Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

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28 September, 2020

Bandhan Bank's Chandra Shekhar Ghosh on credit growth, NPA outlook and more

Bandhan Bank received a banking licence in 2014, beating out many large conglomerates in the process. In the last five ......

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10 July, 2020

GIC bumps ups stake in private-sector lender, deepening BFSI push

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. Ltd has raised its stake in a private sector lender in yet another bet ......

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14 April, 2020

India's $28-bn microfinance sector braces for turmoil as third crisis hits in a decade

Gagan Kumar, who runs a small hair salon in Mumbai’s Borivali suburb, is a worried man these days. Kumar had ......

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26 February, 2020

RBI lifts curbs on GIC-backed Bandhan Bank to open branches, but adds riders

The Reserve Bank of India has lifted restrictions on Bandhan Bank, allowing it to open new branches without prior permission, ......

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22 January, 2019

In Charts: Are small and mid-sized private banks grossly overpaying their CEOs?

There has been talk of late that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may impose limits on the pay packets ......

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08 January, 2019

Gruh deal will help increase secured loan book: Bandhan Bank CEO

In April 2014, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh managed to get what many bigger businessman couldn't--a banking licence. Bandhan Bank, the microlender-turned-bank, ......

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28 September, 2018

RBI restricts GIC-backed Bandhan Bank from opening new branches, caps CEO pay

The Reserve Bank of India has barred Bandhan Bank from opening new branches without its prior approval after the private-sector ......

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17 June, 2015

Bandhan to launch bank on August 23

The country's top microfinance group Bandhan Financial Services has received the final approval from RBI to start its bank and ......

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20 January, 2015

Singapore's sovereign fund GIC investing $165M in Bandhan

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing Rs 1,020 crore ($165.1 million) in India's top microfinance firm Bandhan Financial Services ......

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29 April, 2014

Our customer base is different from existing banks; main challenge deposit mobilisation, reskilling staff: Bandhan chief Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Bandhan Financial Services escaped the carnage in the microfinance industry which followed the regulatory clamp in the southern state of ......