Sunday, May 20, 2012

Bharti Airtel and Axis bank collaborate on mobile money and banking services

.............The venture marks Airtel's second attempt to extend its mobile money capabilities into the banking market. The telco announced a joint venture with the country's largest bank, State Bank of India, last year, to a offer a complete suite of banking services via both the mobile platform and a state-wide network of branches and retail distribution outlets. However, the plans were scuppered by the Reserve Bank of India over the equity arrangements for the venture, which would have given the telco a stake in the banking business without recourse to a banking license.

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