Finally after months of speculation, Axis has formally announced the acquisition. What is Axis acquiring? Consumer banking businesses of Citibank India – credit cards, retail banking, wealth management and consumer loans. Citi’s non-banking financial company, Citicorp Finance (India) Ltd – Commercial Vehicle loans, Construction Equipment Loans and Personal Loans. Access to Citi’s 7 offices, 21 … Read more
Veteran banker Aditya Puri on Tuesday raised questions about Paytm’s business model, saying the recently listed financial services company has earned customers not by rendering services but by way of cashbacks. Puri, who led HDFC Bank from inception and made it into the largest in the private sector space by the time he retired … Read more
IDFC First Bank MD and CEO V Vaidyanathan, known for his generosity and innovative style of banking, has gifted 5 lakh shares of the private lender held by him to family members of a deceased colleague, the bank said in a regulatory filing. As per the current price, the shares amount to over ₹2.1 crore. … Read more
ICICI Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Bakhshi was chosen as the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21 for turning around the private sector lender both in terms of performance and perception during his tenure of the past three and a half years. A jury of five members chaired by former RBI … Read more
Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) is a joint venture between Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the listed holding company One97 Communications, the parent of Paytm. Sharma owns 51% in the bank in his personal capacity. It had started operations in 2017 and claims to have 60 million bank accounts with 4 lakh users added every … Read more
Sachin Bansal-led Navi Technologies has filed draft papers for an initial public offering (IPO) with Sebi. The IPO comprises of fresh equity issue of up to ₹3,350 crore, according to the draft offer document. Sachin Bansal’s Navi Technologies is a technology-driven financial products and services company in India focusing on the digitally connected young middle-class … Read more
RBI has met with select bankers and is trying to assess the exposure that lenders have to Russia and to Ukraine and the impact it may have on banks. MUMBAI: Banks are scrambling after bills for imports from Russia have started bouncing and payments for exports have been stuck in the wake of sanctions imposed … Read more
L&T Finance Holdings (LTFH) as part of the restructuring and consolidation has decided to move out of the wholesale business and focus exclusively on the retail lending. Key points to note – Retail lending for the Company consists of farm equipment, 2 wheelers, consumer loans, micro loans and home loans/ LAP. Wholesale lending comprises of … Read more
India Ratings and Research on Friday maintained a neutral sector outlook and a stable rating outlook for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) in FY23. It believes that FY23, in absence of any negative event, would see normalization of business activities, after facing challenges in the past few years following the default by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial … Read more