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ETBFSI Newsletter | Thursday, July 3, 2025

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Kini, a co-founder of Setu, a Bengaluru-based API FinTech, was also part of the core IndiaStack team, where he focussed on product innovation and poli...
IRDAI Member (Life) Swaminathan Iyer says, "We'll aim for the sky" on whether the 'Insurance for All by 2047 is achievable. Adding to that 'Insurance ...
The surge in activity is being driven primarily by strategic buyers focusing on mid-tier fintech companies those generating up to £100 million in...
The spread between lending and deposit rates for scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) widened slightly in May 2025, even as credit growth moderated and s...
Banks have been slow to revise lending rates for NBFCs, as most such loans are still pegged to the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR), w...
 
Banking
Indian bank lending remains cautious despite policy rate cuts. Lending growth slowed to 9.6% from 19.1% last year. Corporate, home, and NBFC loans are...
The State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to report the loan account of Reliance Communications as "fraud" in a case that dates back to August 2016.
In a bid to deepen governance, accelerate digital transformation, and scale its national footprint, AU Small Finance Bank has announced nine key lead...
India contributed around 6.7 per cent to the global economy's incremental growth in FY25 and State bank of India (SBI) alone accounts for 1.1% of the ...
 
Insurance
According to Iyer, despite life insurance being top-of-mind for consumers, social and cultural biases hinder proactive financial planning, resulting i...
Life insurance companies in India are set to invest ₹450 crore in a three-year multimedia campaign, 'Sabse Pehle Life Insurance', to combat declinin...
Insurance CEOs at the event on launch of insurance awareness campaign said that addressing mis-selling is a collective industry responsibility, and bo...
Medi Assist Insurance TPA has finalized its acquisition of Paramount Health Services & Insurance TPA, bringing an additional Rs 4,000 crore in health ...
 
NBFC
HDFC Bank's CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan, affirmed continued support for HDB Financial Services post its Rs 12,500-crore IPO, which he termed a historic e...
 
Fintech
Mashreq, a UAE-based lender, is set to establish an International Financial Services Centre Banking Unit in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. It...
Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), the govt's UPI-based payment app, has seen a resurgence, nearly doubling its monthly transactions to 70 million in ...
This follows the exit of Marc Mathenz, the merchant payments company's Singapore-based CFO, who resigned in June, just before it filed the draft pros...
 
Policy
The data is collected from various sources, including reporting on the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C's) National Cybercrime Reporting Po...
The RBI has directed banks and lenders to waive pre-payment charges on floating-rate loans for individuals and MSEs, including business loans, effecti...
The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to resume its easing cycle before September 2025, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.
An internal Reserve Bank of India committee is likely to recommend maintaining the current inflation target of 4%, with a 2%-6% tolerance band, in the...
 
Industry
On the positive side, India's manufacturing activity strengthened and petrol consumption increased at a fast clip.
India has made a promising start to the financial year 2025-26 (FY26), as both fiscal consolidation and capital expenditure (capex) are moving forward...