Takis Georgakopoulos, the global head of payments at JPMorgan, has emphasised that while India has a multitude of fintech companies, they should strive to enhance their operations’ profitability by moving up the value chain. In an interview with Rozebud Gonsalves, he also discusses the potentially uneven path toward central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Below are …

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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 there was a significant uptick in the amount raised in …

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OmniCard has become the first FinTech company to issue exclusive ONDC Corporate Gift Cards. ONDC is a non-profit organization established by the Indian government to promote open e-commerce. The collaboration between OmniCard and ONDC aims to create more accessible and secure digital commerce experiences. The gift cards can be used on various ONDC Buyer Apps, …

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PayU has appointed Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America as advisors for the IPO, which it plans to list by the end of 2024. It also plans to hire at least one Indian investment bank for the deal.

Indian fintech startup Jupiter is now allowing customers to link their RuPay credit cards to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The company believes that its customers will be able to use their RuPay credit cards for instant payments on the app, and it is offering multiple UPI payment methods, including scan and pay at offline …

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On Monday, Razorpay launched its latest solution, Optimizer, which will allow businesses with large transaction volumes to avoid failures by rerouting them in real time.

Facilitating a home loan mortgage transaction involves navigating complex valuation decisions, extensive documentation, and stringent regulations, besides having deep expertise in the real estate value chain, the company said in a statement.

Paytm Payments Services Limited, a subsidiary of One97 Communications, has become the first in the industry to offer an alternate ID-based guest checkout solution for merchants. This solution allows customers to make purchases without saving their card details on the merchant’s website, making the process faster and more secure. Paytm has integrated with card networks …

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Leverages both technology backed by AI and human engagement to reduce bounce rates and increase collection efficiency.

While there has been a funding winter in fintechs and tech startups over the past 1-1.5 years, FinTech funding witnessed a 68 per cent surge with a total of USD 436 million raised in the third quarter of 2023, revealed a recent report by Traxcn. It further adds that the funding was driven by late …

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