“Can Centrum evolve from an NBFC and microfinance group into a full-service Small Finance Bank serving underserved SME and retail segments across India?”
Centrum is an Indian financial services group that has expanded from investment banking and wealth management into lending (NBFC via Centrum Financial Services Ltd.) and microfinance (Centrum Microcredit Limited). A landmark development was the joint venture with BharatPe to jointly build a Small Finance Bank, marking Centrum's pivot from non-bank credit origination toward a regulated banking entity. The group's embedded finance angle involves credit distribution through digital partnerships such as PayNearby.
Centrum is headquartered in India.
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