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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.
WazirX lost about 45 per cent of its crypto assets to the security breach. People privy to the discussions say North Korea has been mentioned
The transaction between the two firms, structured in the form of pass-through certificates (PTC), will be backed by a pool of unsecured personal loans. It will be originated and serviced by the NBFC
Company announced launch of first NFC card soundbox
India is among 36 countries where the CBDC is currently in the pilot stage. RBI started the CBDC pilot during the end of 2022
WazirX will socialise the loss and distribute its impact across all the users on the platform
The RBI's action on KYC non-compliance comes as the regulator has been cautious about lapses in these procedures
The banking regulator received 22 applications for this cohort of the regulatory sandbox
The stock price surged on the back of reports claiming that the company had received the government nod to invest Rs 50 crore in its associate entity Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL)
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IndiGo informed passengers about delays while advising them to check their flight status
An SRO is a non-governmental organisation that acts as a bridge between industry players and the regulator. It also sets standards for the conduct of entities operating in the country
The new Cred product will be rolled out to its members in phases starting Thursday, making it one of the first fintechs to launch the offering
A lot of interest in joining an open network also boils down to how operational costs can be brought down in lending businesses. NBFCs and fintech could drive credit innovation on open networks
Fintech will provide point-of-sale and card machines to the private sector lender
The Bengaluru-based company is one of the first non-banks to receive the PA-CB licence, according to the RBI's website
The firm said about 60% of the total debt funding raised during the first six months of 2024 came from new debt investors
Nearly one out of two transactions on the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)-run UPI are processed on fintech major PhonePe's platform
The disclosure on KYC costs comes as the RBI has been cautious about KYC risks and has emphasised well-defined norms for market players
Sector move towards data-based lending instead of 'judgement-based lending', it says
As many as 67 per cent respondents expect to use the technology in two to five years