Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax India Holdings Corp. has been given an informal nod by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to pick up a majority stake in Catholic Syrian Bank, said three people aware of the development. Watsa met RBI governor Urjit Patel and deputy governors S.S. Mundra and R.S. Gandhi on Friday, these people said.
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