Tapstart Capital Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Tapstart’ or ‘the Company’ or ‘we’ or ‘us’) is an RBI registered NBFC-ND-NSI and NBFC-BL. It provides credit facilities to underserved middle and low income segment customers catering to different needs, including personal loans, credit line, medical loans, education loans, consumer electronic loans, consumer lifestyle loans and two-wheeler loans.
Tapstart places utmost importance on customer satisfaction and endeavors to provide prompt and efficient customer service to retain and enhance existing relationships. The Grievance Redressal Policy (‘the policy’) has been framed in line with the Company’s objectives and the guidelines outlined in the RBI Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Company – Scale Based Regulation) Directions, 2023and updated from time to time. The policy details the structured internal grievance redressal mechanism for complaint handling.
The policy has been duly approved by the Company’s Board of directors and is suitably and periodically reviewed.
The policy has been framed with the purpose of achieving the following objectives:
The Company will address all complaints/ concerns of customers arising out of activities carried out by the Company as well as those activities that have been outsourced. The customers can register/ lodge complaints via either of the following channels:
1) Timeframe for redressal
The Company will endeavor to redress complaints within 15 days from date of receipt of the complaints.
Note - If it is determined that a case will need additional time, the Company will promptly inform the customer regarding the requirement for additional time along with an anticipated timeline for providing redressal.
2) Acknowledgement of filed complaints
An acknowledgement will be communicated to the customer immediately / within 2 days on filing the complaint successfully. The acknowledgement shall contain the Complaint Reference Number with instructions that it must be quoted on all correspondence regarding the complaint.
3) Recording of complaints
All complaints lodged/registered by the customers will be filed in a ‘Complaints Register’ maintained by the Company. Each complaint will have a corresponding ‘Complaint Reference Number’ generated at the time of filing the complaint.
All complaints shall be initiated through / directed to any of the channels mentioned above. At this level, the Company will strive to address the customer complaint within 7 days.
If any such complaint is not addressed to the satisfaction of the customer, the customer shall be given the option to escalate the complaint to the Grievance Redressal Officer (‘GRO’) who will be a senior level officer appointed by the Company. To facilitate this, the Company shall display the following information of the GRO prominently over its website, mobile applications as well as across all branches/ places where its business is transacted:
| Designation | Grievance Redressal Officer |
| Name | Mr. Shaurya Rana |
| Contact No. | +91-8095345443 Calls will be answered between 10.00 am to 7.00 pm on all working days of the Company. |
| Email id | shaurya@tapstart.in |
After examining the matter, the Company will endeavor to respond or address the customer complaint within 15 days of receipt of the complaint/ grievance.
The customer can lodge a complaint related to unauthorized acceptance of deposits/schemes of various kind and fake emails at https://sachet.rbi.org.in/home/index
If the complaint / dispute is not redressed within a period of one month, or if the customer is not satisfied with the response provided, the customer may appeal to the Officer-in-Charge of the Regional Office of Department of Non-Banking Supervision (DNBS) of the RBI. The relevant contact details are provided below: By Post:
To,
The Officer-in-charge,
Department of Non-Banking Supervision, Reserve Bank of India
Regional Office of Department of Non-Banking Supervision,
10/3/08, Nrupatunga Road,
P.B.No.5470,
Bangalore-560001
1) By email
cms.cepcbengaluru@rbi.org.in
cepcbengaluru@rbi.org.in
2) Other contact details
Telephone : RBI CEPC Bengaluru - 08022180397/ 398/ 399/ 357 | Fax : 080-2223 2199
The Company shall prominently display the escalation matrix of the internal Grievance Redressal Mechanism, the name of the GRO along with all the contact details along with the details of the Officer-in Charge DNBS, RBI over its website, mobile applications as well as across all branches/ places where its business is transacted.
The Company shall adequately train all its employees and agents to appropriately address customer concerns and complaints in a professional manner. The training programme shall include soft skills and technicalities around nature of complaints and shall inter alia include a module containing the rights of persons with disabilities guaranteed to them by the law and international conventions. The training will enable all employees and agents of the Company to appropriately and effectively ensure redressal of grievances of persons with disabilities under the Grievance Redressal Mechanism outlined above.
The Board of directors shall ensure:
The Board of directors shall periodically review the policy or on a need-basis i.e. in the event of change in regulatory framework or for business or operational need. Such updates / changes to the policy will be communicated to the relevant staff / relevant stakeholders.