Bharti in talks over Zain understanding funding: SBI

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - State Bank of India (SBI.BO), India"s largest lender, is in talks with Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) over the telecoms firm"s funding to acquire the African assets of Kuwaiti firm Zain (ZAIN.KW), SBI"s chairman said on Wednesday.

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SBI Chairman O.P. Bhatt was speaking on the sidelines of a banking technology summit.

(Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Surojit Gupta)

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