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Why Byju's Aakash stake matters to creditors-and why cashing out won't be easy

Bengaluru, Sept. 28 -- A long-drawn court battle between Byju's and its former subsidiary Aakash Educational Services Ltd over a rights issue ended in a truce, but the deal is back in focus with inter... Read More


Supernova in talks to raise $15-20 million from Vertex Ventures, Verlinvest

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Bengaluru-based Supernova, which runs an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app for learning spoken English, is in talks to raise $15-20 million, with Vertex Ventures Southeas... Read More


Flipkart wants Minutes to become India's default shopping app

Bengaluru, Sept. 11 -- Flipkart believes India's crowded quick-commerce market will eventually have fewer players, even as the Walmart-owned company aims to make its Minutes service the default app fo... Read More


Smaller banks turn to fintechs to take control of merchant payments

Bengaluru, Sept. 10 -- Mid-sized private-sector banks and small finance banks are turning to fintechs to offer payment services to merchants, seeking to capture a relationship that has traditionally b... Read More


Quick-commerce platforms race to hire quality checkers as food-safety scrutiny mounts

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- India's quick-commerce platforms are actively hiring for a role that has taken on new urgency following recent regulatory enforcement: a quality checker. A Mint review revealed a... Read More


Slice raising $100 million in first funding after becoming a bank

Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- Slice is raising $100 million in its first funding round since becoming a bank, valuing the fintech-turned-lender at $450-470 million, people familiar with the matter said. This is... Read More


NPCI to let users port UPI AutoPay mandates across apps

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is set to make UPI AutoPay interoperable, allowing users to port mandates across UPI apps, and merchants to move existing mandat... Read More


NPCI may allow users to port UPI AutoPay mandates across apps

India, Aug. 31 -- The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) is set to make UPI AutoPay interoperable, allowing users to port recurring payment instructions across apps and merchants to move existing... Read More


NPCI to make UPI auto-pay interoperable across apps

India, Aug. 31 -- The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) is set to make UPI AutoPay interoperable, allowing users to port recurring payment instructions across apps and merchants to move existing... Read More


NPCI to make UPI auto-pay interoperable across apps

India, Aug. 31 -- The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) is set to make UPI AutoPay interoperable, allowing users to port recurring payment instructions across apps and merchants to move existing... Read More