{"id":4392,"date":"2026-03-06T07:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:54:47","slug":"banking-executive-says-au-bank-is-first-ever-small-finance-bank-to-get-rbi-universal-bank-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4392","title":{"rendered":"Banking Executive Says AU Bank Is &#039;First-Ever Small Finance Bank&#039; To Get RBI Universal Bank Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>A banking executive speaking at a BT Golf event announced that AU Small Finance Bank has received in-principal approvals from the Reserve Bank of India to transition into a Universal Bank, making it the first-ever small finance bank in India to receive these approvals. The speaker described this milestone as a strong validation of the bank&#8217;s governance, resilience and long-term vision. The bank currently serves over 1.2 crore customers across the country and operates through more than 2600 banking touchpoints across 21 states and 4 union territories, with a workforce of over 58000 employees. The speaker highlighted the bank&#8217;s premium offerings including AU IV, AU Eternity Banking Programs and the Zenith Plus Metal Credit Card, designed for customers seeking curated and lifestyle-led seamless banking experiences. Drawing a parallel between golf and banking, the speaker emphasized that both require playing the long game with discipline, precision and consistency<\/p> <\/div> <p>Business Today Golf, BT Golf, \u00a0BT Golf Tournament, Golf Course, Business Tycoons#Banking #Executive #Bank #039FirstEver #Small #Finance #Bank039 #RBI #Universal #Bank #Approval1772754887<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A banking executive speaking at a BT Golf event announced that AU Small Finance Bank has received in-principal approvals from the Reserve Bank of India to transition into a Universal Bank, making it the first-ever small finance bank in India to receive these approvals. The speaker described this milestone as a strong validation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[13381,15605,1232,1525,15606,4862,4090,13380,13382,515,4224,9821,1530,73,1635],"class_list":["post-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-bt-golf-tournament","tag-039firstever","tag-approval","tag-bank","tag-bank039","tag-banking","tag-bt-golf","tag-business-today-golf","tag-business-tycoons","tag-executive","tag-finance","tag-golf-course","tag-rbi","tag-small","tag-universal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}