Karnataka Bank partners with JCB India for equipment financing business

Karnataka Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with JCB India to boost the lending avenues under the Bank’s MSME portfolio. Under this MoU, JCB will be nominating Karnataka Bank as its Finance Partner where in Individuals/Contractors/Company/Partnership firms/LLP, etc, can avail loans from the Bank at competitive interest rates for purchasing a wide range of world-class equipment from the product line of JCB India Ltd.

Shri Mahabaleshwara M.S, MD & CEO, Karnataka Bank, said, “In line with our focus on credit growth, the Bank is at the forefront of financing MSMEs and we are indeed delighted to have signed an MoU with JCB as they mirror similar values of excellence, integrity and sustainable development. Our Bank is providing various finance schemes for the purchase of machineries/equipment to our customers with attractive rate of interest and speedy sanction of loans through digital platform. At Karnataka Bank, we are strongly committed to provide attractive finance schemes through collaborations of this kind.”

Deepak Shetty, CEO and MD of JCB India informed, “With the Government's focus on infrastructure development continuing to remain strong, there will be various opportunities to create synergies between the teams from JCB India and Karnataka Bank. But more importantly, it will give greater financing options to our customers while purchasing JCB machines both in Urban and Rural India.”