BLS International Services Ltd — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Aug 17, 2021

August 17, 2021

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Dear Sir / Madam,

Subject: Press Release

Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, please find enclosed a Press Release dated August 17, 2021 with respect to BLS International’s subsidiary Starfin India Private Limited wins contract with Bank of Baroda for National Business Correspondent.

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Dharak Arvind Mehta Digitally signed by Dharak Arvind Mehta DN: c=IN, o=Personal, postalCode=401107, st=Maharashtra, 2.5.4.20=49684652a3e3f7e80b13eb9477c3a57a88c384100599b52e3b5d34a4f5a22e61, pseudonym=B39C9CB2E6BFCFF2400543FC1EF5CA5CE019A03E, serialNumber=E1E364F00A315EE71CD10AD9B2DA3BBA8A8ADA90BB9FE972530ED6311305B241, cn=Dharak Arvind Mehta Date: 2021.08.17 10:46:59 +05'30'

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Dharak A. Mehta Company Secretary & Compliance Officer ICSI Membership No.: ACS40502

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PRESS RELEASE

BLS International’s Starfin wins contract with Bank of Baroda for National Business Correspondent

The company’s focus is to strengthen last mile banking services across customers in India

New Delhi, 17 August 2021 – The subsidiary of BLS International, Starfin India Pvt. Ltd. wins contract with Bank of Baroda to support the financial inclusion mission of Govt of India. Under the contract, the company is the official National Business Correspondent (BC) to deliver last mile banking services in rural and urban areas across India.

Effective immediately, Starfin will start basic banking services like, enrolment of customers, debit cards, balance enquiry, statement of accounts, pass book printing, money deposit, and bills/utilities payment services to account holders across India.

Commenting on this, Mr. Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director , BLS International, said, “ We are honoured and excited to win this contract with Bank of Baroda to support the ‘National Mission for Financial Inclusion’ across India. We are confident that our tech-enabled expertise will help to provide end-to-end banking services to the unserved population of India across various parts of the country. ”

BLS International’s subsidiary, Starfin is already empanelled as the National Business Correspondent for State Bank of India; Corporate Business Correspondent for Uttarakhand Gramin Bank; and Microfinance Agency for Punjab National Bank.

About BLS International

BLS International Services Ltd. is a trusted global tech-enabled services partner for governments and citizens, having an impeccable reputation for setting benchmarks in the domain of visa, passport, consular, citizen, e-governance, attestation, biometric, e-visa and retail services since 2005. The company is recognized as ‘Best under a Billion’ company” by Forbes Asia and ranked amongst Fortune India’s Next 500 companies.

The company works with over 46 client governments including Diplomatic Missions, Embassies & Consulates and leverages technology and processes that ensure data security. The Company now has an extensive network of more than 12,000 centres globally with a robust strength of over 15,000 employees and associates that provides consular, biometrics and citizen services. BLS has processed over 52 million applications till date globally.

BLS International adheres to ISO 9001:2015 certified for Quality Management Systems; ISO 27001:2013 certified for Information Security Management Systems; ISO 14001:2015 certified for Environmental Management Systems; ISO/ IEC 45001:2018 certified for Occupational Safety and Health; ISO / IEC 20000-1:2011 certified for IT Service Management; ISO 26000:2010 certified for Social Responsibility; ISO 23026:2015 certified for System Engineering and Management Requirements; ISO/IEC 28000:2017 certified for Supply Chain Management System; ISO/IEC 27002: 2013 certified for Management of Information Security; ISO 31000: 2018 certified for Risk Management; ISO 27001:2013 certified for Risk Management of Information.

BLS International is the only listed company in this domain with operations in 66 countries. BSE: 540073; NSE: BLS; MSE: BLS. Website: www.blsinternational.com

For Further information, please contact: BLS International

Vaishali Sharma Global Head – Corporate Communications Email: vaishali.s@blsinternational.net