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RBI issues SFB licence to Centrum-BharatPe consortium

'Unity Small Finance Bank' will start with at least Rs 1,500-cr loan book, says Centrum

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Abhijit Lele Mumbai
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday issued a small finance bank (SFB) licence to the Centrum Group-BharatPe consortium. Incorporated as Unity SFB, the lender will start operations in some weeks with a Rs 1,500-crore loan book.

The consortium will take over the assets and liabilities of the beleaguered Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank. The timing for integrating PMC will depend upon when the RBI and the government release the scheme for amalgamation, said Jaspal Bindra, chairman of the BSE-listed Centrum Capital.
 
Bindra said with the RBI issuing an SFB licence, the focus will shift to