- The Kotak Mahindra group established the Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited in 1985 in India, which was the group's flagship non-banking financial company.
- In 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd was granted a banking license by the Reserve Bank of India, becoming the first company in Indian banking history to convert from a non-banking financial company to a bank.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd is now the flagship banking company of the Kotak Mahindra Group, with a presence in commercial vehicles, retail finance, corporate banking, treasury and housing finance.