Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mobile Banking JV - Bharti, SBI to invest $22 mn

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India's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel and State Bank of India will together initially invest 1 billion rupees ($22 million) in a joint venture for mobile-based banking, O.P. Bhatt, chairman of the country's top lender, said on Wednesday.

Bharti Airtel said in September it had received a licence from the central bank to launch mobile payment services.

Bharti Airtel had 149.4 million mobile customers in India at end-November, in a market of more than 700 million mobile users. India is the world's fastest-growing and the second-biggest market for mobile connections.

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