Sahamati plans interoperability for small aggregators for a level playing fieldWith interoperability, Sahamati aims to address the issue of each AA needing to integrate with every bank in order to establish an operatio...
15 Feb, 2025, 10.00 AM IST
Infosys axes fresh recruits; Delhivery Q3 reportIT major Infosys has begun laying off hundreds of employees who joined in October after a delayed onboarding. This and more in today’s ETte...
07 Feb, 2025, 08.02 PM IST
PhonePe surrenders NBFC-Account Aggregator licencePhonePe has decided to exit the Account Aggregator business and instead partner with other Account Aggregators (AAs) in the market.
07 Feb, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
NBFC account aggregators hit by cyber frauds, home ministry steps in with technical helpThe account aggregator (AA) ecosystem is facing the threat of cybercriminals, with fraudsters gaming their systems to access customer data ...
05 Aug, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
PhonePe taps merchants in big lending pushAfter its planned acquisition of ZestMoney fell through, PhonePe is focussing on merchant lending. After a pilot with some 20,000 disbursed...
23 Jun, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
PhonePe launches Account Aggregator servicesPhonePe’s AA service, launched as a mini-app on the main PhonePe Payments App, will allow Indian consumers to consent to and share all thei...
06 Jun, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Walmart shareholding in PhonePe reduces to 85%Since January, PhonePe has raised $850 million via five deals, including with private equity firms General Atlantic, Ribbit Capital and Tig...
05 Jun, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
PhonePe gets another $100 million from General Atlantic; total funding rises to $850 millionWalmart Inc-owned Indian payments firm PhonePe on Monday said that it has secured an additional $100 million from private equity firm Gener...
23 May, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
ZestMoney founders leaving troubled fintech firm post PhonePe deal collapse“There was a town hall held on Monday by the management where the founders informed the rest of the team that they are leaving the company,...
16 May, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Fresh twist in PhonePe-ZestMoney deal; neobank Jupiter secures NBFC licenceDigital payments major PhonePe is looking to close a commercial arrangement with ZestMoney after deal talks between the two companies fell ...
07 May, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
Fintech sector grapples with heightened scrutiny, and other top stories this weekAs things stand, it is no wonder that fintechs have been shopping around to acquire an NBFC licence. Cred acquired Parfait Finance in Novem...
29 Apr, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
ETtech Exclusive: PhonePe may waive off ZestMoney’s $18 million debt after failed acquisitionThe Walmart-owned digital payments major is looking to strike a commercial agreement and may pay $8 million to ZestMoney for the licensing ...
26 Apr, 2023, 08.07 AM IST
ETtech Exclusive: PhonePe calls off deal to acquire ZestMoney amid due diligence concernsAccording to sources privy to the developments, lapses in due diligence, disagreements over valuation, sustainability of the business and s...
31 Mar, 2023, 07.37 AM IST
Scoop: PhonePe may buy BNPL startup ZestMoney in big consolidation moveThis comes amid a global reset in the BNPL sector, fuelled by interest rate hikes and an overall squeeze in consumer spending. ZestMoney ha...
25 Nov, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
PhonePe prepping for IPO; seeks valuation of $8-10 billionThe company will list on Indian stock exchanges as opposed to many startups that prefer to incorporate overseas, primarily Singapore or the...
15 Jun, 2022, 04.43 PM IST
How Flipkart's PhonePe plans to become a major financial services playerAbout 12 months ago, PhonePe had under 800,000 businesses on its platform, today it has over 5.8 million.
25 Aug, 2019, 04.57 PM IST
Flipkart CTO Ravi Garikipati heads ecommerce firm's fintech departmentThe engineering division of the company, which was under Garikipati, will now report directly to Krishnamurthy.
29 Nov, 2017, 08.39 AM IST