Bitcoin has surged more than 60% since the middle of October, when speculation jumped that the Securities and Exchange Commission was on the verge of signing off on ETF applications from the likes of asset management powerhouse BlackRock. The token was trading at about $44,100 on Friday. Read on to know more:
Large NBFCs like Aditya Birla Finance and Poonawalla Fincorp have informed the fintech startups they do business with that they will no longer provide capital for the highly risky buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and very small ticket size consumer loans.
Unveiling the monetary policy, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said the limit for various categories of unified payments interface (UPI) transactions has now been enhanced to Rs 5 lakh per transaction from the present Rs 1 lakh for payments to hospitals and educational institutions.
The Binance unit, called BV Investment Management, pulled the application with Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator, a spokesperson for Binance said on Thursday.
FinTech has been the second most invested sector by family offices in India. Unlike earlier, family offices are now taking on more risky bets and investing in startups, fintechs and new-age tech companies compared to safer investments like in traditional companies. This year, India has seen 2 new family offices, adding to a total of …
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While there has been a funding winter in fintechs and tech startups over the past year, funding has seen an uprise in early stage deal funding and decline in late stage deals funding. FinTech funding has seen a rise in the last 4-5 months, and witnessed a slight uptick in the amount raised in the …
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The cryptocurrency markets were trading higher on Thursday, led by Bitcoin, XRP, and Cardano. The global cryptocurrency market cap also surged 1.07% to around $1.6 trillion in the last 24 hours. Market sentiments are presently bullish as traders await developments on the US Bitcoin Spot ETF applications in the near future, Edul said.
Trading app operator Robinhood Markets Inc said on Thursday it has launched commission-free crypto trading to customers in the European Union.
Fintech startup Pontera raises $60M in funding led by ICONIQ Growth, bringing its total funding to $160M. Its valuation is now over $550M. Pontera’s platform is used by financial advisers like Dynasty Financial Partners and SageView Advisory Group to manage retirement accounts. The company’s annual revenue has quadrupled since 2021. Pontera, headquartered in New York, …
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There has been a significant rise of family offices in India and currently, family offices are graduating as a new investor class in the startup ecosystem of India. While family offices in the country have been conservative with their investments, leaned towards philanthropy and opted for safer investments in the past, there has been a …
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