Coronavirus brings Asia's booming online lending sector to juddering halt

HONG KONG/MUMBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The spring started out rosy for the Indian arm of ClearScore, a company that offers online credit scores and loans.Within weeks, the coronavirus pandemic had taken hold, drastically changing the picture for the online lending industry in Asia."In the second week of March, we were talking about what a great quarter it would be and a month later I had to let go of the team," said Hrushikesh Mehta, country manager for India at ClearScore. The UK-based company..