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Prosus delays PayU India IPO as credit losses widen
The Dutch technology investor will focus on improving PayU's operations in India before pursuing a public listing
23 Jun 2025
The 2025 startup IPO party is a bad idea for everyone
Startups of all hues are lining up to hit the IPO market like never before, even as the economy sends distress signals. Can the equity market absorb this type of supply?
05 Jan 2025
Real-money gaming companies could face an RBI blow
The grouping of the sector alongside betting and gambling firms in the tax regime opens up the prospect of the central bank denying it access to payment gateway services.
03 Oct 2023
Meta announces new WhatsApp features for businesses; the renewed net neutrality debate
The tech giant is looking to strengthen its e-commerce push in India by introducing several business-focused features on WhatsApp + India’s telecom majors are fighting to bring online service under a regulatory framework, and they are losing.
21 Sept 2023
RBI has a payment gateway problem
Even as top payment processors like Razorpay, PayU, Paytm and Cashfree are going all out to get the much-needed licences and resume onboarding merchants, the hold-up is hurting aspiring startup founders.
08 Aug 2023
Prosus has an ambitious IPO plan for PayU India
The intent to separate PayU’s India business from its global operations and list it is all very well, but a knotty ownership structure, regulatory hurdles and wary investors could get in the way.
05 Jul 2023
Inside ZestMoney’s ambitious mission to save itself
Left to fend for itself after the failed deal with PhonePe, the fintech startup is looking to find refuge in a loan waiver, a hefty licensing fee and an internal funding round.
27 Apr 2023
PayU’s India play is too complex for RBI’s liking
The Naspers-owned company is at a loss to explain its convoluted ownership structure, even as it grapples with the regulator’s reluctance to grant it a payment aggregator licence.
30 Mar 2023
RBI’s approach to PA licenses has lessons for fintechs
In being highly selective about granting payment aggregator permits, the central bank signals that it will settle for nothing less than an impeccable track record.
11 Oct 2022
BillDesk-PayU deal trips up on a technicality
Prosus walks away from a deal that would have made it the owner of India’s largest payment gateway business. Why?
04 Oct 2022