities related to advice in financial products or securities or fund or assets or portfolio management.
• Or other requirements as specified in regulation 7.

4. Whereas in case applicant is a Body corporate or LLP, then all those who provide investment advice must be a qualified professional as specified in regulation 7.

5. Applicant should fulfill the capital adequacy requirement as specified in regulation 7, that a Body corporate shall not be having net worth not less than 25 lakhs, whereas in case of an individual net worth should not be less than INR 1 Lakh.

6. Once the Board is satisfied that the applicant complies with all the requirements as specified in regulations, shall send the intimation to the applicant and on receipt of fees in case of individual and firms Rs. 10,000 and in case of Body Corporate including LLP Rs. 5,00,000/-.

After all the requirements Board will grant the certificate in form B as specified in regulations. It remains valid unless it shall be cancelled or suspended.

There are scope of activities which are involved under P2P lending and they are as follows-

1. Act as an intermediary

2. P2P lending platform is not permitted to lend on its own.

3. Not permitted to arrange credit enhancement/ guarantee

4. P2P lending platform do not possess the power to permit any secured lending.

5. Any other financial product cannot be sold.

6. International flow of funds cannot be permitted

7. It is mandatory to adhere all mandatory legal norms.

1. P2P Funding can be done through auction.

2. It also can be done via fixed rate of auction.

3. Under P2P marketplace lending model, in this model P2P platform will either itself or the finance associates or the bank associated with the platform will compete and underwrite the loan requirement of the borrower.

1. Consumer Lending- This includes loans like for cars, self wedding, holidays, home repairs etc.

2. Small Business (SME) Lending- Small Businesses loans are given to small businesses for the following purposes-

• Working Capital
• Business Expansion
• Asset Finance

3. Property Lending- This is considered as secured P2P lending. Generally loan is borrowed for [personal mortgages, Buy-To-Lets, Residential Refurbishment, and developing commercial loans.

1. P2P can be registered as an intermediary with their motive to bring the lender and borrower together without reflecting the lending and borrowing in its balance sheet. If there is any Cross border transactions then FEMA guidelines needs to be followed. Also in this case money will directly be transferred from lender’s account to the Borrower’s account.

2. A Minimum capital of 2 crores is required in this case.

3. Government compliances have to be followed like there should be reasonable portion of members having a financial background.

4. There should be business continuity plan of P2P lending.

5. Customer interface needs to be taken care of, like it is the duty of the portal to safeguard the information of their customers in the first place.

6. These online platforms are required to submit regular reports based on their financial position, loans arranged in each quarter, complaints received in each quarter etc. to the Reserve Bank of India.

7. More than 1 Million amount cannot be given to the borrower.

1. Company should be registered in India as a Private limited company or Public Limited Company with the principle objective of financing.

2. Minimum net owned funds of INR 2 cores.

3. Website/Mobile app workflow

4. The online application is available on RBI website (COSMOS)

5. Submission of hard copy of the application along with attached documents shall be submitted to RBI Office.

6. The License will be granted only after vigilant inspection of the application and documents attached with it.

It is a type of lending platform which connects borrower and lender with each other.

No

It depends on the factor like lending money to the low risk borrowers after proper verification.

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