Financial apps in India are judged on two things at once: how fast a customer can finish, and how well every step stands up to an audit. A borrower expects to apply by phone, see the full cost before signing, and get money the same day. Your compliance head expects every consent, every disclosure and every rupee movement to be recorded and explainable.
RBI's rules for digital lending shape a lot of the product. The loan has to be given by a regulated entity such as a bank or NBFC. Disbursal goes directly from the lender to the borrower's bank account, and repayments go directly to the lender, not through a pool account of an app or a lending service provider. The borrower must get a Key Fact Statement before signing, showing the all-in cost as an annual percentage rate. There is a cooling-off period in which the borrower can exit by repaying the principal and the proportionate cost. The app should collect only the data it needs, with explicit consent, and should not take access to the phone's contacts, call logs or media files. Your lawyers and compliance team own the final reading of these rules. Our job is to build the app so the rules are followed by design.
On top of that, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 applies to the personal data you collect: clear notice, consent for a stated purpose, the ability to withdraw consent, and security of the data. For a financial app this means consent logs, data retention rules and access controls are part of the build, not an afterthought.
This page is for NBFCs and small finance lenders building their own app, lending service providers working with a regulated lender, wealth advisors and mutual fund distributors who want a client portal, and insurance agencies who need a lead and policy servicing system. Infoways builds these from Mahape, Navi Mumbai, for teams in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and across India.