Ajay Ramanathan

Ajay writes on the banking, financial services, and insurance segment. He is keen on analysing the multi-fold impact of any news development, and putting it across in the long-form.

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16 January, 2026

LKP Finance firms up game plan in new avatar as Gyftr, scouts for acquisitions

​LKP Finance Ltd, which has given up its non-banking finance company licence and is renaming itself to Gyftr Ltd as ......

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Finance

14 January, 2026

Former Five-Star Business Finance CEO Krishnan takes over MSME lender as Accion exits

Rangarajan Krishnan, a former CEO of Mumbai-listed lender Five-Star Business Finance Ltd, has acquired a controlling stake in a non-bank ......

Finance

14 January, 2026

Piramal Finance raises $350 mn from IFC, ADB in first DFI deal

Piramal Finance has raised $350 million (Rs 3,156 crore) in debt capital from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the ......

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Manufacturing

14 January, 2026

Investec's private credit fund cuts $33-mn cheque for an iron and steel maker

Investec India has invested nearly $33 million (Rs 300 crore) through a private-credit deal in an iron and steel maker. Through ......

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13 January, 2026

WestBridge-backed Propelld set to turn profitable in FY26; plans capital raise

Bluebear Technologies, which runs education-focused fintech startup Propelld, is on track to end FY26 in the black, according to a ......

Finance

12 January, 2026

Aussie firm Findi's India unit pockets funding cheque

Transaction Solutions International (India) Pvt Ltd, the local arm of Australian company Findi Ltd, is raising Rs 418 crore (A$72 ......

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12 January, 2026

BetterInvest launches media-focussed credit fund

BetterInvest has launched BetterInvest Media Vision Fund – 1, a category II alternative investment fund focussed on the media and ......

People

12 January, 2026

Neo Wealth ropes in former UBS exec as vice-chairman

Neo Wealth and Asset Management has appointed former UBS Wealth Management executive Puneet Matta as its co-founder and vice chairman, ......

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Finance

12 January, 2026

Vivriti Group's Vineet Sukumar on demerger plans, product strategy, and more

Vivriti Group, which houses non-bank lender Vivriti Capital and Vivriti Asset Management, is in the process of restructuring its operations. ......

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Finance

09 January, 2026

Anicut-backed Unico Housing eyes bigger cheque, appoints banker

Around five months after raising money from Anicut Capital, non-bank lender Unico Housing Finance is readying for another funding round, ......