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Peak XV Partners-backed Pine Labs Eyeing $1 Billion IPO in India

If this plan goes ahead, Pine Labs' IPO will become the biggest by an Indian fintech firm after Paytm operator One97 Communications raised about USD 2.5 billion in 2021

By Paromita Gupta

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Fintech Startups Welcome RBI’s SRO Framework

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Singapore-based ThinKuvate Launches INR 100 Cr Maiden India Fund

By Paromita Gupta

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The First Choice Lender: Karthikeyan Krishnaswamy, Co-founder and CTO, KreditBee

By Punita Sabharwal

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The Digital Payment Provider: Anirban Mukherjee, CEO, PayU

Its payments business is one of the largest, fastest growing and profitable businesses in India among non-banking players

By Punita Sabharwal

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The Startup Financer: Sameer Mahajan, Co-Founder & CBO, StrideOne

His and the financial service provider's aim is clear: to forge partnerships with founders across categories, sectors and geographies, providing a blend of financial solutions and technical expertise to foster inclusive entrepreneurship

By Paromita Gupta

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The Cross-Border Banker: Virender Bisht, Co-founder and CTO, Niyo

FY23 has been phenomenal for Bisht and the startup as its revenue surged 2.8X to INR 139 crore

By Paromita Gupta

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Assessing the Future of Fintech

The future of fintech in the current times seems to be a very bright and positive prospect, simply because of the size of the market that is yet to be penetrated. Avenues such as financing and insurance enjoy the fact that there has been a decent amount of growth with only a minor percentage of the market penetrated

By Prince Kariappa

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The SME Lender: Manish Lunia, Co- Founder, Flexiloans

Having faced events such as Demonetization, GST, IL&FS Crisis, and Covid-19, Lunia and the startup believe that in every crisis there is a hidden opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon

By Paromita Gupta

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Insurance Simplifier: Dhirendra Mahyavanshi, CEO and Co-founder, Turtlemint

The company aims to broaden its range of products and expand its partnerships with enterprises in India and in Middle East and Southeast Asia

By Priya Kapoor

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The Trusted Compliance Partner: Archit Gupta, Founder and CEO, Clear

In its commitment to simplifying complex finance operations, especially electronic invoicing (as an official IRP, the company manages e-invoicing requirements across enterprise segments), Clear has expanded to the Middle East as well, particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

By Priya Kapoor

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The Working Capital Provider: Manish Kumar, CEO and Founder, KredX

Prior to his venture, Kumar worked with various banks and financial institutions, investing a significant portion of his time in the financial services space

By Paromita Gupta

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Swiss Venture Capital Firm 14Peaks Capital Closes First Fund at USD 30 Mn

The Switzerland-based VC firm invests at the earliest stages (from pre-seed to series A) in B2B SaaS companies, with a specific interest in fintech and the future of work.

By Paromita Gupta

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Master Trader: Deb Mukherjee, Founder and CEO, Wisdom Capital

Mukherjee is bullish on AI and is of the view that as AI technology evolves, its applications in fintech are expected to expand further, driving efficiency and enhancing decision-making capabilities

By Paromita Gupta

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SafexPay: The Payment Resolver

With the aim of focusing on handling payment-related difficulties, Mumbai-based SafexPay was founded in 2017 by Ravi Gupta.

By Minakshi Sangwan

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5 Lessons I Learnt As An Entrepreneur Over The Last Decade

Co-Founder and CEO of Paisabazaar shares some insights he gained while building PaisaBazaar that hopefully would help young entrepreneurs starting

By Naveen Kukreja

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The Credit Infra Partner

With cutting-edge platforms like DeviceConnect, FinBox has facilitated over 10 billion credit decisions for large NBFCs and lenders.

By Priyanka Tanwer

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Plum: The Lifelong Fintech

Plum is the leading insurtech platform in India, offering more than 3500 organizations business insurance and group health insurance solutions. Additionally, it just unveiled "e-imburse," a digitally first approach to reimbursement claims.

By Kavya Pillai

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Fintech Player CIFDAQ Enters Indian Market To Advance Blockchain Landscape

The Indian arm will aim to bridge the gap between traditional frameworks and blockchain technology, empower businesses to thrive in a rapidly evolving Web 3.0 landscape, and ensure a balance between centralized government, decentralized economy, and users' interests

By Paromita Gupta

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The New-Age Bankers: Srinivas Sarkar and Kushagra Manglik, Co-founders, Coupl

2023 was a pivotal one for the startup as it went from being a savings-focused neobank (helping couples save together for common goals) — to being a payments focused neobank for couples

By Paromita Gupta

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Trends forecasted for the digital lending space in India in 2024

Digital lending has been a catalyst in revolutionizing the financial landscape, reshaping perceptions, and forging a path towards a future that is more inclusive and efficient

By Harshvardhan Lunia

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The Evolution of AI In Safeguarding Financial Transactions

For government and corporations, embracing AI is pivotal for staying competitive by securing financial systems and fostering innovation

By Vishal Mehta

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Paytm CEO On Focusing On Compliance First and Not Technology

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and CEO of One97 Communications, the parent firm of fintech major Paytm, says the company will focus on compliance as a primary approach, ahead of technology as it works to navigate its business model post the central bank's restrictions.

By Kavya Pillai

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Outlook 2024: India’s Trajectory In Shaping the Global Future

Nearly 60% of the total healthcare expenditure in India is borne out-of-pocket which drains the household of any future savings. 2024 will see the emergence of affordable health plans to address this issue for the missing middle of India.

By Yashish Dahiya

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The Future Of Fintech In India

Globally, one of the ways in which an established enterprise looks at innovation is to work with startups. And because they can wait till the startup goes up to a series B or C funding stage when most of the risk is reduced, they can also acquire them

By Kris Gopalakrishnan

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Bright Money Raises $62 Million In Equity And Debt Round

The funding will be deployed towards building robust teams across product development, technology, analytics, and support functions like compliance and customer service

By Teena Jose

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Indian Fintech Industries To Generate $190 Billion In Revenue By 2030: Report

The report noted that the Indian fintech industry was recovering from the funding winter faster than its global counterparts

By Teena Jose

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Why Cross-border Payments is Not as Simple as UPI and How that can be Changed

While the Asia-Pacific region, particularly India, has been a figurehead for fintech adoption, with UPI and other digital technologies, such as Aadhar, cross-border remittance continues to be a lengthy-tedious process.

By Paromita Gupta

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Paytm Launches Paytm Card Soundbox In India

With Paytm Card Soundbox, the company said its aims to solve two problems for merchants — accepting card payments along with getting instant audio alerts for all payments

By Teena Jose

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Fintech Platform Khatabook Lays Off Over 40 Employees: Report

The layoffs targeted employees in engineering, product and marketing verticals, according to reports citing close sources aware of the matter

By Teena Jose