China’s digital heist: How loan apps and crypto scams drained ₹28,000 crore from IndiaA detailed Enforcement Directorate report reveals Chinese nationals are behind most loan app and crypto scams in India, with Rs 28,000 cror...
29 Oct, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
Chinese loan app case: ED files chargesheet against Razorpay, fintech firms, NBFCsThe federal probe agency said in a statement that the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court based in Bengaluru has taken ...
17 Mar, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
Timeline: Ban on quick-loan apps and its repeal – all in a weekFintech platform PayU’s buy-now-pay-later service LazyPay’s website was taken down following a notice from MeitY. Kissht, another lending p...
11 Feb, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Loan app ban: Digital lending firms submit papers to government to show regulated playFintech companies likely to be affected by the order also met officials of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) on Wednesday to discu...
09 Feb, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
IT, Home Ministries and RBI to decide on steps post loan app ban; fintech firms seek clarityFounders of several lending platforms met officials of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) in New Delhi on Tuesday...
08 Feb, 2023, 02.33 PM IST
Tweak rules to curb fake apps: Mumbai police tells GoogleThis came after Mumbai police found app developers and fintech companies that had floated instant loan apps with Chinese links, had alleged...
23 Sep, 2022, 12.42 PM IST
Offices of Paytm, Razorpay and Cashfree raided in Chinese loan app caseThe searches were made under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the agency said in a press release on Saturday. T...
03 Sep, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
ED finds Rs 800 crore crime proceeds in fintech, NBFC probeThese lending apps flourished amid the Covid-19 pandemic when many in the blue-collar workforce lost their jobs as the country went into a ...
25 Aug, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
Fintechs band together to weed out fakesLast year Google had pulled the plug on more than 500 instant-credit apps that had their roots in China and were not compliant with central...
11 May, 2022, 06.39 AM IST
Enforcement Directorate arrests NBFC CEO in probe against Chinese-backed loan appse was later produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Hyderabad that sent him to 15 days' judicial custo...
18 Dec, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
ByteDance says it will downsize fintech business, plans to sell stock broker opsByteDance also operates Douyin Pay, its own third-party mobile payment, to facilitate users on e-commerce transactions on short video app D...
02 Sep, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
ED attaches Rs 76.67 crore of Chinese companies in instant loan app fraud cases"The Fintech companies have agreement with respective NBFCs for disbursement of loans through digital lending apps. The amount attached by ...
11 May, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
Xiaomi to start focusing on fintech business growth this year: Manu JainThe handset maker is aiming to become one of the largest players in the country's fin-tech space through its Mi Credit lending service and ...
04 Mar, 2021, 12.06 PM IST
Chinese smartphones sell in India, but no takers for their fintech appsMi Pay and Realme PaySa recorded 4,80,000 and 10,000 monthly UPI transactions throughout 2020. That compares with PhonePe's 902.3 million a...
26 Jan, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
Chinese smartphone companies find going tough in fintech spaceXiaomi, Oppo and Realme, which launched their fintech apps Mi Pay and Mi Credit, Oppo Kash and Realme PaySa, respectively, at the start of ...
25 Jan, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
India cracks down on China-backed fintech lenders in the countryThe Enforcement Directorate and CIDs have launched probe against more than two dozen China-backed loan apps and directed Paytm and Razorpay...
22 Jan, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Fintech firms write to Google, demand uniform regulationsOnline lending firms say that Google is acting like a super regulator, seeking details that even the RBI is yet to do. They have written to...
18 Jan, 2021, 07.17 AM IST