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- Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited (EQUITASBNK.NS) operates as a leading small finance bank in India, focusing on financial inclusion for underserved and unserved customer segments through a diversified portfolio of retail banking products and services. The bank offers savings accounts including Wings, Eva, Regular and digital Selfe variants; current accounts; term deposits and fixed deposits with competitive rates up to 7.80% p.a. for select tenures; personal loans, gold loans, used car loans, home loans, affordable housing finance, small business loans, microfinance loans, merchant overdraft facilities, vehicle finance encompassing new and used commercial vehicles and two-wheelers; NRI banking services; and digital offerings such as mobile banking, internet banking, WhatsApp banking, Fastag, insurance products, mutual funds and loan origination via the Selfe app. It maintains pan-India operations across 18 states and union territories with 964 banking outlets, 399 liability branches, 565 asset branches and 365 ATMs, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with roots tracing back to 2007 as a microfinance institution before transitioning to a small finance bank in 2016. In recent developments, the bank inaugurated the Sringeri Sharada Equitas Cancer cum Multi-Speciality Hospital in partnership with Sringeri Sharada Peetham in 2024 to provide affordable cancer care; entered a bancassurance alliance with Pramerica Life Insurance to distribute retail, group life, savings, health and ULIP products via its 1,000 outlets and 2.5 million customers; launched co-branded credit cards with HDFC Bank, new car loans, Selfe Loans app and remittance products under its AD1 license; approved a Rs 1,250 crore qualified institutional placement in May 2025 to bolster capital; appointed Manish Agrawal as President-Finance effective November 2025 and made senior leadership changes in internal audit; raised Rs 5,000 million via non-convertible debentures in H1 FY26; and revamped loan origination systems for personal loans, credit cards, small business loans and affordable housing finance while advancing digital platforms for younger customers.