Warburg-backed Avanse is said to mull IPO delay on US visa rules

Avanse Financial Services, the Warburg Pincus-backed education financing firm, is weighing a delay in its planned IPO amid slowing loan demand caused by stricter US visa rules, according to people familiar with the matter. The Mumbai-based lender may wait for overseas loan demand to improve before resuming the share sale, though deliberations are ongoing and no final decision has been taken.