"Capital is not a constraint in terms of wanting to grow in Sri Lanka. We want to start quickly by getting into financing Mahindra vehicles and tractors."
The group will then get into financing all automobiles and later get into all financial sectors such as rural housing.
"We like to work beyond metro markets which are overcrowded," Iyer told a news conference Wednesday during a visit to Colombo as part of a team led by Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Mahindra Group.
"If the vehicle sector has to grow, credit has to reach beyond metro markets. That's our approach."
The 7.1 billion US dollar Mahindra Group manufactures utility vehicles and tractors in India, is in information technology, and has a growing business in financial services, tourism, infrastructure development, trade and logistics.
It also supplies