HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and more: 4 UPI credit cards that include features like cashbacks, rewards airport longue accessNew UPI-enabled credit cards offer convenience and rewards. Kiwi, HDFC Bank, IDFC FIRST Bank, and Axis Bank provide options. Users can make...
10 Mar, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
UPI volumes rise 27% YoY in February; daily transactions hit record 728 millionAccording to industry executives, February data point to UPI’s expansion becoming broad-based, with stronger merchant adoption and a shift ...
01 Mar, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Union Budget 2026: Paytm shares surge 9%. Here’s what’s driving the rallyPaytm shares jumped sharply after Budget 2026 announced a significantly higher incentive allocation for UPI and RuPay, boosting sentiment a...
01 Feb, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
Irdai hardens stance: No insurance licence to VC-backed fintechsIrdai is reportedly tightening its grip on insurance manufacturing licenses for venture-backed fintech startups, favoring promoter-driven c...
03 Sep, 2025, 06.54 AM IST
Fintech startup Kiwi secures $24 million from Vertex Ventures and existing investorsFintech startup Kiwi secured $24 million in funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India to launch credit lines on UPI. Kiwi, wh...
25 Aug, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $269 million this week, up 19% on-yearThe number of deals during the week was down to 15 transactions, compared to 31 in the corresponding week of the previous year.
22 Aug, 2025, 10.39 PM IST
This festival of lights, UPI lit the biggest fireworksThe spike in ecommerce transactions with purchases ranging from pet products to books, new digital media subscriptions and even holidays co...
08 Nov, 2024, 09.02 AM IST
How fintech startups are dealing with bleak credit cards outlookThe slowdown in the Indian credit card market is expected to intensify over the next few quarters thereby increasing the pain for fintech s...
13 Aug, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Banks may offer small loans on UPI against FDsPrivate banks targeted new-to-bank customers for credit on UPI with fixed deposits as collateral. With the upcoming launch of credit-line-o...
05 Aug, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
Nexus Venture Partners promotes principal Anand Datta to partnerMenlo Park, California-headquartered venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners said in a Medium.com blog post that Anand Datta has been c...
05 Feb, 2024, 08.01 PM IST
2023 Year in Review: Meet the executives who donned the founder hatAlong with executive search firm Longhouse Consulting, ET has compiled a list of high-profile executives who launched their ventures this y...
31 Dec, 2023, 01.09 PM IST
Omidyar Network India to exit country, stop new investmentsThe fund, which has invested in the likes of healthcare platform 1mg and edtech Vedantu, among other startups, will completely transition o...
13 Dec, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Early-stage investments boost startup funding to $62 million this weekThe funding plummeted by 73% in the week from Nov 20 to 25, compared to the same period last year, when startups secured $224 million acros...
24 Nov, 2023, 07.15 PM IST
Fintechs queue up for card distribution business to lift toplineTwo people in the know told ET that while Cred has already started distributing Axis Bank credit cards through its platform, Walmart-backed...
21 Nov, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
Credit card on UPI startup Kiwi raises $13 millionLaunching its product in June this year, Kiwi issues virtual RuPay credit cards to users in partnership with Axis Bank, allowing them to li...
21 Nov, 2023, 10.06 AM IST
Fintechs bank on credit cards for growth; ShareChat’s FY23 losses jump to over Rs 4,000 croreFintech heavyweights such as Cred and PhonePe are exploring cross-selling options and forging partnerships with banks to act as distributio...
21 Nov, 2023, 07.42 AM IST
NPCI leans on bank partnerships to push RuPay credit cardsWith UPI being allowed on RuPay credit cards, NPCI is hoping to attract more lenders as it could be a major source of attraction for consum...
22 May, 2023, 10.13 AM IST