Fedbank Financial

Fedbank Financial Services is in the business of lending and has a diversified lending portfolio consisting of Gold Loans, Loan against Property, Home Loans, SME Loans and Wholesale Finance. Fedbank Financial Services Limited (FFS) was incorporated on 17th April, 1995 and a subsidiary of The Federal Bank Limited. The Company was registered as a Non banking Financial Company(NBFC) on 24th August 2010. The Company is into the business of lending mainly against Gold and Property, Wholesale Lending and also distributes retail loan/insurance products for a fee. The Company currently operates through 99 locations mainly spread across South India, 8 locations of Distribution vertical shared between LAP and Wholesale Lending business. At present, the Company is a diversified NBFC offering multiple credit facilities cover a gamut of SME-focused mortgage loans, loans against pledge of gold ornaments and structured finance. It distributes loan products of The Federal Bank Ltd. During FY 2017, the Company began doing business in new markets such as Surat, Bangalore and Chennai for its SME focused mortgage loans to quickly establish a good foothold. The gold loan business showed a good turnaround with most branches turning profitable at the operating level and contributing to healthy NIM. On the liabilities side, it diversified credit lines from multiple reputed lenders. In 2018, the Company raised fully hedged Foreign Currency Debt to reduce the cost of borrowing. It opened 15 new branches It broad based the capital structure, through True North fund VI LLP, a leading Private Equity firm, which infused equity of Rs 169 Crore in November, 2018. In 2019, the Company further opened 25 branches, which increased the network to 137 branches across 4 States viz., Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Similarly, for Mortgages, it opened 8 more markets, in locations like Vapi, Daman, Silvasa, Valsad, Hyderabad & Guntur taking out count of sourcing locations to more than 30. With the opening of 144 branches in FY 20, the network increased to 300 branches. The Company opened 60 branches in FY 2020-21, resulting the network increased to 360 branches. With the opening of 156 branches in FY 2021-22, the network increased to 516 branches as on March 31, 2022. The Company increased the footprint by opening of 59 branches in FY 22-23, and resulting to this, the branch network counted to 575 branches as on March 31, 2023. The Company opened 46 branches during the year 2024, increasing the network count to 621 branches. The Company launched an IPO by raising funds aggregating to Rs 1092.26 Crore and by issuing 78,073,810 equity shares of Rs 10 each comprising a fresh issue of 42,912,087 equity shares aggregating to Rs 600 Cr and offer for sale of 35,161,723 equity shares aggregating to Rs 492 Cr in November 2023. With the opening of 75 branches, the branch network scaled to 694 branches in FY2025.