chennai cholamandalam investment and finance company ltd chola the financial services arm of the murugappa group has partnered with service provider of lending and transaction banking solutions nucleus software to offer colending solution for customerscholas new colending business will allow the company in the process of partnering with various banks to target higher value loan segments such as construction equipment finance and heavy commercial vehicle finance colending also viewed to significantly bring down the cost of capital for the nbfc while helping partner banks to extend their reach to new customer segments business areas and locationsravindra kundu executive director cholamandalam investment and finance company limited said we strongly believe our colending partnerships with banks will help us garner market share in segments where pricing has been a constraint colending is a new direction for chola but we are confident that this will soon evolve into a very fruitful partnership model for banks and nbfcs nucleus software has been our trusted technology partner and their domain expertise ensured that we could roll out the colending business quickly despite its complexityanurag bhatia svp and global head core business nucleus software said chola enjoys a unique position in the industry today due to its strong focus on always putting customers first and reliance on an inherent value system we are confident that advanced digital technology will help the financial services industry recover faster from the impact of covid19