# Bank of America agrees to take up to 49.9% of Jio Credit for 182.7 billion rupees

The joint venture values the two-year-old Indian lender's expansion at about $1.9 billion and follows similar moves by Japanese and Gulf banks into Indian financial firms.

- Published: 2026-08-13T05:22:48.900Z
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- Sources: [Economic Times](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/jio-financial-shares-in-focus-as-bank-of-america-set-to-acquire-50-stake-in-jio-credit-for-rs-18268-crore/articleshow/133197203.cms), [Economic Times](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/tata-motors-shares-jump-6-after-strong-q1-nomura-upgrades-stock-clsa-retains-outperform-rating/articleshow/133197624.cms), [Economic Times](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/hal-shares-in-focus-after-q1-earnings-beat-estimates-nomura-other-brokerages-hike-target-price/articleshow/133196943.cms)

Bank of America agreed to acquire up to 49.9% of Jio Credit, the lending arm of Jio Financial Services, through a joint venture worth 182.68 billion rupees, or about $1.9 billion. [The company's announcement](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bank-of-america-enters-into-a-joint-venture-agreement-with-jio-financial-services-limited-to-acquire-up-to-49-9-in-jio-credit-limited-302849845.html) describes a preferential allotment of shares and warrants, with the American bank taking 26.5% initially and rising to 49.9% when the warrants are exercised, subject to regulatory approval. [The Economic Times reported](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/jio-financial-shares-in-focus-as-bank-of-america-set-to-acquire-50-stake-in-jio-credit-for-rs-18268-crore/articleshow/133197203.cms) that Jio Financial shares rose about 3% on the news, though the stock closed up 0.83% at 255 rupees.

Jio Credit has built assets under management of 306.67 billion rupees, roughly $3.2 billion, in about two years of operation. [CNBC noted](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/bank-of-america-invest-stake-jio-financial-nbfc.html) that the deal follows a run of foreign capital into Indian lenders, including Mitsubishi UFJ's investment in Shriram Finance, Emirates NBD's purchase of 60% of RBL Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui's stake in Yes Bank.

The corporate results underneath were also strong. Tata Motors shares [jumped 6% after first-quarter net profit rose 83% year on year to 25.6 billion rupees](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/tata-motors-shares-jump-6-after-strong-q1-nomura-upgrades-stock-clsa-retains-outperform-rating/articleshow/133197624.cms) on revenue up 19% to 206.67 billion rupees, helped by mark-to-market gains (accounting gains from revaluing its holding at the current market price) on its Tata Capital holding. Nomura upgraded the stock and CLSA kept its outperform rating. Hindustan Aeronautics [gained 2% after a 15% rise in net profit](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/hal-shares-in-focus-after-q1-earnings-beat-estimates-nomura-other-brokerages-hike-target-price/articleshow/133196943.cms), prompting several brokerages to raise price targets.

The pattern across the three is the same. Foreign institutions are buying access to Indian credit growth and Indian manufacturing at a moment when the domestic banking system is expanding faster than it can fund itself from deposits.

## What this means

Foreign banks are supplying the equity capital that lets Indian non-bank lenders expand their loan books faster than deposit growth would allow, which accelerates domestic credit creation without a corresponding rise in domestic saving. Indian borrowers and consumer-facing companies gain from cheaper and more available credit in the near term. The exposure sits with the foreign investors and with the Indian financial system itself, because a loan book grown on imported capital is more sensitive to a change in global risk appetite than one funded by domestic deposits.

## What to watch

- Whether the Reserve Bank of India approves the structure quickly. Regulators have been cautious about foreign control of lenders, and the pace of approval will show how open the sector really is.
- Whether more foreign banks announce stakes in Indian non-bank lenders in the coming weeks, which would confirm this is a sector-wide reallocation rather than a series of individual deals.
- The growth rate of Indian non-bank lending relative to deposit growth, since a widening gap is what determines how much foreign capital the system needs to keep expanding.