Amazon to acquire fintech lending startup Axio in a $200 million all-cash dealAxio announced in a blog post that it had signed an agreement with Amazon for a proposed acquisition in December, following the successful ...
18 Jan, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
DMI Group acquires ZestMoney in a fire saleThe deal will give DMI the exclusive right to use all brands of ZestMoney, with its non-banking finance company (NBFC) arm DMI Finance beco...
18 Jan, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
ZestMoney posts Rs 412 crore loss for FY23, revenues increase 72%Overall revenue for the buy-now-pay-later platform grew 72% to Rs 250 crore during the year. Total expenses in FY23 also rose 21% year-on-y...
03 Jan, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
DMI, Aditya Birla Finance in race to scoop up ZestMoney in firesaleZestMoney, which was offering buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans to customers at ecommerce and offline checkout points, had around December 5 i...
29 Dec, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
Startups’ annus horribilis; and other top tech stories this weekIndian startups are closing 2023 with a cloud of uncertainty looming large over them.
09 Dec, 2023, 07.54 AM IST
Unsecured loans in focus, fintechs see NBFC credit taps drying upLarge NBFCs like Aditya Birla Finance and Poonawalla Fincorp have informed the fintech startups they do business with that they will no lon...
08 Dec, 2023, 09.17 PM IST
Paytm scales down small-ticket loan business amid regulatory hurdlesThis move assumes significance at a time when the Reserve Bank of India has instructed banks and NBFCs to slow down on their unsecured lend...
07 Dec, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
ZestMoney saga highlights drying NBFC credit flowPayU and Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney shut down operations, while Paytm decided to scale down its BNPL product Paytm Postpaid. Large NBFC...
07 Dec, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Byju’s CEO says will tide over crisis in 45-60 days; BNPL startup ZestMoney to shut downAmid the ongoing cash crunch at Byju’s, founder and CEO Byju Raveendran told senior executives that he is aiming to address the crisis over...
07 Dec, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
ZestMoney to shut down by December-end, lay off 150 employeesZestMoney employees were informed by CBO Mandar Satpute to start looking for new jobs. Two major NBFCs who were supporting ZestMoney via cr...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.39 AM IST
Lifeline for ZestMoney to turn around business as existing backers pump fundsThe funding comes in the wake of payments major PayU writing off its investment in the company. Last fiscal, PayU’s close to 15% stake in Z...
04 Jul, 2023, 08.22 AM IST
Byju’s sighs, in relief; Prosus writes off ZestMoney investment; and BGMI’s India returnAfter a long time, it was Christmas at Byju’s as a US court rejected a plea by its Term Loan B (TLB) lenders to probe a $500-million transf...
28 Jun, 2023, 09.09 AM IST
Lending taps drying up for crisis-hit ZestMoney; Payments Council pings FM for RuPay MDRTroubles seem to be mounting for beleaguered ZestMoney as lenders pull back credit lines, a day after its founders left the company after a...
17 May, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Tata Neu’s muted first year, PhonePe-ZestMoney deal called off & the week’s top tech storiesHi Digbijay here in Bengaluru. Last month, I was in Mumbai and visited the offices of the newest ecommerce challenger in India –Tata Digita...
01 Apr, 2023, 08.53 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
Scoop: PhonePe may acquire ZestMoney; Aditya Birla Fashion close to buying Bewakoof; and Koo's new funding roundIf the transaction goes through, it will be the biggest consolidation in the new-age lending sector, which has of late faced major regulato...
25 Nov, 2022, 07.45 AM IST
Sezzle to exit India amid global restructuring of operationsThe fintech firm, which informed merchants of its decision on Wednesday, has requested all its merchants to deactivate the service from the...
08 Apr, 2022, 08.37 AM IST