| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.03.2026 | Microfinance sector undergoing structural transformation in ticket size composition | - |
| 13.03.2026 | Banks’ log robust growth in deposits and advances in Feb-end fortnight | - |
| 24.09.2025 | India-focused Duro Capital marks first close of maiden public markets fund | Credit: 123RF.com
The Singapore-headquartered, India-focused investment management firm Duro Capital has secured the first close of its maiden category-III alternative investment fund, the Duro Opportunities fund, with Rs 200 crore (around ... |
| 13.03.2025 | IndusInd Bank: A Storm Brews in the Banking Sector | IndusInd Bank is in the eye of a financial storm. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is tightening its grip, and the winds of scrutiny are blowing hard. The bank's recent accounting discrepancies have raised alarms, and the fallout could be si... |
| 12.03.2025 | RBI may prefer a public sector banker to helm IndusInd Bank, going by recent appointment trend in private sector banks | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may prefer a public sector banker as a replacement for IndusInd Bank’s current chief Sumant Kathpalia, according to industry sources.
RBI recently gave its approval for Kathpalia’s re-appointment as MD & ... |
| 16.01.2025 | Avendus nets nearly $100 mn to hit first close of third late-stage fund | Ritesh Chandra, managing partner, Avendus Future Leaders Fund
Mumbai-based investment banking and asset management firm Avendus Capital said Thursday it has marked the first close of its third private equity fund and is looking to make its ... |
| 31.12.2024 | G Square Successfully Hosts the G Square Lubber Pandhu Corporate Cricket Tournament at G Square World, Kovaipudur | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
G Square Realtors hosted a spectacular display of corporate sportsmanship at the G Square Lubber Pandhu Corporate Cricket Tournament, held at their prestigious G Square World project in Kovaipudur on December 3... |
| 23.06.2024 | Share of term deposits offering 7% plus interest rate jumps to 64.4% of banks’ total TDs | The share of term deposits (TDs) offering 7 per cent and above interest rate has jumped to 64.4 per cent of banks’ total TDs as at March-end 2024, against 33.7 per cent as at March-end 2023.
Also read: Repo rate: Any hasty action will cause... |
| 19.06.2024 | Aye Finance: Empowering MSMEs Through Financial Inclusion Efforts | Aye Finance, a leading non-banking finance company, recently secured a substantial ₹250 crore in debt funding from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank. This significant funding injection is poised to play a pivotal role in bolst... |
| 18.06.2024 | Aye Finance secures Rs 250 Cr debt funding from FMO | MSME lender Aye Finance has secured Rs 250 crore (around $30 million) in debt funding from Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO.
"Our association with FMO dates back to 2019 and through our collaborative efforts, we have been m... |
| 29.05.2024 | Avendus Capital rolls out third Future Leaders Fund, targets $350 mn | Ritesh Chandra, managing partner, Avendus Future Leaders Fund
Avendus Capital has ramped up its play in the alternative investment fund (AIF) sector with the launch of a new vehicle on Wednesday.
The Avendus Future Leaders Fund (FLF) III, a... |
| 21.05.2024 | TCS, ONGC, SAIL, Ujjivan SFB, Trident among nine stocks to track on May 21 | - |
| 26.04.2024 | RBI lays out a roadmap for voluntary transition of small finance banks to universal banks | The Reserve Bank of India on Friday laid out a roadmap for the voluntary transition of small finance banks (SFBs) to universal banks, prescribing criteria such as minimum net worth of ₹1,000 crore, net profit in the last two financial years... |
| 11.04.2024 | Earn High Returns, Enjoy Maximum Savings: Invest in Tax-saver FDs through Bajaj Markets | Pune, Maharashtra, India
Bajaj Markets has partnered with some of India’s leading banks to offer tax-saver fixed deposits (FDs). Considering it’s the start of the financial year, this partnership aims to provide investors with a seamless wa... |
| 23.11.2022 | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Increases Interest Rate on Some Fixed Deposits; to Offer up to 8 percent and 8.75 percent for Senior Citizens | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Highlights:
Highest interest rate for regular customers would be 8% for 80 weeks (560 days)
Highest interest rate for Senior citizens would be 8.75% for 80 weeks (560 days)
Platina FD would get an additional inte... |
| 16.09.2022 | Ujjivan raises ₹475 crore through QIP; Strong participation from quality long-term investors | Ujjivan SFB concludes Rs 475 crore of equity fundraise via Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) mode.
