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The primary role of a traditional bank providing financing and capital is set to be challenged further in a post COVID-19 world by non-banks, according PwC’s report, “Securing your tomorrow, today – The future of financial services,” which predicts that alternative providers of capital are set to become an even more important part of the global financial system.
In the last 10 years, aggregate lending in USD by non-banks has outstripped the pace of growth of traditional lenders, with non-banks seeing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of lending 2.3%, compared to 0.6% CAGR to banks. This trend is likely to accelerate as declining core capital ratios – caused by asset impairments resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic - will limit the lending capacity of banks,...
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