How financial inclusion can bridge Indian rural-urban gap Watch Video.flv

It is Indias largest private sector bank and it now wants to bank on financial inclusion. Two years ago it started its own foundation. It gives 1% of its profit annually to the corpus of the foundation. We are talking about ICICI Bank . Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), The ICICI Foundation for inclusive growth in its present avatar was setup only in 2008 but its activities took route almost a decade ago. The foundations challenge is to create a society, one in which everyone has equal opportunity to develop and grow. With this in mind the ICICI Foundation has setup five independent organisations to deliver the essentials for inclusive growth, primary health, elementary education, access to finance, strong civil society and environmental sustainability. Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY),

A bridge too far

A bridge too far

Bridging loans secured by a first charge are regulated mortgage contracts and are subject to the same regime as the mainstream mortgage market, whereas any bridging loan that does not secure a first charge is unregulated.
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