Small Finance Banking

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On a sequential basis, the bank's net profit rose 67.7 per cent from Rs 7.75 crore in April-June

Shivalik Small Finance Bank on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 111 crore from two global venture capital firms and Bharti AXA Life Insurance. The two global venture capital firms that participated in the funding round are Accel and Quona Capital. The bank plans to use the funds to enhance its tech stack, strengthen team, and deepen partnerships as it moves to become the go-to bank for Indian MSMEs, it said. The Noida-based bank is the first to have transitioned from an urban cooperative bank with 23 years of experience in offering retail banking products and services. The bank has over 5.6 lakh customers and operates through 46 branches and 21 exclusive Business Correspondent branches across northern India. We are on a promising track of growth-focused tech-driven innovations and strategic partnerships in the financial services space. This investment will help us accelerate our growth as we look to leverage digital banking adoption by small business and retail customers, Anshul Sw

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Transitioning from a business correspondent to a payments bank five years back, profit making Fino Payments Bank looks for a further upgrade to a small finance bank with internal discussions underway, bank's chief Rishi Gupta said. The bank will approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a small finance bank licence at an appropriate time, Gupta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Fino Payments Bank said. RBI guidelines stipulate that a payments bank more than five years old can apply for a licence for a small finance bank (SFB), Gupta said. "So the natural migration for Fino from a banking licence point of view will be into a small finance bank. We have started to offer credit in partnerships with other players. We are also building a large customer and merchant base, which will come handy as we decide on SFB. "Having said that, right now we are internalising it. And once we close that communication and we believe that it is the right path or approach, then we will .

AU Small Finance Bank on Wednesday said it has hiked fixed deposit rates by 60 basis points to 7.5 per cent for regular customers. Senior citizens will get an interest of 8 per cent on their fixed deposits. The increased rates have come to effect from October 10, 2022. The bank has hiked the fixed deposit rates by up to 60 basis points for retail deposits from flagship 6.9 per cent to 7.5 per cent for regular customers and 7.4 per cent to 8 per cent for senior citizens, it said in a release. The Jaipur-based small finance bank said with the hike in fixed deposit rates, it is offering one of the most competitive fixed deposit interest rates in the industry and customers can get maximum return on their investments. In the rising inflation scenario, the hike in fixed deposit rates gives the customers an opportunity, particularly senior citizens, to get inflation-beating returns from their fixed deposits, the lender added. Also, savings deposit holders of Rs 1 crore and less than Rs

Equitas Small Finance Bank on Friday said its gross advances grew by 20 per cent to Rs 22,802 crore at end of September 2022 quarter. The Bank's gross advances in the year-ago period of September 2021 stood at Rs 18,978 crore. During the second quarter ended September 2022-23, the Bank's disbursements were up by 22 per cent at Rs 3,845 crore, as against Rs 3,145 crore in year-ago period. Total deposits rose by 20 per cent to Rs 21,726 crore, from Rs 18,094 crore at end Q2FY22, Equitas Small Finance Bank said in a release. Of this, retail term deposits were at Rs 7,665 crore, up by 13 per cent from Rs 6,767 crore in the year-ago quarter. The current account savings account (CASA) stood at Rs 10,456 crore at end of Q2FY23, as against Rs 8,200 crore in the year-ago period. CASA ratio was at 48.13 per cent. Among others, the Bank's cost of funds came down to 6.25 per cent, as against 6.81 per cent. The Bank said the figures related to September 2022 are provisional unaudited number

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Unity Small Finance Bank is a new age, digital first bank which was recently elevated to a 'Scheduled Bank' and was included in the Second Schedule of the RBI Act.

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