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The Indian financial sector has witnessed deals worth over $7 billion in the ongoing financial year, so far, with the latest one being the investment by a Blackstone-affiliate in private sector lender Federal Bank. The deal follows a host of large deals in RBL Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank that have taken place earlier this year, with marquee investors pumping in the big money.The Indian financial sector has witnessed deals worth over $7 billion in the ongoing financial year, so far, with the latest one being the investment by a Blackstone-affiliate in private sector lender Federal Bank. The deal follows a host of large deals that have taken place so far in the Indian financial sector, with marquee investors pumping in the big money. Here's a look at all of these transactions that have taken place:Federal Bank | The lender approved the issue of convertible warrants to a Blackstone affiliate for ₹6,196 crore for up to 9.99% stake. Federal Bank has approved the issue of 27.29 crore warrants, each carrying a right to subscribe to one fully paid-up equity shares of the bank at a price of ₹227 per share, which is nearly the same price at which the stock closed on Thursday.RBL Bank | The Federal Bank deal comes just on the heels of the largest investment in India's financial services sector, where Emirates-NBD announced over the weekend, that it would be investing ₹26,853 crore in RBL Bank for up to 60% stake, which will be inclusive of a mandatory open offer.Sammaan Capital | Earlier this month, Sammaan Capital announced that International Holding Company, based out of Abu Dhabi, will be investing $1 billion or ₹8,850 crore in the non-bank lender, through a preferential allotment of shares and warrants for up to 41% stake, which will also trigger a mandatory open offer for an additional 26%.Yes Bank | In May this year, SMBC or Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) of Japan, announced that it will acquire up to 20% stake in Yes Bank, from a consortium of lenders, who had rescued the bank from a liquidity crisis back in 2020. It later signed another definitive agreement to acquire another 4.2% stake, which would take its shareholding in the private lender to 24.2% for a total investment of nearly ₹15,000 crore.IDFC First Bank | Earlier this year, IDFC First Bank had announced that it has raised ₹7,500 crore through the issue of Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS) to Currant Sea Investments B.V., a unit of Warburg Pincus, while it raised another ₹2,624 crore from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Together, there was a stake dilution of 10% for this transaction.Shriram Finance | There are more deals in the pipeline as well. According to reports in the Economic Times, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks to be up to 20% stake in Nifty 50 constituent Shriram Finance for an investment of up to $2.6 billion. CNBC-TV18 has not independently verified the story.NewsLive TVMarketPopular CategoriesCalculatorsTrending NowLet's Connect with CNBCTV 18Network 18 Group :©TV18 Broadcast Limited. All rights reserved.