Saturday, October 3, 2015

PE vs VC Funding in India

When it comes to studying of this topic, I always ended with a doubt as to which one is the subsect of the other? Which one of these two is the oldest?  In practice, VC was heard of since 1940s or so, PE seems to be older.  Let us check in the wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_private_equity_and_venture_capital


History of VC and PE Funding

Saturday, September 19, 2015

No of ATMs of all 54 banks (Public, Private and Foreign) in India both at on-site and off-site aggregate to over 1,83,000 as at end of May 2015. https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/ATM/PDFs/ATM11C999C9044E4DA5B57B8F01809A839D.PDF

From Millennium to Sustainable Development Goals of WEF

Two decades back, we were discussing about 8 MDGs.  Today, it is all about 17 SDGs.  WEF also released a Global Risks Report 2015 http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2015

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Ten new small banks licensed by RBI today: http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/rbi-grants-small-bank-license-to-10-applicants-115091600673_1.html
After announcing of eleven Payment Banks in India, the RBI today announced ten small banks!http://www.allbankingsolutions.com/Banking-Tutor/Payment-Banks-in-India.htm

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Founding of a new bank; dedicated to refinance and development..........Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) : http://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/government/mudra-bank-weighing-the-possible-benefits

Friday, March 27, 2015

Self Help Group (SHG) or Financial Inclusion at its best!   Mangala Bank in Gaya, is a bank for, by and of 40 beggars!! http://indiatoday.intoday.in/…/bank-beggars-b…/1/426105.html