Walmart-owned fintech firm PhonePe saw its annualised total payments volume cross $1 trillion in Q1
ZestMoney's founders have resigned, several weeks after fintech giant PhonePe decided to halt its proposed acquisition of the buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform
The report citing sources added that e-commerce platform Flipkart is also hopping on the bandwagon and has started its work for UPI offerings
In April, ZestMoney laid off 100 employees, or about 20 per cent of its workforce
E-commerce app of fintech platform PhonePe says after Bengaluru it will be in more cities
Feature enables faster, seamless transactions for low-value amounts of Rs 200 or less
ZestMoney is said to be in talks with some of its existing investors to raise separate equity capital, the report said
PhonePe also clarified that it would not like to put an exact timeline on it. The current focus is to build an app store
This new funding is part of PhonePe's ongoing fundraise of up to $1 billion in capital, following its domicile shift to India last year
With the latest round, PhonePe, India's most valuable payments firm with an estimated value of $12 billion, has raised $650 million across four tranches from its backers, including Tiger Global
PhonePe in talks with BNPL firm to hire some staff left after acquisition talks fail
In a Q&A, the company's CEO dwells on the huge opportunity the payments business provides in India and why there is a sudden rush to acquire an aggregator licence
Deal values dip sequentially as well; despite this India emerges as second-highest funded nation, behind the US
We have raised $650 million as part of PhonePe's ongoing fundraise of up to $1 billion, said Sameer Nigam, CEO and founder of PhonePe
Pincode will connect consumers to small merchants and neighbourhood stores, says fintech firm
ZestMoney founders held a town hall on March 30 and informed employees about layoffs across depts, say sources; not known yet how many would be asked to go
Lapses in due diligence, valuation disagreements, funding winter, tough regulatory environment, fintech slowdown being cited as reasons
The main reasons the deal fell out were lapses in due diligence, disagreement over valuation, sustainability of the business and the platform's shareholding structure
As NPCI seeks to integrate digital wallets on the UPI platform is expected to be positive for Paytm, which has a 60 per cent share in wallets
New funding is part of PhonePe's ongoing capital raise of up to $1 bn, following its domicile shift to India last year