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Indian bank M&A funding shift could streamline antitrust deal reviews

By Freny Patel ( October 10, 2025, 00:10 GMT | Insight) -- Funding of mergers and acquisitions by Indian banks is expected to simplify competition scrutiny. Bank debt, unlike private equity or venture capital funding, avoids ceding control or board rights, thereby potentially reducing complex merger filings based on "material influence." The Reserve Bank of India's move to allow domestic banks to finance M&A will be a game-changer, offering a cleaner funding alternative that will reduce scrutiny by the Competition Commission of India.India’s competition watchdog may see a shift in the type of merger filings it receives after the country's central bank changed its stance, enabling domestic banks to fund mergers and acquisitions, a move expected to streamline competition scrutiny and reshape corporate deal financing....

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