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31 ARTICLES

In Juspay vs fintechs, economics will decide the winner

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.

Abir Dasgupta

31 Mar 2025

Internet

Indian fintech’s gold rush is yet to take off

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.

Abir Dasgupta

23 Mar 2025

Internet

PhonePe begins preparations for IPO

This comes a little over two years after the Walmart-backed digital payments company shifted its domicile back to India from Singapore.

Disha Acharya

20 Feb 2025

Internet

Can WhatsApp fix its payments business in India?

The messaging giant is a minnow when it comes to payments. Relief from NPCI could be just the fillip it needs to finally take on leaders PhonePe and Google Pay.

Abir Dasgupta

13 Jan 2025

Internet

In Mobikwik’s IPO, the public investor is taking a VC-style risk

The fintech company is looking to rebuild its financial services business from scratch amid strong regulatory headwinds and will use the IPO’s proceeds to do so.

Abir Dasgupta

12 Dec 2024

Internet

PhonePe trims losses by 28.5% in FY24, focuses on cutting costs using AI

The company’s FY24 revenue jumped 74% from the previous fiscal.

Disha Acharya

21 Oct 2024

Business

Adani group plans e-commerce, payments foray

The conglomerate’s plan to enter customer-facing businesses comes as part of efforts to take on companies like Reliance Industries (in e-commerce) and Google (in digital payments).