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The Bank's Board of Directors approved the allotment of 22,61,90,476 Equity Shares of face value Rs 10 each to eligible q... |
| 15.09.2022 | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank closes QIP issue; raises Rs 475 crore | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank on Thursday closed the qualified institutional placement through which it raised Rs 475 crore by issuing over 22.6 crore shares.
The Small Finance Bank (SFB) issued a total of 22,61,90,476 equity shares at an issu... |
| 12.09.2022 | Ujjivan SFB launches QIP at floor price of Rs 21.93 ahead of merger | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) on Monday launched its QIP (Qualified Institutional Placement) with a floor price of Rs 21.93 per share to meet the regulatory requirement ahead of merger with its parent company.
In February this year, the ... |
| 28.06.2022 | Ujjivan SFB's Initiative Wins Gold at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank’s initiative ‘Shagun Ka Lifafa’ won a Gold at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Creative Commerce category. The initiative aims to give financial independence to ... |
| 13.05.2022 | Ujjivan SFB's Remarkable Turnaround; Strong Business Volumes with Highest-ever Disbursement, Robust Growth in Deposits for 2 Consecutive Quarters | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Turns profitable with net profit of Rs. 127 crore; RoA at 2.3%/RoE at 18.7%**;
Strong Business volumes with highest-ever disbursement; deposits up 39% Y-o-Y;
Continued improvement in collections; Mar’22 collectio... |
| 10.12.2021 | Ujjivan SFB raises interest rates by 50-75 bps on FDs up to Rs 2 crore | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has raised interest rates on its fixed deposits upto Rs 2 crore by 50-75 basis points (bps) for select maturities. For depositors below 60 years of age, the bank is offering an interest rate of 6.5 per cent for a ... |
| 10.12.2021 | Ujjivan SFB raises interest rates by 50-75 bps on FDs up to Rs 2 crore | - |
| 08.06.2021 | CDC Group provides $50m risk sharing facility to Absa to support lending to MSMEs and households through Microfinance and Non-Bank Financial Institutions in Africa | CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, today announces a new US$50 million risk-sharing facility with Absa Bank Limited (Absa). The commitment increases Absa’s capacity to offer financing solutions to... |
| 27.11.2019 | Ujjivan SFB's Rs 750-cr IPO priced at 3x its book value; issue opens Dec 2 | - |
| 23.01.2018 | Ujjivan raises ₹100 crore | Ujjivan Financial Services, a micro finance institution, has raised ₹100 crore from domestic mutual fund through issuance of listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures. The company said the NCDs will be listed on Bombay Stock E... |
| 20.01.2018 | Ujjivan Fin mops up ₹300 cr in pre-IPO placement | Small finance banks of the future – Ujjivan Financial Services and Equitas Holdings — are all set to tap the equity markets with initial public offerings.
Among the 10 entities that were granted ‘in-principle’ approval in September 2015 by ... |
| 11.11.2017 | PE firm Creador invests $33m in India’s Ujjivan Financial for 5% stake | Premium
Private equity firm Creador has picked up a 5 per cent stake in publicly-listed Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, the holding company of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, through its affiliate Ardisia Ltd.
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| 17.08.2016 | Lok Capital, Proparco Invest $5M In IFMR Rural Channels & Services | Lok Capital, a venture capital firm focused on bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) market, and Proparco, the private sector investment arm of the French development body Agence Française de Développement (AFD), have invested $5 million (Rs 26 crore... |
| 22.04.2016 | Microlender Ujjivan eyes $375M valuation in IPO | Bengaluru-based microfinance firm Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd is seeking a valuation of as much as Rs 2,500 crore ($375 million) in an initial public offering that opens on April 28.
The company has priced the issue, which closes on May ... |
| 15.05.2015 | Ujjivan Financial Services Raises Rs 100 Crores NCD through HSBC | India
Ujjivan Financial Services, a leading microfinance institution with pan-India presence, has raised Rs.100 Crores from domestic Mutual Fund through issuance of listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs).HSBCwas the ... |
| 27.04.2015 | Ujjivan Launches Landmark Project to Improve Efficiency in Disbursement of Loans | New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Targets 3,000 crore disbursement through more than 400 branches across 23 states and Union Territories.
Ujjivan Financial Services, a pioneering microfinance institution, today announced that it has launched its ha... |
| 23.03.2015 | Micro-lender Ujjivan raises $96M from CX Partners, CDC, NewQuest, Bajaj & others | Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, one of the top-tier microfinance institutions in the country, has raised Rs 600 crore ($96 million) from CX Partners, CDC, NewQuest Asia Investments and Bajaj Holdings.
Existing investors ... |
| 20.03.2015 | Ujjivan raises Rs 600 cr from PE funds | Microlender Ujjivan Financial Services announced here today that it has raised Rs 600 crore from a clutch of investors, including CX Partners Fund I, CDC Group, New Quest Asia Investments and Bajaj Holdings.
Existing investors IFC and Eleva... |
| 14.01.2015 | Ujjivan Raises Rs.40 Crores through Non-Convertible Debentures | India
Bangalore-headquartered Ujjivan Financial Services, a leading microfinance institution with pan-India presence, has raised INR 40 Crores of debt capital through issuance of listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs... |
| 07.07.2014 | Ujjivan Financial raises Rs 60 cr via NCDs | Ujjivan Financial Services, a microfinance institution has raised Rs 60 crore of debt capital by issuing listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to International Finance Corporation (IFC).
The NCDs are listed on the B... |
| 18.09.2012 | Ujjivan raises $8.7M led by IFC, sees churn among shareholders | Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, a microfinance institution focused on India’s urban poor, has raised Rs 45 crore ($8.3 million) equity capital from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, as part of its two-tiered fifth r... |
| 18.09.2012 | Ujjivan raises Rs 47.28 cr from IFC | Microfinance firm Ujjivan Financial Services on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 47.28 crore from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and foreign institutional investor FMO.
Ujjivan Financial has raised Rs 45 crores ($ 9 million) equity capi... |
| 15.05.2012 | Lok Capital, Acumen to invest $1.2M in Hippocampus Learning Centres | Lok Capital, a venture capital firm focused on bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) market, and , the social venture capital investor, are investing $1.2 million in Karnataka-based rural education service provider Hippocampus Learning Centres (HLC).... |
| 08.05.2012 | IFC May Invest Up To $30M In MFIs Ujjivan, Equitas | International Finance Corporation (IFC) is looking to up its bet on the Indian microfinance institutions by considering a total of Rs 150 crore investments in Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd and Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd.
The World Bank a... |
| 07.05.2012 | IFC to invest Rs 50 cr in Ujjivan Financial Services | The International Financial Corporation (IFC) is planning to invest Rs 50 crore in Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, a microfinance company that lends to urban and semi-urban poor, especially salaried and self-employed women.
The funds are fo... |
| 27.02.2012 | Tano, Wolfensohn & TVS Shriram To Buy 9.34% In Development Credit Bank | Development Credit Bank Ltd is raising Rs 100 crore from three private equity firms in a deal which will see it diluting 9.34 per cent stake. Tano Capital, TVS Capital
and Wolfensohn Capital Partners are acquiring the bank’s shares through ... |
| 10.02.2012 | 10 Hot Indian startups you should know about | From the world’s cheapest car to the world’s cheapest tablet, India has emerged as a hub of “Jugaad”, a Hindi term which closely translates as “frugal innovation”. Owing to its booming economy, growing middle class and a talent pool of high... |
| 10.02.2012 | 10 Hot Indian startups you should know about | From the world’s cheapest car to the world’s cheapest tablet, India has emerged as a hub of “Jugaad”, a Hindi term which closely translates as “frugal innovation”. Owing to its booming economy, growing middle class and a talent pool of high... |
| 01.02.2012 | Bangalore MFI Ujjivan Raises Rs 128Cr From Wolfensohn Cap, FMO, Others | Bangalore-based microfinance firm Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd has raised Rs 127.9 crore ($25.5 million) in its fifth round of equity funding, led by Wolfensohn Capital Partners and FMO (Netherlands Development Finance Company or Nede... |
| 01.08.2011 | Ujjivan Raises Rs 32Cr More Through NCDs | Microfinance institution(MFI) Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, that focuses on the urban poor, has raised another Rs 32 crore ($7.2 million) through an issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The new issue comes after the MFI raised ... |
| 05.07.2011 | Ujjivan Financial raises Rs 23 cr | Ujjivan Financial Services, an urban poor-focused microfinance institution (MFI), has raised Rs 23 crore ($5 million) by way of private placement of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCD).
Standard Chartered Bank is the sole book runner and lead ... |
| 04.07.2011 | Micro-lender Ujjivan raises Rs 23 cr via private placement | The Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services, a microfinance institution (MFI) focusing on the urban poor, on Monday said it raised Rs 23 crore through a private placement.
“The placement of non-convertible debentures reiterates the faith... |
| 21.11.2008 | Bangalore MFI Ujjivan Raises Rs 94 Crore From Unitus, Others | Looking at the amount of money MFI's (microfinance institutions) are raising even in the current downturn, it indeed appears that the economy of poor is decoupled from the financial crisis. Ujjivan Financial Services, the Bangalore-based mi... |
