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ZestMoney founders resign weeks after PhonePe calls off to acquisition

In April, ZestMoney laid off 100 employees, or about 20 per cent of its workforce

Pincode clocks 5,000 daily orders on ONDC within month of launch

E-commerce app of fintech platform PhonePe says after Bengaluru it will be in more cities

PhonePe goes live with UPI LITE to enable low-value transactions

Feature enables faster, seamless transactions for low-value amounts of Rs 200 or less

PhonePe may forgo ZestMoney's $18 mn debt after failed acquisition: Report

ZestMoney is said to be in talks with some of its existing investors to raise separate equity capital, the report said

PhonePe plans to take on Google Play Store; to launch an app store

PhonePe also clarified that it would not like to put an exact timeline on it. The current focus is to build an app store

PhonePe raises $100 million additional funding from General Atlantic

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

PhonePe raises another $100 mn to expand into lucrative lending space

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

ZestMoney laying off 100 employees after deal with PhonePe fails

PhonePe in talks with BNPL firm to hire some staff left after acquisition talks fail

We should be allowed to charge for UPI: Worldline India's Ramesh Narasimhan

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

Indian startup funding dives 75% YoY to $2.8 bn in Q1 of CY 2023: Tracxn

Deal values dip sequentially as well; despite this India emerges as second-highest funded nation, behind the US

IPO only after achieving overall profitability: PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam

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

PhonePe launches shopping app for ONDC, marking e-commerce entry

Pincode will connect consumers to small merchants and neighbourhood stores, says fintech firm

ZestMoney looking to lay off employees after deal with PhonePe fails

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

Walmart-owned PhonePe calls off deal to acquire fintech startup ZestMoney

Lapses in due diligence, valuation disagreements, funding winter, tough regulatory environment, fintech slowdown being cited as reasons

PhonePe calls off deal to acquire BNPL platform ZestMoney: Report

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

Merchant payment via wallets on UPI to attract 1.1% interchange from Apr 1

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

PhonePe raises $200 mn additional funding from Walmart at $12 bn valuation

New funding is part of PhonePe's ongoing capital raise of up to $1 bn, following its domicile shift to India last year

PhonePe raises Rs 1,649 crore in additional funding from Walmart

PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech platforms, on Friday said it has raised an additional USD 200 million (around Rs 1,649 crore) in primary capital from Walmart, at a pre-money valuation of USD 12 billion. This new funding comes as a part of PhonePe's ongoing fundraise of up to USD 1 billion in capital, following its domicile shift to India last year. With this tranche, the company has raised USD 650 million (around Rs 5,360 crore) from several global investors, PhonePe said in a statement. The USD 12 billion pre-money valuation makes Walmart-owned PhonePe the most valuable fintech in the country, surpassing payment services provider, Razorpay which was last valued at USD 7.5 billion. PhonePe competes with Google Pay and Paytm. "The company expects further investments, which will be announced in due course," the statement said. "PhonePe plans to deploy these funds to build and scale new businesses like insurance, wealth management, lending, stockbroking, ONDC-based shopping an

Walmart's PhonePe seeks to raise $300-$400 mn from General Atlantic, others

The new investment is likely to close in a few weeks and help the payments firm compete with Google Pay, Paytm, and Amazon Pay in the Indian fintech space

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