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AU Small Finance Bank Limited is an Indian scheduled commercial small finance bank [2] and India’s largest [3] tech-led [4] small finance bank, based in Jaipur.It was founded as vehicle finance company and NBFC, AU Financiers (India) Ltd in 1996 and converted into a full-fledged small finance bank on 19 April 2017.
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India commenced the Small Finance Bank (SFB) category in India to encourage financial inclusion. Of the 72 companies that applied for the SFB license, 10 received licenses. AU Bank was the only non-banking finance company to receive this license. [7]
Small finance banks (SFB) are a type of niche banks in India.Banks with a SFB license can provide basic banking service of acceptance of deposits and lending.The aim behind these is to provide financial inclusion to sections of the economy not being served by other banks, such as small business units, small and marginal farmers, micro and small industries and unorganised sector entities.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the apex regulatory body for overall licensing and regulation of micro, small and medium enterprise finance companies in India. It is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance , Government of India headquartered at Lucknow and having its offices all over the country.
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The small finance bank status provided the opportunity to expand Ujjivan's range of loan products, and also to accept deposits rather than relying on other financial institutions to provide funds for the loans. [10] Ujjivan received the final license from the Reserve Bank of India on 11 November 2016 to set up a small finance bank. [11]
Prior to becoming a bank, the company was India's largest microfinance institution, Janalakshmi Financial Services, [4] founded July 24, 2006. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As a microfinance lender, the company survived large losses following the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation , reporting total losses of ₹2,504 crore (US$338 million) at the time of its ...
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