MUFG’s ₹39,618 Crore Shriram Finance Deal: What’s in the Agreement, What Changes for Borrowing Costs, and Why India’s NBFC Boom Is Drawing Global Banks
New Delhi — December 24, 2025: Japan’s MUFG Bank is set to buy a 20% stake (fully diluted) in Shriram Finance through a preferential allotment worth about ₹39,618 crore (≈$4.4 billion), in what multiple reports describe as one of the largest foreign investments in India’s financial services space in 2025. Reuters+2MUFG+2 The announcement has quickly moved beyond a “big-ticket FDI” headline. Investors, rating-watchers and rival lenders are now focused on the mechanics: how the deal is structured, why MUFG is choosing an NBFC rather than a bank, what Shriram intends to do with the capital, and whether this partnership can