Bajaj Finance Ltd (BFL) remains in high vigilance mode and is constantly monitoring external market indicators like spread of infection and coverage of vaccination, the lender said in its FY21 annual report. “Bajaj Finance calibrated its risk policies and underwriting standards to respond to the pandemic.
It significantly tightened underwriting standards to ensure risk metrics and quality of the post-lockdown book is in line or better than that pre-covid-19 levels," the lender said.
This tightening, combined with a slowdown in demand, resulted in the assets under management not growing in line with earlier years, it said.