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Ajinkya Kawale

Ajinkya Kawale

Ajinkya Kawale

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.

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WazirX suffers security breach; digital assets worth $234 million swindled

WazirX confirmed the security breach on X. The firm has temporarily paused customer withdrawals

WazirX suffers security breach; digital assets worth $234 million swindled
Updated On : 19 Jul 2024 | 12:53 AM IST

Fintech Budget wishlist: Simplified tax structures, regulatory clarity

Fintech players have called for a lower TDS for startups to ease working capital challenges

Fintech Budget wishlist: Simplified tax structures, regulatory clarity
Updated On : 17 Jul 2024 | 11:20 PM IST

OIa founder calls to create India's own AI stack, use DPI to build datasets

To be leaders on the AI front, Aggarwal elucidated that the country needs the government and the industry to adopt AI applications

OIa founder calls to create India's own AI stack, use DPI to build datasets
Updated On : 17 Jul 2024 | 9:09 PM IST

Paytm gets Sebi warning for transactions with banking unit, defends itself

Company says it's committed to 'highest compliance standards' after regulator flags related party transactions with Paytm Payments Bank in FY22

Paytm gets Sebi warning for transactions with banking unit, defends itself
Updated On : 16 Jul 2024 | 11:51 PM IST

Mumbai airport passenger traffic rises 7.7% in first quarter of FY24

The rise in passenger traffic comes during major holiday months when people travel during the summer season in India

Mumbai airport passenger traffic rises 7.7% in first quarter of FY24
Updated On : 16 Jul 2024 | 5:22 PM IST

GenZ prefers personal loans; millennials go for credit cards, shows data

Out of the total loans disbursed, digital lending has increased from 1.8 per cent in financial year 2022 (FY22) to 2.5 per cent in FY24

GenZ prefers personal loans; millennials go for credit cards, shows data
Updated On : 15 Jul 2024 | 11:34 PM IST

Major credit card issuers go live on Bharat Bill Payment Systems platform

Issuers live on the platform cater to 80-85% customers

Major credit card issuers go live on Bharat Bill Payment Systems platform
Updated On : 12 Jul 2024 | 11:44 PM IST

Domestic mutual funds increase stake in Paytm, firm's FDI dips by 2%

The shareholding of foreign portfolio investors was pegged at 20.5 per cent in Q1FY25, a 0.16 per cent decline from Q4FY24

Domestic mutual funds increase stake in Paytm, firm's FDI dips by 2%
Updated On : 12 Jul 2024 | 10:27 PM IST

TCS Q1 results: Net profit up 8.7%, margins rise despite salary hike

TCS meets estimates, but macro challenges persist; AI, genAI pipeline doubles

TCS Q1 results: Net profit up 8.7%, margins rise despite salary hike
Updated On : 11 Jul 2024 | 11:16 PM IST

NPCI International partners with Qatar National Bank to launch UPI

In June, NIPL inked an agreement with the central bank of Peru to develop a UPI-like payment system in the South American country

NPCI International partners with Qatar National Bank to launch UPI
Updated On : 11 Jul 2024 | 9:24 PM IST

Paytm Payments Bank appoints ex-IDBI Bank executive Arun Bansal as new CEO

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had approved Bansal's appointment as the MD and CEO of the payments bank, he communicated on June 20 to IDBI Bank

Paytm Payments Bank appoints ex-IDBI Bank executive Arun Bansal as new CEO
Updated On : 10 Jul 2024 | 8:05 PM IST

Cash continues to rule small-sized transactions less than Rs 500: Survey

Use of credit rises with increase in transaction value

Cash continues to rule small-sized transactions less than Rs 500: Survey
Updated On : 09 Jul 2024 | 10:37 PM IST

'We do not worry about (UPI) market share', says Amazon Pay India CEO

When asked if the regulator has been asking them to increase market share, Bansal said the need is to focus on growing the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ecosystem

'We do not worry about (UPI) market share', says Amazon Pay India CEO
Updated On : 09 Jul 2024 | 10:35 PM IST

MobiKwik wallet numbers rise as banking players go through downturn

Among the non-bank players, MobiKwik had about 134.1 million wallets in January, which rose 2 per cent to 136.8 million in May, ranking the company second in terms of wallet numbers

MobiKwik wallet numbers rise as banking players go through downturn
Updated On : 08 Jul 2024 | 10:51 PM IST

HC orders social media platforms to ban accounts misusing Razorpay's name

The Delhi High Court's order includes measures such as suspension of access to domain names operated by unknown entities involved in these scams

HC orders social media platforms to ban accounts misusing Razorpay's name
Updated On : 08 Jul 2024 | 7:16 PM IST

Banks should be prepared for providing credit through UPI: Zeta CEO APAC

We believe that the UPI transaction volume, using one or another form of credit, would be $1 trillion by the end of 2030, she says

Banks should be prepared for providing credit through UPI: Zeta CEO APAC
Updated On : 07 Jul 2024 | 10:11 PM IST

We could have done better, no secret about it: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma

In January this year, the banking regulator placed crippling restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank citing persistent non-compliance at the bank

We could have done better, no secret about it: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Updated On : 06 Jul 2024 | 5:21 PM IST

Fintech funding down 59% to $795 million in H1 2024: Tracxn report

But India's fintech funding market continued to remain amongst the top three globally

Fintech funding down 59% to $795 million in H1 2024: Tracxn report
Updated On : 05 Jul 2024 | 10:40 PM IST

Airtel PB records 49% dip in wallet numbers despite Paytm PB's downturn

The company however has registered a steady increase in transaction volumes

Airtel PB records 49% dip in wallet numbers despite Paytm PB's downturn
Updated On : 05 Jul 2024 | 10:11 PM IST

BBPS-credit card activation: Banks expect 3-4 weeks' leeway for integration

IBA liaising with regulator; issuers put in place systems to go live on BBPS

BBPS-credit card activation: Banks expect 3-4 weeks' leeway for integration
Updated On : 04 Jul 2024 | 11:51 PM IST