PhonePe explored investment in Dunzo’s merchant businessHowever, Dunzo investors were not in favour due to strategic nature of Walmart-backed company.
18 Dec, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Binny Bansal checks out from Flipkart; Walmart stake in ecommerce company hits 80%Bansal’s exit marks the end of the founding entrepreneur’s association with one of the most storied Indian consumer internet startups over ...
01 Aug, 2023, 12.47 AM 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
Why the big Indian ecommerce battle rages despite no profits in sightOver the past decade many venture-backed ecommerce startups have raised capital only to subsequently shut down, from Letsbuy and Urbantouch...
25 Apr, 2023, 11.22 PM IST
PhonePe's ecommerce app Pincode live on ONDC networkThe company launched Pincode – a hyperlocal ecommerce platform that enables online commerce between local offline stores and customers in t...
05 Apr, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
PhonePe’s ecommerce app Pincode goes live; funding in Indian startups may temporarily pause: RBIFintech major PhonePe has thrown its hat in the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) ring by announcing the launch of its ecommerce app...
04 Apr, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
Transaction declined: why Prosus dropped $4.7B BillDesk buy; deal had $50-100M breakup feeThe merger was expected to create an online payments gateway juggernaut that would process $147 billion in annualised total payments value ...
04 Oct, 2022, 01.41 PM IST
How PhonePe is sharpening its ecommerce ambitions as it breaks away from FlipkartTo launch grocery side shopping on ONDC; sets aside $15 million for biz
17 Aug, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
PhonePe to launch ecomm app on ONDC; Web3 draws early-stage investorsIt made attempts previously with offerings such as Switch, loosely based on the ‘super app’ concept, and Stores, which was aimed at facilit...
17 Aug, 2022, 07.39 AM IST
Google is in talks to join govt’s open etail networkAt present, Google's talks are “exploratory” and have spanned across different businesses within Google including search and payments, acco...
27 May, 2022, 07.44 AM IST
Vedantu to sack another 424 employees; PhonePe to buy WealthDesk, OpenQ for $75MEdtech unicorn Vedantu said it is laying off another 424 employees – about 7% of its workforce – just days after sacking 200 contractual an...
18 May, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
From Amazon to Zomato, a big crowd at RBI doors for payment aggregator licenceAt least 30 firms are learnt to have submitted their proposals, sources said, indicating that the number of applicants could increase befor...
19 Aug, 2021, 11.54 AM IST
Flipkart partially spins off PhonePe, Binny Bansal to join board of fintech companyFlipkart co-founder Binny Bansal will join PhonePe's board of directors, along with the fintech company's co-founders Sameer Nigam and Rahu...
03 Dec, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
As WhatsApp Pay debut looms, rivals add more storefronts to keep upPhonePe's Switch & Google Pay's Spot are exploring alternative monetisation route to beat WhatsApp.
11 Mar, 2020, 08.45 AM IST
IPO in long-term strategy, currently focused on e-commerce growth in India: FlipkartThis comes amid reports that Flipkart is looking at tapping into the US equity market by 2022.
24 Jun, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
Flipkart charts roadmap for US listing by 2022CEO Krishnamurthy tells top team to focus on compliance and profitability.
24 Jun, 2019, 08.51 AM IST
E-commerce will grow at four times the pace of overall retail in India: WalmartWalmart said total retail will grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 9% between FY18-23 while Indian e-commerce market w...
09 May, 2018, 05.51 PM IST