First and foremost an Asset Finance Company (AFC) is a Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFC). An Asset Finance Management Company under the Reserve Bank of India Act is a financial institution whose principal business is to finance physical assets supporting productive/economic activity like automobiles and cars, machineries like generator sets, lathe machines, earth moving equipment, tractors, machines and material handling equipment and industrial machines used for general purpose. It is a for-profit business company. Some facts and figures A detailed list of all the existing Asset finance companies in India is available at the official website of the Reserve Bank of India. Currently, there are roughly about 399 Asset finance companies in India that are registered with RBI. As per a directive of RBI in 2017, an asset finance company:- Having the requisite minimum net owned fund as per RBI’s stipulation, and Compliant with all the prudential norms Can accept or renew ...