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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 company, which rolled out its beta version in June, has processed about 10 million transactions to date
The buyer applications include Easypay, Paisabazaar, Tata Digital, Invoicepe, Cliniq360, Zyapaar, Indipe, Tyreplex, and Paynearby
The option also allows merchants on PhonePe's Payment Gateway to offer customers an additional payment option at the time of checkout
This comes as the company refocuses on its core payments and financial services business
Kini is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in commerce
This comes after One97 Communications, the company operating Paytm brand, handed pink slips to employees in the March quarter of FY24
The platform has supported over 5,000 accounts, including escrows, and processed more than 50 million transactions
Smaller fintechs gain traction as top UPI apps near 30% market cap limit
Merchants on the fintech platform can avail of two-wheeler loans up to Rs 2.5 lakh from OTO Capital, with a repayment period ranging between 12 and 48 months
With 1059% growth, India's AA ecosystem is the fastest growing open finance ecosystem in the world
The firm had posted its first-ever consolidated profit of Rs 3 crore during the first quarter of financial year 2024 (Q1 FY24)
"In the long run, the payments ecosystem has to be viable in a country of our scale," said Bulusu
The development comes as the Singapore-based digital payments company is shifting its domicile back to India. The cost of the reverse flipping could not be ascertained
But Liminal Custody stresses its systems weren't compromised
Bulusu explains the rationale behind the need for merchant discount rate (MDR) for UPI, the company's focus on Indian languages, and credit strategy
In the fintech sector, we focus a lot on feature development. While doing so, specifically in India, the regulation and the market landscape is constantly changing, he says
Use of AI can reduce drug discovery costs, achieve faster time to market, and improve clinical success
The fine print in WazirX's user agreement limits the options available for dispute resolution
Registers as reporting entity with FIU
At present, the Sachin Bansal-founded fintech company has introduced the offering to a closed group of select users. It plans to launch it to a wider user base based on feedback