The bank is backed by major investors such as True North Fund V LLP, Wagner, Tata Opportunities Fund, LeapFrog Investments, SIDBI, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance and Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance. In Fincare SFB, Amethyst contains 3.92%, Wagner 2.48%, True North Fund V LLP 2.34%, Indium IV (Mauritius) holding 2.27% and Omega TC Holdings 1.18%
The Bangalore microfinance institution, which has grown into a small financial bank, began operations in July 2017. Before Fincare became a small financial bank, it started operating NBFC-ND under the name of Disha Microfin in 2010 and was registered as NBFC-MFI in 2013. With the approval of the Reserve Bank of India, the bank acquired the FFSPL microfinance business in 2016 (the business started microfinance business in 2007) and changed its name to Finance Small Finance Bank. The bank's advance payments grew the fastest between fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2020. From March 2018 to December 2020, the total loan portfolio (GLP) increased from Rs 21,543.70 crore to Rs 55,547.80 crore, a compound annual growth rate of 41.05%. Mainly due to the increase of borrowers from 1.02 million in March 2018 to 2.As of December 2020, the number was 19 million, with a compound annual growth rate of 31.82%. As of December 2020, the bank has 2.7 million customers (among borrowers and depositors).
As of December 2020, 92% of the company's customers are in rural areas, while 40% of customers are new customers with credit history. We believe that our business model is profitable, sustainable and beneficial to society. ICICI Securities, Axis Capital, IIFL Securities and SBI Capital Markets have been appointed as the global coordinator and chief accountant on the subject, and Ambit is the ledger of the chief director provided.