AU Small Finance Bank has received approval from Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance on December 9, 2025 for increase in the foreign investment limit in the Bank from 49% at present to maximum permissible limit of 74% of paid up capital of the Bank.
Increased foreign investment limit from 49% at present to 74% will assist the Bank in maintaining sufficient headroom for foreign investment in the Bank through permissible mode of investments in compliance of the consolidated FDI Policy read with the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, as amended from time to time.
AU Small Finance Bank is a small finance bank (SFB) that has recently transitioned from a prominent, retail focused nonbanking finance company (NBFC), which primarily served low and middle-income individuals and businesses that have limited or no access to formal banking and finance channels.
