Aditya L1: young scientists, women trailblazers behind India’s solar missionAs India's first space-based solar observatory, Aditya L1, takes giant strides in its sun mission, what’s not much known is that it was a g...
04 Sep, 2023, 07.27 AM IST
Xiaomi India raring to go in 2023 after a tough 2022: Muralikrishnan B"2022 was tricky. In 2020-21, on the back of the pandemic, there was a lot of pent-up demand which unfortunately could not get serviced bec...
22 Feb, 2023, 08.46 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
Amazon registers 80% buyers from smaller cities this festival season saleAmazon claims to have seen participation from 11 lakh sellers, which includes 2 lakh local stores.
21 Oct, 2022, 08.54 PM IST
Prosus to pay $4.7B for BillDeskProsus Ventures is set to buy BillDesk, one of India’s oldest digital payment firms, for a cool $4.7 billion in what will be one of the acq...
31 Aug, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
Post pandemic, customers find EMIs affordable: EzetapBuying ability of consumers across the country has been significantly reduced due to the pandemic. They are either avoiding a single big pa...
26 Aug, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Fintech lender KreditBee raises Rs 60 crore from SIDBI's India SMEThe funding is part of a Series C round, in which Kreditbee earlier this year raised about $145 million from the likes of Premji Invest, Mi...
03 Jun, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
KreditBee gets $70 million more in Series C funding roundAccording to a source, KreditBee’s Series C funding round has provided an exit to Chinese investors Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital and Kunlun, whi...
22 Mar, 2021, 06.01 AM IST
KreditBee gets $75 million in Series C funding from PremjiInvest, othersWith this funding round, KreditBee’s parent firm Finnov has cut its backing by China-based investors — including Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital an...
15 Feb, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
India's investment policy upsets Xiaomi, Oppo's consumer finance plansXiaomi and Oppo, with more than 100 million in combined smartphone users in India, cannot directly lend to consumers without a shadow banki...
14 May, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
Xiaomi looks to monetise internet services in IndiaAfter beating Samsung in smartphones, Xiaomi now wants to generate revenue from internet services.
01 Apr, 2019, 08.43 PM IST
Xiaomi, India's biggest smartphone maker, now wants to lend you moneyXiaomi now plans to foray into consumer finance and business-to-business lending by floating a NBFC.
15 Oct, 2018, 10.36 PM IST
Xiaomi plans to float a NBFC in India, to soon seek RBI approvalXiaomi Financial Services plans to provide loans to consumers for purchasing electronics, home appliances, lifestyle products etc.
15 Oct, 2018, 07.10 AM IST
Reserve Bank licence for PayU to open NBFC armWith PayU Credit, the company is looking to expand its suite of credit-focused offerings.
17 Sep, 2018, 12.03 PM IST
Xiaomi to start lending operations in India; to target salaried professionalsThe new credit product, launched in partnership with lending platform KrazyBee, has already gone live and will be officially announced in a...
23 May, 2018, 09.24 AM IST
Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score tooWhile startups like KrazyBee and SlicePay raised capital recently, others like Quiklo and Finomena stopped lending to students this year.
13 Dec, 2017, 01.16 PM IST
How do Ratan Tata's investments in 10 startups fare nowLike the conglomerate, Tata's personal investment portfolio is also spread across India's hottest dotcoms, affordable healthcare and clean ...
05 Jun, 2015, 03.33 PM IST