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The battle between four of India’s major fintechs and the payments orchestration leader is being fought on the issues of interoperability and fair competition. Ultimately, though, commercial factors will trump all else.
Fintech startups have only been able to corner a small part of the value in gold-linked financial products like gold loans and digital gold even as gold prices have shot up. Regulatory changes may pose a further challenge.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma has focused on improving compliance, cutting costs and recovering market share after the RBI shut down his payments bank last year. The fintech major is yet to recover to its earlier highs, but its turnaround is gathering momentum.