Catholic Syrian Bank expects to raise funds by December

CSB needs Rs 400-600 crore, from current growth projections

Kerala-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) hopes to conclude its fundraising exercise by December.

T S Anantharaman, chairman, said the second half of the exercise would be concluded by then. CSB needs Rs 400-600 crore. Sources say SSG Capital Management, InCred Finance, Aion Capital, JM Financial and Everstone-backed IndoStar Capital are among the investors which have shown interest. 

R Rajendran, managing director of CSB, say that 25-30 investors had shown interest and three-odd rounds of discussion were over. He said: “We have told the Reserve Bank that CSB will be listed in the next one and a half years.”

CSB had a net loss