Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd IPO

About Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd

The Bank was incorporated as `Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited' on July 24, 2006 at Bengaluru, Karnataka as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, and was granted the certificate of incorporation by the Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bengaluru (RoC). Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited, was granted a certificate of registration dated March 4, 2008 by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to commence the business of non-banking financial institution without accepting public deposits, and was converted into an NBFC-MFI with effect from September 5, 2013. Subsequently, pursuant to a Board resolution dated June 1, 2015 and a Shareholders' resolution dated June 29, 2015, the Bank was converted into a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1956 with effect from August 10, 2015, and the name of the Bank was changed from `Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited' to `Janalakshmi Financial Services Limited', and a fresh certificate of incorporation of the Bank was issued by the RoC under such name. Janalakshmi Financial Services Limited, was granted a fresh certificate of registration as a non-banking financial institution without accepting public deposits dated September 18, 2015 pursuant to such name change. The Bank, then known as Janalakshmi Financial Services Limited, was granted an in-principle approval by the RBI to convert into a small finance bank (SFB) on October 7, 2015. Thereafter, the Bank received the final approval, dated April 28, 2017 from the RBI, to establish and carry on business as an SFB. Pursuant to resolutions passed by the Board and Shareholders on May 30, 2017 and January 12, 2018 respectively, the name of the Bank was changed from `Janalakshmi Financial Services Limited' to `Jana Small Finance Bank Limited', and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated January 29, 2018 was issued by the RoC consequent upon the change of name. the Bank commenced its business as an SFB with effect from March 28, 2018 and its name was included in the second schedule to the RBI Act pursuant to a notification dated July 16, 2019 issued by the RBI.

SFBs offer basic banking services such as payment, accepting deposits and lending to the unserved and the underserved segments of the Indian economy, including small businesses, marginal farmers, micro and small industries, and the unorganized sector. SFBs are focused on serving the customers at the bottom of the pyramid to drive financial inclusion. The growth in the industry is illustrated by the exponential growth in both advances and deposits and is supported by the robust rural growth, new product offerings and associated cross-selling opportunities, which will drive the SFBs' market share to multi folds in the future.

Jana Small Finance Bank Limited is a small finance bank with its registered and corporate office in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. As at September 30, 2023, the bank had 771 banking outlets in 22 states and two union territories. Its primary products are deposits (demand deposits, savings deposits and term deposits) and advances. The Bank offers secured loans, including micro loans against property, loans to micro, small and medium enterprises, affordable housing loans, term loans to non-banking finance companies, loans against fixed deposits, two-wheeler loans and gold loans, and unsecured loans, including individual and micro business loans, agricultural and allied loans, and loans offered to groups of women as per the joint liability group model.

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