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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.
6 Small finance banks. 7 See also. 8 References. ... There are 12 public sector banks in India as of 3 September 2024. [3] Anchor bank Established Headquarters Government
After providing in principle approval in September 2016, RBI granted the license to Capital Local Area Bank under Section 22(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in 2016 and it started to operate from 24 April 2016 under the new brand name of Capital Small Finance Bank as the first Small finance bank of India.
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 ...
To further the objective of financial inclusion, the RBI granted approval in 2016 to ten entities to set up small finance banks. Since then, all ten have received the necessary licenses. A small finance bank is a niche type of bank to cater to the needs of people who traditionally have not used scheduled banks.
Small finance banks (10 P) Pages in category "Microfinance companies of India" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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.
Pages in category "Private sector banks in India" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... ESAF Small Finance Bank; H. HDFC Bank; I. ICICI ...