Tag: fintech
Gaurav Munjal: Unacademy cofounder Gaurav Munjal pushes back against criticism of Indian VCs
Unacademy cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal has pushed back against the view that Indian venture capitalists (VCs) are too cautious to back ambitious startups, saying…
Prosus: Prosus steps up India fintech bets with Kiwi, Oolka funding talks
Amsterdam-listed technology investor Prosus is in talks to invest in fintech startups Kiwi and Oolka, expanding a string of bets on Indian financial services companies…
Credit, savings, insurance next frontiers in financial services: RBI DG
Having made digital payments a common occurance, the next challenge for the financial ecosystem is to extend that same ordinariness to credit, savings and insurance,…
ET Startup Awards 2026 | Startup of the Year: Street-smart Groww outruns regulatory odds to claim top prize
Online investment and wealthtech platform Groww bagged the coveted Startup of the Year award at the ET Startup Awards 2026 for what the jury lauded…
Meet the Indian startups that joined the billion-dollar club in H1 2026
India added five new unicorns in the first half of the year, according to Tracxn’s India Tech H1 2026 report. The startups span artificial intelligence,…
Paytm plans 10% staff increase in AI pivot, to lay off 400
Fintech pioneer Paytm is set to hire about 4,000 people over the next nine months, part of a pivot aimed at expanding its merchant network…
PhysicsWallah to infuse Rs 120 crore in its fintech arm FinZ Finance
Edtech firm PhysicsWallah will invest Rs 120 crore in its wholly-owned fintech arm FinZ Finance, as it looks to scale up the subsidiary’s operations. The…
Cashfree Payments revenue hits Rs 1,000 crore in FY26; company eyes operational profit in FY27
Fintech firm Cashfree Payments on Monday said it has achieved a revenue of around Rs 1,000 crore in FY26 and expects to post operational profit…
Lalit Keshre wins Entrepreneur of the Year for taking Groww to a Rs 1.36 lakh crore publicly traded fintech in a decade
Lalit Keshre, cofounder and chief executive of Groww, took less than a decade to build the country’s largest stock broking platform, disrupting traditional brick and…
Competition doesn’t limit growth in India: Groww’s Lalit Keshre on building a full-stack wealth platform
Lalit Keshre cofounded Groww in 2016; a decade later, the Bengaluru-based fintech firm has 21 million users, a market cap that has surged to Rs…