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Cholamandalam Finance business loans

Cholamandalam Finance is on Recur Club's lender panel, writing vendor financing.

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Products live
₹50L
Median sanction
24
Sanction letters read
— The screen your file has to clear

The screen your file has to clear

What is checked before anything else, and applies to every product below.

Behaviour & gates
  • Borrower: age ≥2y (distributor financing, loan against property, purchase invoice discounting, sales invoice discounting, vendor financing)
  • age ≥1y (machinery loan, operating lease)
  • CIBIL ≥650
  • avoid: Gems and Jewellery, Financial Services (varies by product)
  • Private Limited, Public, Sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Partner
  • sector-agnostic (49 sectors — full list in data JSON) (varies by product)
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  • Financials: runway ≥12mo (varies by product)
  • minimum annualrevenuegrowthrate: 5 (varies by product)
  • rev ≥₹100cr (distributor financing, purchase invoice discounting, sales invoice discounting, vendor financing)
  • rev ≥₹25cr (loan against property, machinery loan, operating lease)
  • TOL/adjusted tangible net worth ≤5
  • debt/EBITDA ≤4
  • debt/networth ≤4
  • DSCR ≥1
  • minimum cagr: 5 (purchase invoice discounting, sales invoice discounting only)
  • Deal: rate 10–15% (range across products — see matrix)
  • ticket ₹0–15cr (range across products — see matrix)
  • tenure 0–180mo (range across products — see matrix)
  • Security (observed): Personal Guarantee Of Promoters / Directors / Property Owner (100%)
  • FD margin 10–15% (100%)
  • Corporate Guarantee (100%)
  • median ticket ₹12.5cr
  • median rate 13%
  • median turnaround —
  • Security asked in 2026: Personal Guarantee Of Promoters / Directors / Property Owner (×2), FD margin 10–15% (×2), Corporate Guarantee (×2)
  • share → in-principle approval (initial interest): ≈21d
— Products & indicative terms

What Cholamandalam Finance lends, and on what terms

What has actually been offered on live transactions, not brochure numbers. Treat them as the band you are likely to be quoted inside, not a promise. Open a row for that product's credit box.

ProductTicketPricingTenure

Also offered, with no terms observed yet: Vendor Financing.

— Typical term sheet

What a sanction from Cholamandalam Finance actually looks like

Reconstructed from real sanction letters. Small samples, so read them as observed rather than as a rule.

Specimen sanction

Representative of the median file. Your actual terms will move with rating, security cover and relationship.

Indicative

How often each clause appears

Share of the 24 sanction letters carrying the clause.

Other standing covenants58%
— Security & covenants

What they will ask you to pledge

Counted across the sanction letters read. A combination is normal, and most files carry more than one.

  • Equipment/Machinery2 letters
  • Medical Equipment (Cathlab)1 letters
  • Immovable Property1 letters
  • Fixed Deposit (DSRA)1 letters
  • Immovable Property (Land)1 letters
  • Machinery1 letters
  • Equipment/Machinery ×2, Medical Equipment (Cathlab) ×1, Immovable Property ×1, Fixed Deposit (DSRA) ×1, Immovable Property (Land) ×1, Machinery ×1
— Common questions

What borrowers ask about Cholamandalam Finance

What does Cholamandalam Finance lend?
Cholamandalam Finance writes vendor financing.
What are Cholamandalam Finance's eligibility criteria?
The first screen is the bureau: a borrower CIBIL of at least 650. Revenue, leverage and debt-service thresholds apply on top and vary by product. The full credit box for each product is set out on this page.
What security does Cholamandalam Finance ask for?
Observed across sanctions: Personal Guarantee Of Promoters / Directors / Property Owner (100%) · FD margin 10–15% (100%) · Corporate Guarantee (100%).
How do I apply to Cholamandalam Finance?
You do not apply to Cholamandalam Finance directly through Recur Club. Answer a short set of questions on Recur Market and your file is scored against Cholamandalam Finance's own recorded criteria alongside every other lender on the panel, so you see where you fit before anyone is approached.
Is Cholamandalam Finance the right lender for my business?
It depends on which product you need, your sector and how your last two years of financials read. The credit box on this page is what Cholamandalam Finance screens on; running your own numbers through Recur Market shows whether you clear it, and which other lenders you clear at the same time.

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Lender intelligence dossier - screening gates, per-product terms and sanction observations, derived from lender policy documents and observed transactions. Figures are observed from a sample and are not an offer, a commitment, or a statement of Cholamandalam Finance's current policy. Terms are set by the lender at the time of sanction.