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How will Paytm battle Bajaj Finance without an NBFC licence?
The fintech’s financial services business has done reasonably well in Q4 FY26. But upping its lending game without the NBFC tag will be a tall task.
10 May 2026
Jio Financial’s numbers tell an uneven story
Its lending business is doing the heavy lifting while payments and asset management lag, raising questions over its full-stack narrative.
19 Apr 2026
Fintech startup Niro shuts down
Bengaluru-based firm attributes regulatory pushback and a capital crunch as reasons for closing down after four-and-a-half years
07 Oct 2025
Groww’s best is behind it, but is there a bright future?
Market realities, risky pivots and a bleeding loan book are testing the discount broker’s prospects even as its core business is on the decline.
21 Sept 2025
Peak XV Partners should win the record outcome test with Pine Labs
Finally, this question will be answered. Who has returned the most amount of capital on any venture investment in India in the last two decades?
28 Jun 2025
Hero FinCorp raises Rs 260 crore in pre-IPO round
The NBFC is reducing its public issue size from Rs 3,668 crore to Rs 3,408 crore
15 Jun 2025
Flipkart secures NBFC licence
It is the first e-commerce company that the RBI has given permission to directly give loans.
05 Jun 2025
What is the Unified Lending Interface and will it open a new can of worms?
While digitization of information and maintaining a single repository of financial and non-financial data will allow greater ease of access and cut loan processing time, it will also make sensitive data that much more vulnerable.
01 Sept 2024
PhonePe speeds up its prep for a 2025 IPO
The digital payments startup restructures its leadership to push into new areas of operations and achieve profitability—all in the space of under a year.
14 Nov 2023
Five takeaways from Global Fintech Fest 2023
Beyond the grandeur of the industry’s three-day shindig lie several challenges for India’s fintech ecosystem.
12 Sept 2023
