India Post Payments Bank, LIC Housing Finance Collaborates To Offer Home Loan Products
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, and LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL), on Tuesday, said that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide home loan products to over 4.5 crore customers of IPPB.
Through its robust and extensive network of 650 branches and more than 136,000 banking access points, IPPB will make LICHFL’s home loan products accessible to its customers pan-India, the Ministry of Communications said in an official statement.
J. Venkatramu, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer(CEO), India Post Payments Bank said, “Easy access to credit for buying a house is an important prerequisite towards achieving inclusive growth. Since its inception now and going forward, IPPB is committed to promoting financial inclusion among low-income and underbanked segments at the last mile by leveraging the unparalleled network of Post Offices, and technology-driven banking solutions. The partnership with LICHFL is a significant tie-up in IPPB's journey to becoming one of the largest platforms for availing credit products by our customers for meeting various needs, in line with our focus on providing comprehensive customer-centric, convenient, and digital solutions to our customers.”
The alliance with LICHFL is part of IPPB’s strategy to expand its range of products and services and to cater to the banking and financial needs of diverse customers, especially unbanked and underserved, across the country. Currently, IPPB is distributing various general and life insurance products through partnerships with leading insurance companies, and credit products are a natural extension for the customers at the last mile. IPPB’s on-ground workforce of nearly 200,000 postal employees (Postmen and GraminDakSevaks) equipped with micro-ATMs and biometric devices through its innovative Doorstep Banking Service will play a significant role in offering LICHFL’s housing loans.
Y. Viswanatha Gowd, MD & CEO, LIC Housing Finance said, “The strategic MoU with IPPB will help us to further deepen our market penetration and enable us to increase LICHFL’s home loan product outreach in untapped geographies across the country. With an unmatchable presence of Post Offices, we see this strategic partnership as a significant step that will help our long-term business growth and improve our market share. This is in line with the Company’s objective to increase business contribution from Tier 2 markets and beyond.”
(With PIB inputs)
