Private company

ESAF Small Finance Bank

Logo: ജെയ്മോൻ1987, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Indian small finance bank

ESAF Small Finance Bank (formerly known as ESAF Microfinance and Investments) is an Indian small finance bank headquartered in Thrissur city, Kerala, providing banking services and small loans to the underbanked. ESAF Microfinance originated as an NGO in 1992 under the name Evangelical Social Action Forum before receiving a non-banking financial company and microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 10, 2017Founded1
  • Industrybank1
  • HeadquartersThrissur1
  • Websitewww.esaf.bank.in
  • Legal formBanking Company - Others3
  • LEI335800H9TMOMGKSV3Y603
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBUILDING NO.VII/83/8,ESAF BHAVAN, 680651 Thrissur, India3
  • Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, L65990KL2016PLC0456693
Registered & Corporate office of ESAF Small Finance Bank
Photo: ജെയ്മോൻ1987, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

ESAF Small Finance Bank (formerly known as ESAF Microfinance and Investments) is an Indian small finance bank headquartered in Thrissur city , Kerala, providing banking services and small loans to the underbanked. ESAF Microfinance originated as an NGO in 1992 under the name Evangelical Social Action Forum before receiving a non-banking financial company and microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).2

Corporate structure

ESAF Small Finance Bank is part of a group headed by ESAF FINANCIAL HOLDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

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Timeline

  1. Mar 10, 2017Founded Founded1
  2. May 4, 2016Parent Directly consolidated by ESAF FINANCIAL HOLDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED3