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Razorpay sets up advisory board, ropes in former RBI dy governor as chair

Payment gateway and neo-banking platform Razorpay has roped in former RBI deputy governor NS Vishwanathan and former State Bank of India managing director Arijit Basu to lead its newly-formed advisory board. The founding independent members of the board also include retired civil servants -- Aruna Sundararajan, former Secretary, Ministries of Steel, IT, and Telecom, GoI (Member) and KP Krishnan, former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Member). The board has been set up to assist the fintech unicorn develop long-term strategies, anticipating challenges and suggesting mitigation measures, especially in the context of regulatory and compliance processes, Razorpay said in a statement. Razorpay is one of the leading fintech companies operating in India, serving over 10 million businesses across India. "As part of Razorpay's constant endeavour to enhance customer experience, the newly formed advisory board is founded with the singular vision of establishing

Razorpay sets up board for high standards of governance, compliance

The advisory board will periodically convene to review, analyse and provide recommendations and directions on both strategic and tactical levels

Chinese loan app case: Razorpay, fintech cos, NBFCs named in ED chargesheet

The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has filed a charge sheet against payment gateway Razorpay, three fintech companies controlled by Chinese nationals and as many NBFCs and some others in a money laundering probe linked to Chinese loan apps which allegedly cheated numerous people. The federal probe agency said in a statement that the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court based in Bengaluru has taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint (chargesheet). A total of seven entities and five individuals have been named as accused in the charge sheet. The accused entities include fintech companies Mad Elephant Network Technology Private Limited, Baryonyx Technology Private Limited and Cloud Atlas Future Technology Private Limited which are "controlled" by the Chinese nationals and three non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) registered with RBI named X10 Financial Services Private Limited, Track Fin-ed Private Limited and Jamnadas Morarjee Finance Private ...

RazorpayX launches forex service for founders, to empower 1,000 startups

With an annualised run rate of Rs 350 crore under this forex service to date, the company expects it to scale up by 3-4 times in the next financial year

Fintech firms Razorpay, Cashfree can't onboard new merchants for now

Razorpay said it was a temporary move and will not have any impact on its existing business operations and current merchants

RBI asks Razorpay, Cashfree to temporarily stop onboarding of new customers

The Reserve Bank of India has asked Razorpay and Cashfree to temporarily stop the onboarding of new customers for their payment processing business, according to a source. On the banking regulator's order, Razorpay said it is a temporary move and has no impact on Razorpay's existing business operations and current merchants. "RBI has issued an order a few days back asking Razorpay and Cashfree to stop customer onboarding," a source told PTI. No immediate comments were received from Cashfree. When contacted, Razorpay said it received in-principle approval from the RBI in July for a payment aggregator and payment gateway licence and the company is now required to share additional details with the RBI to aid in the final license process. "As part of this process, the RBI has requested us to temporarily withhold onboarding new online merchants till such details are submitted. As a responsible corporate that operates under the ambit of RBI, Razorpay has abided by the regulatory ...

Razorpay to allow merchants to accept credit card payments via UPI

Fintech platform Razorpay announced an industry-first move to enable merchants to accept credit card transactions on unified payments interface, as the digital payments landscape witnesses growth

A Rs 5,000 cr opportunity: Hinterland is Pine Labs' BNPL money-spinner

These include products like smartphones, wearables, large appliances, smart televisions, and washing machines

Hiring of permanent workers fell 61% in start-ups: RazorpayX Payroll report

Technology-related jobs have managed to marginally increase their contribution to the overall workforce by 4 per cent, while the hiring trend is slowing down in general

Chinese loan apps: ED freezes fresh deposits worth Rs 78 cr after raids

The ED on Friday said it has frozen fresh deposits worth Rs 78 crore following raids at the premises of payment gateway Razorpay and some banks as part of an ongoing money laundering probe against the alleged illegal operations of loan apps "controlled" by Chinese nationals. The searches were carried out at five premises in Bengaluru on October 19, the Enforcement Directorate said. The money laundering case stems from 18 FIRs filed by the cyber crime police station of Bengaluru police against numerous entities/persons for their involvement in extortion and harassment of the public who had availed small amounts of loans through the mobile apps being run by them. "These entities are controlled/operated by Chinese nationals. The modus operandi of these entities is to use forged documents of Indians and make them dummy directors and generate proceeds of crime. "It has come to notice that the said entities were doing their suspected/illegal business through various merchant IDs/accounts

Industry prepared for potential disruptions as tokenisation nears

industry insiders say, the success rate of token-based transactions is higher, but inadequate testing of certain use-cases may result in some transactions not going through

Razorpay acquires PoshVine, forays into loyalty and rewards management

Since 2016, PoshVine has been offering its loyalty-as-a-service product to over 20 leading banks and networks

Chinese loan apps: ED freezes Rs 46 cr kept in payment gateway accounts

The ED Friday said it has frozen Rs 46.67 crore funds of merchant entities kept in online payment gateway accounts of Easebuzz, Razorpay, Cashfree and Paytm following raids this week against a "Chinese-controlled" investment token app. The funds have been frozen under the anti-money laundering law. The latest action comes after the Enforcement Directorate (ED), earlier this month, raided the Bengaluru premises of Razorpay, Paytm and Cashfree over alleged irregularities in the operations of instant app-based loan-giving companies "controlled" by Chinese persons. Later, a seizure order for Rs 17 crore kept in their accounts was issued. The latest searches were launched on September 14 at multiple premises of the accused in Delhi, Mumbai, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Gaya in a money laundering case being probed against an app-based token called HPZ and related entities. Sixteen premises of banks and payment gateways in Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur and .

PhonePe tokenises 14 mn cards ahead of RBI's deadline of Sept 30

PhonePe said it is working with three major card networks, Visa, Mastercard, and RuPay, to meet the regulator's tokenisation deadline of September 30.

Chinese loan apps case: ED raids Razorpay, Paytm, Cashfree in Bengaluru

The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it is conducting raids at Bengaluru premises of online payment gateways like Razorpay, Paytm and Cashfree as part of an ongoing probe against "illegal" instant smartphone-based loans "controlled" by Chinese persons. The searches were launched Friday at six premises in Karnataka's capital city, it said in a statement. The search operation is in progress, the Enforcement Directorate said. The federal probe agency said it has seized Rs 17 crore worth funds kept in "merchant IDs and bank accounts of these Chinese persons-controlled entities", during the raids. The modus operandi of these entities is that they use forged documents of Indians and make them dummy directors leading to generation of "proceeds of crime", it alleged. "These entities are controlled/operated by Chinese persons," it said. "It has come to notice that the said entities were doing their suspected/illegal business through various merchant IDs/accounts held with payment ...

Top headlines: Indian economic growth by 2029, ED raids Paytm, and more

From India becoming third largest economy by 2029 to CBDT issuing refunds of over Rs 1.14 trn, here are the top headlines this evening

MCA mulls imposing fines on unicorns over delay in filing financials

Swiggy had delayed its FY21 result filing by 11 months and Ola Electric was at least 13 months late in filing the financials with the RoC

Razorpay acquires Ezetap for $200 mn; forays into offline payments

Ezetap serves 500,000 touchpoints, including the likes of Amazon and BigBasket, works closely with India's largest banks and it processes over $10 billion in annual transactions on its platform

Mswipe Technologies gets RBI approval for payment aggregator's licence

Joins companies allowed to manage and process merchants' online transactions

RBI gives payment aggregators another window till Sep to apply for licence

PAs should have a minimum net worth of Rs 15 crore as on March 31, 2022