Ajinkya Kawale

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The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, including a CCI nod, and comes as the Bengaluru-based fintech prepares for a potential initial public offering

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, including a CCI nod, and comes as the Bengaluru-based fintech prepares for a potential initial public offering

The fintech firm has shifted its digital lending operations to MDSPL after RBI approval and expects quarterly disbursals of more than Rs 1,000 crore.

Circle will connect Cred users with vetted experts across careers, money, wellness and relationships through text, audio or video at a flat fee of Rs 25 per minute

The spacetech firm will use the capital to deepen its product portfolio, invest in R&D, strengthen its team and expand across the Middle East and the Americas

Trained across four billion transactions and 3 trillion data points, Vulcan aims to improve payment success rates, detect fraud and personalise the checkout experience.

Sinha's three-year term to begin on Oct 1, Mittal to leave board on Sept 30

Proceeds from the proposed stake sale will go to Antfin under a 2023 agreement; Paytm said it is not a party to the transaction and Sharma's direct holding is unchanged

More than 85 per cent of India's $11.4 billion deeptech funding since 2015 was raised in the past six years, as the sector moved from early-stage proof points to commercial validation

Moved ahead of players such as Cred, Amazon Pay

Overall annual funding grew fivefold over four years, rising from $43 million across 12 rounds in 2021 to $200 million across 53 rounds in 2025

Cred and PhonePe raised $1 billion each during the five-year period, while Pine Labs, Razorpay and BharatPe were among the other major recipients of equity funding

The fintech expects at least 5 million users to get onboarded on the platform to access products like credit line on UPI or credit cards on UPI over the next five years, said Sumeet Basrani

Comes at a time when maintaining merchant relationships becomes a paramount priority

Paytm shares surged 10% after Bernstein raised its target price to ₹2,200, citing potential UPI merchant discount rates that could lift the fintech's payments margins from FY28

Apple Pay is set to launch in India by October, initially supporting Visa and Mastercard credit cards but not UPI, as Apple negotiates transaction fees with banks

The Ministry of Finance said UPI users will continue to pay no transaction charges, while a possible MDR could apply only to select merchant transactions above a threshold.

Flipkart-backed super.money expects its new commerce platform splitStore to contribute 20% of revenue by December through integrated shopping, lending and payments

The industry body said consumers and small merchants would remain protected from charges, while any merchant service fees would be commercial arrangements with payment providers