♦ Satish Kumar Kalra was appointed as interim MD and CEO of Bengaluru-based fintech Slice-backed North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB). RBI also approved his appointment. Previously, Kalra was served as the Managing Director & CEO (In-charge), and Executive Director of Andhra Bank from 2012 to 2017. He has also served as an independent director at Lakshmi Vilas Bank from Dec 2019 to May 2021. Currently, he is an independent director at Can Fin Homes Limited. 

♦ NESFB has 208 branches across the seven North East states along with West Bengal and has largely focussed on customers from the rural areas and bottom of the pyramid segment.