Indian telecom firm Bharti Airtel to invest $2.2 billion to expand digital lending

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) in its financial ‌arm over the next few years, ‌India's second-largest mobile carrier by number of users said ​on Monday, as it steps up its push into digital lending. The capital will be infused into its subsidiary, Airtel Money, which received a ‌non-banking financial company (NBFC) ⁠license from the Reserve Bank of India on February 13. Airtel's expansion comes ⁠as competition intensifies in India’s non-bank lending secto ...