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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.
Regulator told Paytm Payments Bank last week to stop accepting new deposits in its accounts and digital wallets from March 1
Compliance to take centre-stage in fintech operations this year: Industry
Founders have called on the regulator to re-evaluate its directive and engage in dialogue with the fintech industry
This marks the third clarification issued by Paytm through exchange filings in just over two days
On Monday, media reports quoting sources claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was investigating if platforms run by OCL were involved in violations of FEMA
'Persistent non-compliance' by company, says order barring it from credit transactions or top-ups in customer accounts
Meanwhile, the company has cautioned against speculation on reasons that prompted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take action against Paytm Payments Bank
Cite challenges like settlement, change in platform fee
Paytm to pause lending operations for a few weeks to address partners' concerns; 30,000 slaes force already working with merchants
Paytm expects an impact on its annual Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) in the range of Rs 300 to Rs 500 crore
RBI's Digital Payments Index comprises five broad parameters that measure the penetration of digital payments in the country over different time periods
The deal is valued at around $4.5 billion and includes spare engines and a services contract
Spotting fake lending apps and reporting online financial fraud will be part of Fintech Suraksha
The airline started the commercial operations of its first A350 aircraft on January 22, with a flight from Mumbai to Chennai
InCred Finance, a non-banking financial company (NBFC), said its loan portfolio is spread across segments such as consumer loans, education loans, and small and medium enterprise (SME) lending
The company said the product aims to reduce the settlement time for cash-on-delivery (CoD) orders by up to 90 per cent and improve daily sales by 40 per cent
The company had raised $6 million in its Series A round previously in the financial year 2021
After selling a 2 per cent stake in the fintech company, SoftBank's total shareholding has come down to 5.06 per cent. The company held a 13.24 per cent stake in February 2023
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