Indian telecom firm Bharti Airtel to invest $2.2 billion to expand digital lending


FILE PHOTO: A woman walks across the logo of Airtel at the ongoing India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Bharti ⁠Airtel will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) ⁠in its financial arm over the ‌next few years, India's second-largest mobile carrier by number of users said on Monday, as it steps up its ​push into digital lending.

The capital ⁠will be infused ⁠into its subsidiary, Airtel Money, which received a non-banking ⁠financial ‌company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India on February 13.

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