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BS Banking Annual 2018: New kids on the block

In a fireside chat, Jio Payments Bank MD and CEO H Srikrishnan and Jana Small Finance Bank MD and CEO Ajay Kanwal discuss the challenges and opportunities for their new banks

Small finance banks, start-up
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Small finance banks (SFBs) and payments banks are yet to take off in a big way. Some of the entities that won licences to start payments banks have surrendered their licences. SFBs were hit hard by demonetisation. In a fireside chat, Jio Payments Bank MD and CEO H Srikrishnan and Jana Small Finance Bank MD and CEO Ajay Kanwal discuss the challenges and opportunities for their new banks

On Jana SFB being hit by demonetisation 

Ajay Kanwal: Jana was one of the largest microfinance companies and was doing exceptionally well. Demonetisation really caused a challenge, which ended up being a good crisis.