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IRIS Business Services Q3 results: Profit increases 19% to Rs 1.76 crore

Global fintech firm IRIS Business Services has reported a profit of Rs 1.76 crore for December quarter 2023-24. In the year-ago period, the profit was Rs 1.48 crore. Revenue in April-December FY24 was Rs 72.35 crore as against Rs 53.47 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing. During the 9-month period, profit after tax was up 50 per cent from Rs 2.7 crore to Rs 4.06 crore. "The growth in revenues has been driven by the collect segment, which increased sharply to Rs 32.16 crore for the 9 months in FY24 from Rs 17.24 crore in the corresponding period in FY23," it said. It further said growth in the create segment was subdued with revenues going up from Rs 33.19 crore to Rs 36.77 crore. To get customers using other products to switch to ours requires a well funded marketing push which has to wait till we get our funding in place, company CEO S Swaminathan said. While India accounts for 30 per cent of the company's revenues, Africa comes a close second

Paytm secures merchant support, guarantees uninterrupted services

Fintech firm One97 Communications, which owns the Paytm brand, has received support from merchants, and it assured them of continuity of services without any disruption, the company said in a blog on Sunday. The blog post came amid the recent crisis around Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL), an associate company of Paytm, which has been barred by the RBI from accepting deposits or top-ups in customer accounts, wallets, FASTags and other instruments after February 29. Withdrawal or utilisation of balances by its customers from their accounts, including savings bank accounts, current accounts, prepaid instruments, FASTags, and National Common Mobility Cards, are to be permitted without any restrictions up to their available balance. "We assure our users and merchant partners that the Paytm app and services continue to operate at full capacity. In instances, where our associate Paytm Payments Bank acts as a back-end bank, we can seamlessly transition these services to other partner ...

Banks are catching up with fintech companies: BlackSoil co-founder

ANKUR BANSAL, co-founder and director of BlackSoil, feels that fintech will see a shakeout even as regulations bring in more clarity enabling the sector to grow

Zaggle Prepaid Q3 results: Profit rises 92.7% to Rs 19.5 cr, revenue up 35%

New credit card offerings and lower finance costs helped fintech player Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd post a strong 35 per cent growth in revenue in the December quarter, a top company official said on Friday. The fintech player, which provides spend management products and solutions, also said that its recent Rs 200 crore deal with Torrent Gas Ltd offers significant volume and margin potential. Zaggle reported its all-time high quarterly revenue of Rs 199.5 crore for the October-December quarter of 2023-24, a growth of 35.1 per cent over Rs 147 crore in the year-ago period. "The record-breaking performance is a result of our product portfolio's strategic diversification and the successful launch of commercial credit card offerings," Zaggle executive chairman and founder Raj P Narayanam said. "With Torrent Gas Ltd joining as a client, we have entered the fleet loyalty card program, offering significant volume and margin potential," he said, adding that the company is tapping in

RBI clampdown on Paytm Payments Bank followed persistent non-compliance

"When such constructive engagement does not work or when the regulated entity doesn't take effective action, we go for imposing supervisory or business restrictions," Guv Das said

Paytm CEO meets Union FM Sitharaman, discusses ongoing challenges: Report

The company, earlier said that it filed a specific clarification on Sunday, categorically denying any investigation by the Enforcement Directorate on OCL, our associates, and our management

FIU, ED seek report from RBI on action taken to bar Paytm's banking unit

The Enforcement Directorate and the Financial Intelligence Unit have asked the RBI to share its report on the recent action taken to bar Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from accepting deposits or top-ups in customer accounts, official sources said on Tuesday. Federal agencies ED and FIU, tasked with checking violations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are already probing matters related to the payment gateway under provisions of the anti-money laundering law. Following the action of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Paytm has said it did no wrong and asserted that its brand owner company One97 Communications, founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) are not being investigated for money laundering or foreign exchange violations. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked the RBI to share its latest report so that it can analyse if it needs to initiate a probe against PPBL, a senior official told PTI. The agency has been probing Paytm and oth

Paytm crackdown spooks merchants; Walmart, Google targeting same vendors

Cash was once king in India, but Paytm is credited with revolutionising India's digital payments market which is set to be worth $10 trillion by 2026

Paytm shock: Fintech cos wary as frequent regulatory actions hurt sentiment

Compliance to take centre-stage in fintech operations this year: Industry

On Paytm crisis, startup founders write to PM, RBI to review curbs: Report

Paytm crisis: Last Wednesday, the RBI prohibited Paytm Payments Bank from accepting further deposits, crediting any transactions on customer accounts, digital wallets, etc, beyond February 29

Being fintech or tech firm doesn't absolve it of regulatory oversight: MoS

A sectoral regulator has absolute authority to regulate every firm that is a regulated entity within the sector, he said

Paytm hits 2nd straight 20% lower circuit post RBI curbs; downgrades weigh

The RBI on Wednesday restricted Paytm Payment Bank from taking fresh deposits and credit transactions across its services due to non-compliance of regulations and supervisory concerns.

Will focus on compliance first, and not technology, says Paytm CEO

Paytm to pause lending operations for a few weeks to address partners' concerns; 30,000 slaes force already working with merchants

RBI action against Paytm will hit ordinary Indians most: Cong slams govt

Hitting out at the government after the RBI action against Paytm Payments Bank, the Congress on Thursday said the order will hit ordinary Indians the most and asked why the firm with Chinese links had not been kept under stricter monitoring. In a major action against Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL), the Reserve Bank on Wednesday directed the lender to stop accepting deposits or top-ups in any customer accounts, wallets, FASTags and other instruments after February 29. However, any interest, cashbacks, or refunds may be credited back to customers anytime. "No other banking services, other than those...like fund transfers (irrespective of name and nature of services like AEPS, IMPS, etc), BBPOU and UPI facility should be provided by the bank after February 29, 2024," the RBI added. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "The last 10 years under PM Modi have brought only chaos to the banking system." "First, the disastrous demonetisation decision, taken without any

Mastercard's expense forecast eclipses fourth-quarter profit beat

The forecast follows a 10% jump in fourth-quarter adjusted operating expenses to $2.9 billion, largely due to personnel costs

PB Fintech surges 13%, hits 2-year high on first quarterly profit in Q3

The stock of a fintech company was trading at its highest level since January 2022. It had hit a record high of Rs 1,470 on November 17, 2021.

Bajaj Finance Q3 results: Consolidated net profit up 22% at Rs 3,639 cr

The net interest margin continues to soften gradually on account of the lagged effect of the cost of funds increase, in Q3 FY24, BFL said in a statement

Bajaj Finance Q3 results: Net profit jumps 22.4% to Rs 3,639 crore

Consolidated numbers include the businesses of the lender's subsidiaries, Bajaj Housing Finance and Bajaj Financial Securities

Fintech unicorn InCred Finance doubles profit to Rs 298 crore in 9MFY24

InCred Finance, a non-banking financial company (NBFC), said its loan portfolio is spread across segments such as consumer loans, education loans, and small and medium enterprise (SME) lending

Startup funding in India fell 62% to six-year-low in 2023: PrivateCircle

The funding deal volume fell by a sharper 72% in 2023 to 1,444 deals as compared to 5,114 deals in 2022