YES Bank has raised $200-million unsecured loan from the Asian Development Bank to finance working capital and investment loans for small farm households and rural women in self-help groups.

Additionally, ADB will also provide a capacity development technical assistance grant of up to $1 million to YES Bank, the private sector bank said in a statement.

The grant will be used by the private sector bank for capacity building, improving the financial literacy of women borrowers, and for leveraging the YES livelihood enhancement action programme, which provides financial services to SHGs, for agriculture value chain integration. ​