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The app’s launch next week will be a moment of reckoning for Bajaj Finserv and its chairman Sanjiv Bajaj as it takes on fintech giants.

On 15 December, Bajaj Finserv will officially launch its highly anticipated super app, combining all types of financial services in one platform. It’s a big moment for chairman and managing director Sanjiv Bajaj.
Under him, Bajaj Finserv has built a dominant lending business over the past 15 years, with insurance verticals growing steadily on the side, spread wide across the country. It has over 50 million customers across a range of financial services. Now the app will host all of that and some more, as Bajaj hopes to retain his company’s leadership amid the rise of digital banking and fintech …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
A local fintech deal to consolidate operations, feedback on Saudi Arabia’s proposed IPO rules, and Ras Al Khaimah’s casino economy.
A dismal track record in portfolio management services doesn’t help the firm as it takes its first steps in a crowded industry dominated by some heavyweights.