Ajinkya Kawale works as a correspondent for Business Standard, specialising in the emerging fintech industry in India. In addition to his assigned beats, he has had the opportunity to cover agrarian distress in Maharashtra and political developments during the Lok Sabha election season. He holds a postgraduate degree in multimedia journalism from Christ University in Bengaluru. He is passionate about India's infotainment space on YouTube and other OTT platforms. His favourite sections in a library are non-fiction and biographies.
Ajinkya Kawale works as a correspondent for Business Standard, specialising in the emerging fintech industry in India. In addition to his assigned beats, he has had the opportunity to cover agrarian distress in Maharashtra and political developments during the Lok Sabha election season. He holds a postgraduate degree in multimedia journalism from Christ University in Bengaluru. He is passionate about India's infotainment space on YouTube and other OTT platforms. His favourite sections in a library are non-fiction and biographies.
The Delhi-based fintech launched digital gold in partnership with Safegold, enabling customers to purchase and sell gold digitally
The merger process was completed over one year after the bank received a no-objection certificate from the Reserve Bank of India
A priority for the company is scaling its payments beyond current levels by acquiring new customers, launching new products, and focusing on offline merchant acquisition
The decline in WazirX's holdings comes as the firm undergoes restructuring after a cyberattack led to the theft of over $230 million in July
The empanelled agencies include sites and firms such as data centres, startups, and cloud service providers
The approval may lead to an increase in company's UPI transaction volumes
P2P platforms enable lenders to earn interest income, though with the risk of delay or default by borrowers
One97 Communications announces consolidated profit of Rs 928.3 crore in Q2
WazirX, which is staring at liabilities worth $546.5 million, transferred $72.13 million worth of crypto to Bybit and $1.5 million funds to Kucoin, Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO, CoinSwitch, said
About 10 per cent of company's revenue comes from government subsidies on digital payments
The ban on sanction and disbursement for its partner DMI Finance would be effective from October 21, as per the RBI directive
The fintech company plans to deepen its reach in underserved markets and improve its technology with the latest capital infusion
Revenue for the March quarter was marginally down by 1 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 22,300 crore
WazirX, which is facing liabilities amounting to $546.5 million, had floated a user poll to measure potential interest in its moratorium application
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu also said the Mumbai police have arrested a minor responsible for issuing bomb threats targeting three flights
The company said that its cash burn was reduced by 85 per cent on a Y-o-Y basis
In 2024, the total consumption spending for Indians was pegged at $2 trillion, out of which GenZ cornered 43 per cent or about $860 billion
At present, most UPI debit transactions continue to remain free, with payment-processing expenses borne by fintechs and banks
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, funding to the fintech sector more than doubled from $293 million in Q2CY24
Companies in the social and casual gaming sector earned Rs 13,800 crore in 2023 and are expected to reach Rs 36,600 crore in topline in the next five years