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LIC's holding in listed companies at all-time low, BharatPe plans to disburse Rs 14,000 cr in business loans, and other top news of the day

Practo, BharatPe and Grofers in line to be the next Indian unicorns

Currently, there are 48 Indian start-ups valued at $1 billion or more, and Paytm is the most valuable start-up at $16 billion, according to the Venture Intelligence data

India's next 35 unicorns may include Practo, BharatPe, Eruditus, Vedantu

The vibrant startup ecosystem is working to boost the investment environment in India both from domestic and global investors, according to consulting firm Praxis Global Alliance

BharatPe registers 106 million monthly UPI transactions in March

Fintech company BharatPe on Monday said it has clocked 106 million transactions in the UPI QR payments category in March, and aims to grow UPI payments by three times in 2021-22. The company recorded USD 830 million worth of transactions (USD 10 billion annualised) in March 2021, according to a statement. BharatPe continued its trend of outgrowing the market with an 8.8 per cent market share, it added. "Over the last 12 months, BharatPe has grown exponentially and has been able to establish itself as one of the fastest-adopted payment systems in the UPI person-to-merchant (P2M) segment. "The company has recorded a growth of 7x in volume of UPI transactions from April 2020 to March 2021," it said. Additionally, its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments vertical grew 23.7 per cent from February to March 2021. "The pandemic accelerated the growth of digital payments in the country. In fact, we saw all our business verticals grow manifold over the last one year. We outgrew the ma

BharatPe plans to lend Rs 7,000 cr, become 'bank for all' small businesses

Sequoia-backed firm, which is set to become the next unicorn, provides payments technology and digital lending to traditional businesses.

BharatPe facilitates Rs 1,000 crore loan disbursal in fiscal 2021

The firm said it has already surpassed its target of facilitating disbursal of Rs 1,000 crores of business loans to its merchant partners

BharatPe gives 80x returns to investors as valuation tops $900 mn

The Delhi-based fintech company has already returned Rs 102 cr cash to its secondary investors as against the initial angel round of Rs 1.9 cr

BharatPe set to become next unicorn after valuation crosses $900 mn

The fintech firm, which competes with players like Pine Labs, Paytm and Mswipe, provides payment technology and digital lending for offline businesses, including kiranas

BharatPe raises Rs 786 crore in Series D funding at Rs 6,552 cr valuation

The company has raised $90 million (over 655 crore) in primary fund raise, and ensured secondary exit for its angel investors and employees for a total amount of $18 million (nearly Rs 131 crore)

Fintech firm BharatPe raises Rs 50 crore debt from Trifecta Capital

Trifecta Capital is a venture debt firm

BharatPe raises Rs 139 crore in debt from Alteria Capital, ICICI Bank

BharatPe said it has raised Rs 139 crore in debt from venture debt firm Alteria Capital and ICICI Bank that will be used to strengthen its lending business and provide credit to merchants

BharatPe to raise over Rs 5,000 crore in debt funding in next 2 years

Financial Technology firm BharatPe on Wednesday said it plans to raise over Rs 5,000 crore in debt funding in next 2 years to build its lending business

Centrum-BharatPe, Liberty group in race for beleaguered PMC Bank

Deal could mark the entry of corporates into UCBs

Fintech company BharatPe aims to become a bank for small merchants

The firm, which provides technology and digital lending for offline businesses including kiranas, has witnessed $2-billion annualised business transactions for its POS segment in just three months

BharatPe plans to reach 65 cities by Dec end, add 3 mn merchants in FY21

The company will be rolling out an interoperable UPI QR with zero transaction fees, and its recently launched zero-rental, zero-fees card acceptance machine BharatSwipe

BharatPe introduces digital gold product on its platform for merchants

Merchant payment platform BharatPe on Tuesday said it has introduced digital gold product on its platform for merchants in association with Safegold

BharatPe aims Rs 1,000 cr loan disbursal to merchants this fiscal

BharatPe has recorded disbursal of over Rs 80 crore in September 2020 and facilitated loan disbursals to the tune of Rs 150 crore through its partners in the September quarter

Fintech firm BharatPe appoints Suhail Sameer as first group president

BharatPe claimed that it serves over 4 million merchants across 35 cities, and grew its business by 30 times in 2019. The company claims to have disbursed over 35,000 loans worth Rs 175 crore

Fintech firm BharatPe focused on offline shop-owners raises Rs 350 crore

Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Beenext Capital and Insight Partners also participated

BharatPe raises $15.5 mn in funding from Insight Partners, Sequoia, Beenext

The company is working towards driving the adoption of UPI among merchants, and has established operations in 11 cities including Indore, Bhopal, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Jaipur