Rajnish Kumar

This comes at a time when the company is fighting a number of legal battles with its stakeholders in the National Company Law Tribunal.

Veteran banker Rajnish Kumar appointed as Chairman of Mastercard India

Rajnish Kumar has previously served as the chairman of India's largest public sector bank SBI

Byju’s ropes in TV Mohandas Pai, Rajnish Kumar to join newly-constituted advisory panel

Byju's move to constitute a new advisory committee and rope in Pai and Kumar comes just a few weeks after its three key board members and its auditor resigned.

BharatPe chief picks 2 Indian founders for a cage fight: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma and…

BharatPe chairman Rajnish Kumar answered some light-hearted questions at the sidelines of the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023

Rajnish Kumar dismisses Ashneer Grover's attack, asserts chairman role at SBI

"Over the period of time, banks will become fintech and fintech will become bank," says Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, BharatPe.

Why Rajnish Kumar believes banks will be like fintechs and fintechs like banks?

"Over some time, banks will become like fintechs and fintechs will become like banks," Kumar said.

Fintechs rewriting the rule book, banks will compete and co-exist, says Rajnish Kumar

Kumar said that legacy institutions like banks have advantages over fintechs but at the same time, in some spaces, fintechs lead.

Ashneer Grover hits out at BharatPe boss again with a game of 'Ranjish': 'FIRed up for this'

'After the stupendous success of Doglapan - The Book, I am now creating: Doglapan - The Board (err bored) Game. A game of corporate ‘Ranjish’!' Ashneer Grover wrote.

BharatPe is a $3 billion write-off, value destroyed by Rajnish Kumar: Ashneer Grover

Ashneer Grover alleged that it couldn't be a coincidence that the EOW filed an FIR against him at 6 PM yesterday, a couple of hours after a judge reserved his order on another case.

Budget 2023: Higher allocation for agriculture, infrastructure is the key, says Rajnish Kumar

The former SBI chairman said he would be very happy if there is any relaxation in income tax in the Budget 2023 but it was unlikely

BharatPe Chairman Rajnish Kumar: I'll never stoop to Ashneer Grover's level, I don't change my colours

Ousted BhratPe co-founder Ashneer Grover had tweeted that Rajnish Kumar was his biggest hiring mistake

Rajnish Kumar Interview | Action must against bankers for quid pro quo deals but can't blame only them for NPAs

The comments come a few days after former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar was arrested by the CBI in the Videocon loan scam

MC Exclusive | BharatPe's Rajnish Kumar denies leadership crisis, looks for fresh talent

On January 3, CEO Suhail Sameer stepped down, following a series of other senior level exits in the company

Exclusive: Ashneer Grover claims he was threatened at BharatPe AGM; raises concerns over Rs 315 crore ESOPs to top brass

According to Ashneer Grover’s letter, the AGM was rushed, and questions about the company's financial dealings were not answered. BharatPe rebuts saying 'these are retaliatory and diversionary tactics' in response to lawsuit

Exclusive | Former SBI chief Rajnish Kumar bats for reforms in Kisan Credit Cards

Kumar’s comments come just a month ahead of Union Budget 2023 and banking sector is eagerly looking for supportive measures for growth from government.

BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer to step down; CFO Nalin Negi to take over reins in interim

The company’s Board of Directors has retained a leading executive search firm to assist with succession planning and the critical CEO search

Exclusive | Ex-SBI chief pitches for greater autonomy, professionalism in public sector

Rajnish Kumar's comments assume significance in the backdrop of a prolonged debate on autonomy, especially for public sector banks (PSBs), and the bid to privatise at least some of the state-run lenders

Ashneer Grover says ex-SBI chief Rajnish Kumar was his 'biggest hiring mistake'

Rajnish Kumar, who was associated with the state-run SBI for around four decades, joined BharatPe in October 2021, and was appointed as the fintech unicorn's chairman.

BharatPe appoints former RBI Deputy Guv BP Kanungo and Zomato Chairman Kaushik Dutta to board

The company added that former Union Bank of India Chairman Kewal Handa stepped down from the board to align with the startup's plans to ensure that the board comprises one-third of Independent Directors.

Exclusive: BharatPe founding member Satyam Nathani quits in third key exit in a week

The exit of founding member Satyam Nathani comes days after chief revenue officer Nishit Sharma and head of institutional debt partnerships Chandrima Dhar resigned

Indifi Technologies ropes in former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar as advisor

Kumar will engage with the management on growth strategy and provide guidance in the financial services sector

Ashneer Grover row is an aberration: BharatPe chairman Rajnish Kumar

Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover exited the company last month after allegations of misappropriation of funds surfaced following governance audits conducted by Alvarez & Marsal and PwC.

Ashneer Grover to BharatPe board: Suhail Sameer should be sent on leave, Rajnish Kumar must resign

Ashneer Grover, in a letter to the board, said that he and his sister Ashima Grover might pursue a criminal defamation case against BharatPe's board and CEO Suhail Sameer if the latter failed to provide a written apology.

Former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar joins advisory board of Dun & Bradstreet

Rajnish Kumar, a veteran banker, currently sits on the boards of HSBC Asia Pacific, L&T Infotech, Hero MotoCorp and BharatPe.

Interview | BharatPe board is prejudiced, has an agenda, says Ashneer Grover

The former BharatPe MD speaks with CNBC-TV18 Managing Editor Shereen Bhan and shares his views on his resignation from the firm and his next agenda.