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Acquisition of Citi India’s consumer business to boost Axis Bank’s retail franchise: S&P

New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Axis Bank's planned acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking portfolio will strengthen its retail market position as well as diversify the revenue profile, global rating agency S&P said on Friday. "We expect significant profitability improvements to only accrue from fiscal 2025 onwards as it will take time to complete the acquisition [...]

Direct selling firms bet big on Eastern India

Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Direct selling companies are betting big on the eastern part of the country to expand their businesses as West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are among the top five states in terms of the performance of the sector that witnessed over 7 per cent growth in the country in the COVID-hit 2020-21 [...]

SBI economists suggest reforms to incentivise regional rural banks

Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) House economists at the State Bank of India (SBI) have called for a slew of reforms to incentivise regional rural banks, including granting them on-tap licence for conversion into Small Finance Banks (SFBs). In September 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed urban cooperatives and microfinance lenders to convert themselves [...]

JSPL plans largest & greenest steel plant in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 (PTI) After bagging Utkal B1 and B2 coal block in the Angul-Talcher belt in the state, Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) on Friday said it would develop its Odisha plant into the largest and greenest facility in the world. This was stated by the company’s chairman Naveen Jindal. He said JSPL [...]

Coal India’s production rises 4.4 pc in FY’22

Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Coal India on Friday said it registered production of 622.6 million tonne in 2021-22, a 4.4 per cent jump over that in FY21, bucking two years of declining streak.The mining major informed the bourses that its total off-take in 2021-22 was nearly 661.9 million tonne, a sharp 15.3 per cent jump [...]

Belstar Microfinance raises Rs 275 cr from Affirma Capital, others

Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) Belstar Microfinance Limited (BML), a subsidiary of Muthoot Finance Ltd, on Friday said it has raised equity capital of Rs 275 crore from a new investor Affirma Capital and others. Existing investors Muthoot Finance and Maj Invest also participated in the latest funding round. The funding will help the microfinance player [...]
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