Non-bank microfinance companies (NBFC-MFI), which constitute 30.8 per cent of the overall microfinance credit portfolio, expect a level playing field with banks and small finance banks if the proposed changes under the ‘consultative document on regulation of microfinance’ released by the RBI take shape. With no caps on interest rate spreads, no restriction on number of lenders approaching a borrower, no end use restriction of credit and a simplified cost structure, NBFC-MFIs could explore differential rates for borrowers based on risk assessment and take the competition to banks and small finance banks which together constitute around 60 per cent of the micro credit outstanding.