How ULI, OCEN will redefine credit access to small companies, rural borrowersThe Unified Lending Interface (ULI), which will be rolled out soon nationwide and the Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) launched in 202...
Finarkein Analytics raises $4.75 million in funding from Nexus Venture Partners, othersPune-based Finarkein Analytics secured $4.75 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners. Existing investors IIFL...
GetVantange invested in over 750 companies, mostly consumer facing firms in FY24GetVantage, founded in late 2019, has funded 1,500 companies with a combined GMV of $900 million across categories ranging from B2B SaaS, s...
23 going on 24: Making sense of a chaotic yet colourful year for India's tech sectorFrom 15.4 billion downloaded games to 138.08 crore people covered by Aadhar, India's tech sector had an eventful 2023. ET takes a look at t...
How digital payments became democratic – the UPI way, and other top tech & startup stories this weekUnified Payments Interface (UPI), the real-time bank transfer mechanism, breached the 10 billion monthly transaction volume mark last month...
OCEN 4.0 unveiled to facilitate short-tenor loans to MSMEsOCEN is a framework of application programming interfaces (APIs) for interaction between lenders, loan agents, collection and disbursement ...
India's commercial real estate: strong & booming amid global headwinds
How an emerging New India can change the sluggish Old IndiaThere is Old India, and there is New India. Burdened by structural challenges, Old India has seen sluggish growth in recent decades. New In...
We expect GDP per capita to more than double by 2030: Navneet ChahalSo in some senses the hath mein smartphone is now accompanied by jeb mein paisa and I think that combination is what has led to a dramatic ...
Aditya Birla Capital launches ‘Udyog Plus’: An innovative one-stop business platform for MSMEsThe open marketplace Udyog Plus can be accessed via the financing section of the Aditya Birla Capital website.
The rise of the MSME sector in post-pandemic IndiaWith turnover as one of the criteria, there is now unmistakable evidence of MSMEs getting bigger with several units crossing the threshold ...
If I were FM: Ensuring the elephant dances to Naatu Naatu tune would be keyAs a fund house, we always look for sustainable and longer-term growth and it is in this spirit that I opine that the time has come for the...
How India Inc can drive growth in priority sectorsCompanies and industry bodies will have to drive a major digital, analytics and tech reskilling programme for tens of thousands of tech-ser...
How OCEN is democratising credit: Smallest loan worth Rs 160 sanctioned in less than 10 minutesOCEN is an emerging lending platform that connects Loan Service Providers (LSPs) like fintech firms and e-commerce players, as well as trad...
Around 40% Indians use digital formats like UPI for money transfer: Nandan NilekaniRoughly 260 million people are using the UPI and another 150 million people use the Aadhaar-enabled payment system to withdraw money from t...
Leaders at SIDBI ET Summit discuss ways of propelling MSMEs and startups to new orbits of growthThe SIDBI-ET MSMEs/Startups @75 Summit discussed in detail how MSMEs and startups can prepare for the golden period of the Indian Enterpris...