{
  "id": 1485406,
  "title": "Airtel Payments Bank Names Shabnam Sinha Chairperson, Sunil Mittal To Step Down In September",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/airtel-payments-bank-names-shabnam-sinha-chairperson-sunil-mittal-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:40:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/airtel-payments-bank-names-shabnam-sinha-chairperson-sunil-mittal-to-step-down-in-september"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Delhi: Airtel Payments Bank has appointed Shabnam Sinha as its new chairperson for a three-year term beginning October 1, 2026. She will succeed Sunil Bharti Mittal, who will complete his tenure as non-executive chairman and step down from the bank’s board on September 30, 2026. The appointment has been approved by the Reserve Bank of India and the board of Airtel Payments Bank, according to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}