Avanse Financial Services, the Warburg Pincus-backed education financing firm, is weighing a delay in its planned IPO amid slowing loan demand caused by stricter US visa rules, according to people familiar with the matter. The Mumbai-based lender may wait for overseas loan demand to improve before resuming the share sale, though deliberations are ongoing and no final decision has been taken.
Axis Bank shares rise 2% as lender set to invest Rs 1,500 crore into NBFC arm Axis Finance
Axis Bank shares gained after the lender approved a Rs 1,500 crore capital infusion into its NBFC arm, Axis Finance. The move follows a pause