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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.
In Dec, Business Standard reported that Paytm was rationalising its employee cost structure, which includes revising its hiring strategy, focusing on contract employees
The Mumbai-based Fino Payments Bank has appointed Anita Sudhir Pai and Neeta Mukerji as additional directors in the capacity of independent directors of the bank
Perfios helps financial institutions with processes such as origination, onboarding, decisioning, underwriting, and monitoring
It shows 57% prefer accessing internet in Indian languages
Fintechs accounted for 50% of the loan volumes disbursed with a ticket size less than Rs 1,00,000 in FY18
At the end of December 2023 quarter, Rakesh Gangwal directly held 11.72 per cent stake in the company, the shareholding pattern data shows
Number of participants on BBPS to go up with participation of PAs
The banking regulator said its NEFT system has registered a growth of 700 per cent in terms of the volume of transactions in the past ten years
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma owns 51 per cent of Paytm Payments Bank, while the remaining 49 per cent is owned by One97 Communications Ltd (OCL)
The MDR on UPI payments has been a longstanding demand from the fintech industry, asserting they don't generate revenue from such transactions
The updated framework for an RS also requires sandbox entities to ensure compliance with provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Semiconductors emerging as 'big sector' in country as more investments come in, he says
The Bengaluru-headquartered company is expected to announce its international plans over the next couple of months
Meanwhile, he explained that India needs to have a culture of research and development (R&D) with more number of deeptech innovators and founders at startups
The growth of the internet user base is decelerating, according to the report titled "Internet in India 2023" published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Kantar
The finance minister added that companies must ensure strict compliance and adherence with regulations
The company has planned expansions into South East Asia and West Asia
The company added that the authorisation from the banking regulator would enable it to strengthen its distribution channels
The development comes weeks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed severe restrictions on the payments bank's operations
Paytm may be absent from the meeting