The functionality will be available to any UPI user who wants to use their NFC-enabled Android smartphone to transact using any Pine Labs Android POS terminal across the country
Pine Labs serves large, mid-sized and small merchants across India and Southeast Asia, and is expanding its Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering in Southeast Asia.
Valuation not disclosed, though one report put the figure at $5 bn
More than 5,000 merchants are presently on the Qfix platform including educational institutions, governments and clubs
Labs Pvt, an Asian digital payments provider backed by Sequoia India and Mastercard Inc., is moving ahead with preparations for a US listing and seeks to raise about $500 million
In 2021, Pine Labs had raised a total round size of $600 million from a marquee set of new investors
Service announced in line with central bank's new data security guidelines coming into effect from January 1
Firm says its 'Plural' platform is built to disrupt payments gateway space, make offline-to-online shift easier for merchant base and other online businesses
Company says it now plans to disrupt the payments space through a suite of online payment products focused on speed, security, and user experience
Earlier in July, the company had raised a total round size of $600 million and brought in a marquee set of new investors, which took its valuation to $3 billion
The point-of-sale machine has evolved from a mere swiping facility to a tool used by merchants for inventory management, bookkeeping and more
With the current close, the valuation of the firm stands at $3 billion.
Close on the heels of a USD 285-million investment round, fintech major Pine Labs may raise additional funds in the coming weeks according to company official.
Company offers merchants payment technology and working capital; it started as a retail solutions player in petroleum.
Malaysia-based company Fave, which provides QR payments and loyalty cashback to restaurants and retailers, has enabled 6 million consumers in Southeast Asia to save over $400 million since 2016
With AllTap, small merchants who aren't ready to invest in a traditional point-of-sale terminal can immediately start accepting digital payments on their NFC-enabled smartphone
Funding makes it country's most valued fintech after Paytm and PhonePe. Pine Labs silent on deal size, industry sources put it at $75-100 million
Pine Labs processes payments of $30 billion per year and serves some 150,000 merchants across about 450,000 network points in Asia.
The company plans to considerably scale up its Android POS network in 2020-21 to 1.5 lakh machines and diversify into newer industries
PhonePe has received Rs 697.9 crore from its parent entity PhonePe Pvt Ltd while Pine Labs has raised about Rs 707 crore through a rights issue to its parent entity, Pine Labs Pte. Ltd