Sachin Bansal’s Navi Tech files draft papers for ₹3,350 cr IPO

Sachin Bansal-led Navi Technologies has filed draft papers for an initial public offering (IPO) with Sebi. The IPO comprises of fresh equity issue of up to ₹3,350 crore, according to the draft offer document. Sachin Bansal’s Navi Technologies is a technology-driven financial products and services company in India focusing on the digitally connected young middle-class … Read more

Fintech Bolt Is Raising Funding, Looking for a $14 Billion Valuation

Bolt, a San Francisco fintech startup that provides an online checkout solution for other companies, is still in talks to raise new money at a valuation of $14 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The deal comes only weeks after Bolt closed $355 million in a Series E round, valuing it at … Read more

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Groww as investor, advisor

Tiger Global-backed Groww on Saturday said Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has joined the company as an investor and advisor. “Groww gets one of the world’s best CEOs as an investor and advisor. Thrilled to have @satyanadella join us in our mission to make financial services accessible in India,” Groww’s co-founder and CEO Lalit … Read more

SBI does another interesting investment. This time into Pine Labs.

The bank is making a $20 mn investment into Pine Labs (PL). Key points to note – In May-July 2021, PL was valued at $3.5 bn when it had raised $ 600 mn from reputed investors including Fidelity, Blackrock and others. Later in September it had raised another $100 mn from Invesco at an undisclosed … Read more

PB Fintech to set up an Account Aggregator subsidiary

PB Fintech’s board has approved to set-up a wholly owned subsidiary to carry on the business of an Account Aggregator (AA). Key points to note – Account Aggregator Network – a financial data sharing system was recently introduced in India in September 2021. An Account Aggregator (AA) is a type of RBI regulated entity (with … Read more

Niti Aayog floats idea of full-stack digital banks

Government think-tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday proposed setting up of full-stack ‘digital banks‘, which would principally rely on the internet and other proximate channels to offer their services and not physical branches, to mitigate the financial deepening challenges being faced in the country. The Aayog, in a discussion paper titled ‘Digital Banks: A Proposal for … Read more