Explanation:

A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or other marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture activity, industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than securities) or providing any services and sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.
A non-banking institution which is a company and has principal business of receiving deposits under any scheme or arrangement in one lump sum or in installments by way of contributions or in any other manner, is also a non-banking financial company (Residuary non-banking company).
Different types of NBFCs are as follows:
•Asset Finance Company (AFC)•Investment Company (IC)•Loan Company (LC)•Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC)•Infrastructure Debt Fund: Non- Banking Financial Company (IDF-NBFC)
Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) bring in diversity and efficiency to the financial sector and make it more responsive to the needs of the customers. Peer to Peer (P2P) and Account Aggregators are the new categories of NBFC that have been introduced recently.
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•The Reserve Bank has introduced a new category of Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) called NBFC-P2P (NBFC- Peer to Peer Lending Platform) with light touch regulation and emphasis on adequate disclosures.