Infibeam profit rises 16 pc in Dec quarter

For the current fiscal, the company maintained its financial guidance of Rs 3,000-3,300 crore of gross revenue, Rs 410-415 crore of net revenue, Rs 230-235 crore in EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation) and Rs 130-150 crore profit. It added about 228,000 merchants in the third quarter, averaging 2,500 daily.

Paytm crosses 100 million users at end-December

Paytm is focussed on acquiring new users who can be monetised, founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said. Sharma added that by using artificial intelligence in code generation, the company is seeing accelerated deployment of technology updates and is also bringing in operational efficiencies. “Our approach has been led by multiple devices like soundbox, card machines and …

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Razorpay introduces 2-minute instant refunds on failed UPI transactions

Full-stack fintech platform Razorpay on Monday launched an industry-first ‘instant refunds’ feature on failed unified payments interface i(UPI) transactions in the country. The solution by Razorpay POS will provide instant refunds for failed UPI transactions within two minutes, as against the industry benchmark of 5-6 business days, said the company.

Paytm lending decoded: Where does it stand after slowdown in small-ticket credit?

Paytm scaled down one of its most popular credit products Paytm Postpaid in December. The impact of this on Paytm’s business became evident on January 19, when the company reported its December quarter financials. For the Noida-based payments major, credit is an important cornerstone of its business. So, how is the slowdown in consumer lending …

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Fintech startup FinAGG raises $11 million in funding from Tata Capital, BlueOrchard

The company, which currently employs 150 staffers, has earlier raised external capital in two rounds of seed funding in 2020 and 2022 from investors such as BLinC Invest and Prime Venture Partners. Founded in 2019, FinAGG uses both OCEN and GST Sahay for its supply-chain financing business and also has some of its products being …

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PM Modi- Emmanuel Macron summit to focus on fintech

UPI, an instant payments system, introduced by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016. It has since become a game changer in India’s payments ecosystem, easing payments and transfers, and playing a major role in accelerating digital adoption in the country.