India’s Axis Bank has put on hold plans to sell a stake in its consumer lending arm, Axis Finance. after the central bank eased proposed restrictions on overlapping business activities between banks and their subsidiaries, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
India’s third-largest lender initiated the stake sale process in Axis Finance last year and appointed merchant bankers, after the Reserve Bank of India in 2024 proposed draft rules that barred banks from having overlapping businesses with subsidiarie… [1832 chars]
Source: Reuters | Published: 2026-01-23T14:06:47Z
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