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Ajinkya Kawale is a correspondent with Business Standard, specialising in the emerging fintech industry in India. He has also covered agrarian distress in Maharashtra and political developments during the Lok Sabha election season. He holds a postgraduate degree in multimedia journalism from Christ University in Bengaluru. He is a keen follower of India's infotainment space on YouTube and other OTT platforms, apart from non-fiction and biographies in their printed versions.
Ajinkya Kawale is a correspondent with Business Standard, specialising in the emerging fintech industry in India. He has also covered agrarian distress in Maharashtra and political developments during the Lok Sabha election season. He holds a postgraduate degree in multimedia journalism from Christ University in Bengaluru. He is a keen follower of India's infotainment space on YouTube and other OTT platforms, apart from non-fiction and biographies in their printed versions.
The firm has a presence across 16 states with over 400 branches. Its current assets under management are pegged at Rs 3,000 crore
Cashfree Payments joins a growing list of PPI providers. At present, the banking regulator has issued these licences to 46 entities
Near-term outlook remains challenging as supply outpaces demand
The Delhi-based fintech launched digital gold in partnership with Safegold, enabling customers to purchase and sell gold digitally
The merger process was completed over one year after the bank received a no-objection certificate from the Reserve Bank of India
A priority for the company is scaling its payments beyond current levels by acquiring new customers, launching new products, and focusing on offline merchant acquisition
The decline in WazirX's holdings comes as the firm undergoes restructuring after a cyberattack led to the theft of over $230 million in July
The empanelled agencies include sites and firms such as data centres, startups, and cloud service providers
The approval may lead to an increase in company's UPI transaction volumes
P2P platforms enable lenders to earn interest income, though with the risk of delay or default by borrowers
One97 Communications announces consolidated profit of Rs 928.3 crore in Q2
WazirX, which is staring at liabilities worth $546.5 million, transferred $72.13 million worth of crypto to Bybit and $1.5 million funds to Kucoin, Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO, CoinSwitch, said
About 10 per cent of company's revenue comes from government subsidies on digital payments
The ban on sanction and disbursement for its partner DMI Finance would be effective from October 21, as per the RBI directive
The fintech company plans to deepen its reach in underserved markets and improve its technology with the latest capital infusion
Revenue for the March quarter was marginally down by 1 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 22,300 crore
WazirX, which is facing liabilities amounting to $546.5 million, had floated a user poll to measure potential interest in its moratorium application
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu also said the Mumbai police have arrested a minor responsible for issuing bomb threats targeting three flights
The company said that its cash burn was reduced by 85 per cent on a Y-o-Y basis
In 2024, the total consumption spending for Indians was pegged at $2 trillion, out of which GenZ cornered 43 per cent or about $860 billion