Indian Fintech

Fintechs capture 76% of personal loans as banks slowdown in H1 FY25

Banks experienced a 21 per cent drop in the volume of personal loans sanctioned, accompanied by a 30 per cent decline in loan value year-on-year, according to a new report

India ranks 3rd in global fintech funding despite 33% drop in 2024: Report

India ranked third globally in terms of funding received in the fintech segment despite a decline of 33 per cent on a year-over-year basis to USD 1.9 billion in 2024, market intelligence firm Tracxn said in a report on Monday. The sector witnessed a decline in funding, driven by a broader slowdown in demand and geopolitical headwinds, Tracxn's Annual India fintech report 2024 said. "The fintech sector experienced a notable decline in funding in 2024, with a total of USD 1.9 billion raised. This represents a 33 per cent decrease from the USD 2.8 billion secured in 2023. The Indian fintech ecosystem has solidified its position as one of the top three globally funded fintech ecosystems in 2024, trailing only the US and the UK," the report said. The sector had raised USD 5.6 billion in 2022. The highest funding of USD 805 during 2024 was received by the sector in the third quarter which was 61 per cent higher on a year-over-year (Y-o-Y) basis. Additionally, 59 per cent of the total

Fintech Tide eyes a million MSMEs by 2025-end, launch new solutions

SME-focused business financial platform Tide looks to onboard 5 lakh MSMEs to reach 10 lakh members by December 2025 on the back of new AI-powered solutions, a top company official said on Thursday. Tide has crossed 5 lakh MSMEs (members) on its platform within two years after its market entry, Tide in India CEO Gurjodhpal Singh said in a statement. Our goal is to welcome another 500,000 small businesses to Tide by December 2025. To make this happen, we're expanding our range of financial tools using advanced technology to tackle the latest business challenges, Singh said. We're focusing on smarter AI-powered financial insights, stronger connections with India's growing digital payment systems, and new features to make managing finances and admin even easier, he added. Tide plans to offer new products like savings and investments, tailored insurance plans, easy access to formal credit, simplified Udyam registration, hassle-free GST filing and advanced payment acceptance solutions.

OfBusiness plans to invest Rs 3000 cr in next 3 yrs to ramp up steel biz

OfBusiness, a b2b commerce and fintech startup, is looking to invest about Rs 3,000 crore into doubling its steel business to more than 4MTPA in the next three years. The company has acquired three steel firms -- SMW Ispat, Shree Sidhbali Ispat and Noble Steel -- in the past and the expansion is lined up in all the three companies. "We are looking forward to investing close to USD 350 million, about Rs 3,000 crore, to scale up our steel business from the current 2 million tonne to more than 4 million tonne in the next 3 years. This is also expected to sharply increase the sector EBITDA to 2.5x from the current level. The funding will be a combination of internal accruals and debt & equity financing," Co-Founder and CEO Asish Mohapatra said. The company supplies steel to companies such as L&T, Adani, J Kumar, Dilip Buildcon, Ashoka Buildcon. OfBusiness also plans to get into new categories such as pre-painted galvanised iron (PPGI) adding onto thermo-mechanically treated (TMT)

Cred-owned Spenny eyes stock broking licence to rival Zerodha, Groww

With 13 million users, Kunal Shah's Cred looks to diversify revenues, complementing payments, lending, and wealth management services

A litmus test for fintech IPOs as MobiKwik inches closer to listing

After Paytm's disappointing performance after listing in 2021, the markets have evolved and the fintech ecosystem has matured with greater regulatory clarity from the RBI

M2P Fintech raises Rs 850 crore in series D, valuation at Rs 6,550 crore

The capital raised in the latest funding round will be utilised to strengthen its operations in India and grow its international footprint, particularly in Africa, the company said

Stashfin parent AKARA Capital lists first Rs 10,000 face value NCDs on BSE

This follows a July 2024 Sebi amendment lowering the minimum face value of debt securities from Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 10,000, expanding retail investment opportunities

Global Fintech Fest highlights: India's fintech revolution is improving financial inclusion, says PM

PM Modi at Global Fintech Fest highlights: Catch all the news developments here

Fintech has democratised financial services, success unmatched: PM Modi

Companies have 'amazing innovations' to create trust among people, he says

India sees nearly 2x surge in fintech IPO filings over the past five years

IPO filings have surged, nearly doubling from an average of 75 per year in 2018-2019 to 120-140 annually between 2021 and 2023, according to a new report

Navi Finserv closes $38 mn personal loan securitisation deal with JP Morgan

Navi Finserv on Tuesday said it has closed a USD 38 million (about Rs 315 crore) personal loans securitisation deal with J P Morgan. The transaction structured in the form of pass-through certificates (PTC) will be backed by a pool of unsecured personal loans, originated and serviced by Navi Finserv, the NBFC firm prompted by Sachin Bansal said in a statement. This is J P Morgan's first pass-through certificate transaction in the fintech space in India and the first unsecured personal loans backed PTC transaction in India, it said. Navi Finserv will use the funds to expand further and grow its digital personal loans business, it said, adding, digital lending is accelerating in India and constitutes a significant portion of the overall Indian fintech market. Market share is expected to rise to 60 per cent of the total fintech market by 2030, fueled by increasing smartphone penetration, internet usage, and the need for faster and convenient loan disbursals, it said. Navi Finserv's .

RBI finalises framework for self-regulatory organisations in fintech sector

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

Pine Labs gets approval from Singapore court to relocate base to India

Pine Labs' decision to shift domicile follows a broader trend among fintech firms like PhonePe and Groww, which have also moved their bases back to India

Zeta eyes 50% of $1 trn credit line on UPI banking tech opportunity by 2030

Zeta was founded by serial entrepreneurs Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015

Fintechs lead small-ticket loans' volume with 77% market share: Study

On the value front, fintechs cornered 29 per cent of small ticket loans disbursed in FY18, which rose to 51 per cent in FY24 (till September 2023)

TMS Ep639: FM-fintech meet, house rent, space-related stocks, Munich accord

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Experts suggest regulatory review to boost fintechs, ease compliance burden

With fintech sector gaining size and scale, there is a need to relook at the regulatory policies and guidelines to give further impetus to financial inclusion drive and penetration of financial products to the bottom of the pyramid, experts said. The fintech space has revolutionalised the financial sector in the country. It has also helped to a great extent in formalising the Indian economy, but the recent incident of Reserve Bank's action on Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) left a section of industry perplexed. Post the RBI's action, a section of the industry expressed sentiment that the regulatory environment, instead of nurturing innovation, could impede the progress of fintech companies. It is being said that technology-led companies have always been ahead of regulations and regulations do catching up. The purpose of creating a payments bank was to serve an unserved and under-served population of India with a min-KYC and full KYC accounts with a credit limit of Rs 2 lakh only. "T

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Fintech personal loan disbursal up from 1.1 mn to 41.6 mn in 5 years: FACE

Similarly, the value of loans has increased from Rs 5,907 crore to Rs 40,845 crore during the same time