Telecom major Bharti Airtel has announced plans to invest ₹20,000 crore in its non-banking financial company (NBFC) arm over the coming years to significantly scale up its digital lending business. The move is aimed at strengthening Airtel’s position in the fast-growing fintech space and expanding access to credit services for consumers and small businesses.
The company’s digital lending platform is expected to leverage data insights from its broad customer base, digital payments footprint and technological infrastructure to offer personalised credit products. Airtel’s investment signals confidence in India’s burgeoning digital finance ecosystem, where mobile-enabled lending solutions are gaining traction among underserved segments.
With this capital infusion, Airtel NBFC plans to enhance product offerings, improve underwriting capabilities and drive wider adoption of digital credit across urban and rural markets. The initiative aligns with broader trends of telecom and technology firms diversifying into financial services to meet evolving consumer needs.
Airtel’s expansion into digital lending also reflects growing competition in India’s NBFC space, with fintech players and traditional lenders increasingly vying for market share in loans, insurance and payments segments.
