At a panel discussion at the ETBFSI Converge Summit, fintech leaders said co-creation, smaller partnerships, and strategic collaborations reflect a dynamic ecosystem eager to leverage collective expertise for sustained growth.
At a panel discussion at ETBFSI Converge Summit 2023, fintech honchos offered a compelling narrative of innovation and adaptability in the ever-changing business and regulatory landscape.
While there has been a funding winter in startups over the past year, funding has seen an uprise in early stage deal funding and decline in late stage deals funding. FinTechs across the globe raised about USD 2 billion in October, while the top 20 deals summed up to about USD 1.28 billion.
InCred Holdings, the parent company of InCred Financial Services, has become a unicorn, valued at over $1 billion, after successfully raising Rs 500 crore from a group of investors that includes a global private equity fund, corporate treasuries, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNIs). Incred is the second startup to enter the Indian …
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A new study by Delhi-based think-tank Esya Centre has revealed that nearly 90% of crypto currency trading in India has shifted to offshore platforms after the government levied 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) on trading of virtual digital assets (VDAs) with effect from July 2022. Read on to know more:
At ETBFSI Converge Summit 2023, CXOs of KreditBee, Thoughtworks, CredAble, Fedbank Financial highlight the paradigm shift in reaching a wider audience and financial inclusion.
HSBC said last week it had made tokens representing physical gold held in its London vault. The bank last year launched a digital asset platform, HSBC Orion, which allows financial institutions to issue blockchain-based versions of financial assets, also known as tokenised securities.
As economic growth widens the pool of wealthy people in India, an opportunity is opening up for fintech companies to serve this base, a report by venture capital firm Elevation Capital and McKinsey India suggests. The report shows that together the niche market and the mass market will have a revenue pool of more than …
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In the case of the PayNow-UPI linkage, reports said that for workers staying in Singapore for a brief period, the linkage would help them save at least 10% of the amount paid as bank fees for money transfers. Accounting for persons of Indian origin and non-resident Indians, there are around 650,000 Indians in Singapore.
The partnership focuses on understanding the essential housing infrastructure and challenges lenders face in Kenya while lending to the underbanked populations.
