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DBS Bank to enter affordable home loan segment this fiscal

DBS Bank to enter affordable home loan segment this fiscal

DBS Bank India on Tuesday said it will enter the affordable home loan segment by the end of this financial year as the lender looks to expand the retail portfolio. The bank is looking to launch the product during the fourth quarter, DBS Bank India Executive Director (Head-National Distribution) Bharath Mani said here. "We are [...]
Flipkart’s 200 delivery hubs, other investments in TN boost job opportunities

Flipkart’s 200 delivery hubs, other investments in TN boost job opportunities

E-commerce company Flipkart has set up eight supply chain facilities and 200 delivery hubs in Tamil Nadu under its initiative towards creating inclusive job opportunities besides boosting economic growth, the company said on Tuesday. The company has onboarded 15,000 kirana partners under its Kirana Delivery programme, which enables faster customer shipments and also creates an [...]
Sebi asks AIFs to provide ‘direct plan’ option to investors; introduces trail model for distribution commission

Sebi asks AIFs to provide ‘direct plan’ option to investors; introduces trail model for distribution commission

To bring transparency in expenses and curb mis-selling, markets regulator Sebi has asked alternative investment funds (AIFs) to provide an option of "direct plan" for investors and introduced a trail model for distribution commission. In addition, the regulator came out with guidelines with respect to excluding an investor from an investment of AIF. This came [...]
Delphi-TVS Technologies to take up capital expansion at Chennai plant

Delphi-TVS Technologies to take up capital expansion at Chennai plant

Delphi-TVS Technologies, a joint venture between diversified conglomerate TVS Group and auto-component major BorgWarner, has lined up investments worth about Rs 450 crore over the next three years to take up capital expansion plan at its manufacturing facility here. Delphi-TVS Technologies, which commenced production of common rail system in 2009 has reached milestone production of [...]
Apple to open its first retail store in India next week

Apple to open its first retail store in India next week

Apple will next week open its first retail store in India, in signs of importance the iPhone manufacturer attaches to the world's fastest growing smartphones market. The company will open its first official store in Mumbai on April 18 and the second in Delhi on April 20. The company at present sells its products in [...]
Ugro Capital to raise Rs 340 cr in equity capital

Ugro Capital to raise Rs 340 cr in equity capital

Small businesses focused fintech Ugro Capital on Tuesday said it will raise Rs 340 crore in equity capital through a preferential allotment and qualified institutional placement. The company said its board approved Rs 240 crore worth of shares to IFU (Investeringsfonden for Udviklingslande), a Danish sustainable development goals investment fund, on a preferential allotment basis. [...]
VLCC appoints Nykaa’s Vikas Gupta as CEO

VLCC appoints Nykaa’s Vikas Gupta as CEO

Beauty and skincare brand VLCC, now controlled by Global investment firm Carlyle, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Vikas Gupta as CEO with immediate effect. The leadership change comes after Carlyle, in December 2022 announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the homegrown firm, a company statement said. Vikas Gupta succeeds Jayant Khosla. Prior [...]