Mutual funds are keeping their powder dry to invest in LIC's IPO that is expected to hit the market next month
Sources say fintech unicorn is in the process of hiring CFO, internal audit head, strengthening procurement processes in next one month
Amid the thickening Ashneer Grover-BharatPe saga, Chairman of the board of directors Rajnish Kumar said that Grover is only spreading lies and there is no substance in his allegations
Founder & MD Ashneer Grover has filed an emergency plea in SIAC to stop a probe into alleged financial mismanagement in the company.
An interim report on the review of the governance process in BharatPe is expected in the next couple of weeks, CEO Suhail Sameer told employees in a letter. BharatPe has a huge amount of cash in banks and existing investors continue to back the company. The firm does not need to raise capital in the foreseeable future, Sameer said in the letter.
Meanwhile, reports have claimed that several BharatPe employees are looking for job change amid the saga.
BharatPe founder's demand for Rs 4,000-crore payout rests on shaky ground
John Bernard Weinstein, a lawyer who is a partner and deputy general counsel at venture capital firm Insight Partners, joined the BharatPe Board on February 2
Shashvat Nakrani's backing for Suhail Sameer comes amid Ashneer Grover's demand for his ouster
Legal experts contend that the CEO cannot be removed from the board on the sole demand of Ashneer Grover and any such removal can only be done jointly by both the co-founders
Seeks removal of CEO Suhail Sameer from board, wants Rs 4K-cr buyout of his stake
The Board said it remains committed to an independent and thorough audit process. It said no action has been taken or will be taken till the audit has been completed
Ashneer Grover recently went on a voluntary leave of absence till March-end amid backlash regarding him allegedly speaking in abusive language with a bank employee
Fintech firm says it has ramped up the reach of this business by 25x to over 250 cities in the past 12 months
'It has been 25 years since I first played the role of CEO in India', said Bindra
Board accepts his decision, agrees it is in the best interests of the company, staff, investors and merchants. Adds BharatPe will continue to be led by CEO Suhail Sameer
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Most of these players saw transactions on their platforms rise on account of increased spends on categories like apparel, electronics and grocery
Petitions were frivolous and baseless, and an attempt to divertthe court's attention from its own misuse of PhonePe's trade marks, says Walmart-owned digital payments firm
The fintech unicorn said it is aiming for the merchant shareholding pool to be worth about $1 bn by the time it goes public