Sector: NBFCs
HDFC Bank and Paytm tie up to leverage on each other’s strengths
2017 – “payment wallets like Paytm have no future” – Aditya Puri 2021 – HDFC and Paytm tie-up to leverage on each other’s strengths. Times change and so do the business compulsions ! It’s a very interesting arrangement and has the potential to lay roadmap for similar other tie-ups in future. Why is it so? … Read more
Xiaomi to offer full spectrum of financial services in India via partners
Xiaomi is bringing in offerings like gold loans, credit line cards and insurance products as it looks to provide the full spectrum of financial services across payment, lending and insurance in India, its India head Manu Jain said. Speaking with PTI, Jain said these financial services will be offered in partnership with organisations like … Read more
Paytm, HDFC Bank tie up to develop payment products for new online ventures
IPO-bound digital payments firm Paytm and India’s largest private sector bank, HDFC Bank, announced a strategic partnership to build comprehensive solutions across payment gateway, point of sale machines and credit products including Paytm Postpaid which is Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution, Eazy EMI and Flexi Pay. The partnership will aim to empower new … Read more
HDB Financial Services Q1 net profit nosedives on Covid-19 impact
HDB Financial Services Ltd (HDBFSL’s), subsidiary of HDFC Bank, posted a sharp drop (43.9 per cent) in net profit at Rs 130.6 crore in the first quarter ended June 2021 (Q1FY22) from Rs 232.7 crore a year ago. The second wave of Covid-19 hit the business volumes and collections in Q1FY22. HDBFSL’s net income in … Read more
Centrum Finance-Bharat Pe set to acquire PMC Bank
In what could bring relief to thousands of depositors, RBI on Friday granted an in-principle small finance bank licence to Centrum Finance as part of its resolution for the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank. Centrum Finance, upon conversion to a small finance bank, will acquire the business of PMC Bank that has been under a … Read more
TVS Group’s family members enter into ‘brand agreement’
Family members of the $8.5-billion TVS Group have executed a brand agreement with respect to the use, adoption, and registration of the firm’s word marks, which include trademarks and related composite marks. These marks include TVS, Sundaram, and several others. They may also contain an additional element other than the word mark, in the form … Read more
Better times await fixed-income seekers
With interest rates bottoming out and the economy picking up, opportunities for higher returns may open up The spotlight has been on stock markets since the Budget presentation and subsequent stock swings have given palpitations to the adventurous. But this Budget had some significant signals for fixed income investors too, which have flown under the … Read more