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
ICICI bank calls it – interoperable app What is it? In general you can not use any bank’s app if you are not it’s customer. Every bank asks the user to login before using. ICICI decided to do away with it last year, did a soft launch in December 2020 and a full launch in … Read more
Shriram Capital has hired Ajay Thomas John as Group Chief Digital Officer to lead the digital transformation at the company. He has been hired from Bajaj Finserv where his last designation was Head – Digital Strategy, Transformation and Fintech. Key points to note – Shriram Capital (SC) is the holding company of Shriram Group comprising … Read more
Fintech unicorn start-up Groww’s valuation has reached $3 billion after a fundraise of $251 million, led by ICONIQ Growth, including participation from investors like Alkeon, Lone Pine Capital, Steadfast, and existing investors. The platform, which can be used to invest in direct mutual funds, stocks, ETFs and IPOs, currently has more than 20 million … Read more
Amex and Goldman Sachs are linking up on a new business-payments feature. The firms are linking their data and offering combined payments processing for large corporations. It’s an effort to combine fragmented payments and accounts together in one place. American Express and Goldman Sachs are teaming up in the hopes of simplifying how the world’s … Read more
Pine Labs, a leading merchant commerce platform, launched Plural on Thursday, marking its entry into the online payments space. Backed by years of strong technological capabilities, the company said it now aims to reinvent the space through a suite of online payment products focused on speed, security, and user experience. The firm said Plural is … Read more
Consumer financier Bajaj Finance, which launched its wallet business this July, is aiming to onboard 20-25 million wallets onto its fold by March 2023. The company is currently onboarding 800,000 to 1 million new wallets every month, managing director (MD) Rajeev Jain said. Addressing an analyst call organised by Morgan Stanley, Jain said, “We are … Read more
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has agreed to acquire 9.98% in KFin Technologies Private Limited (KFin) for a cash consideration of Rs 310 crore. Funds will be infused directly into the company via fresh share issue. Key points to note – KFin was earlier known as Karvy Fintech. However, in December 2019 it renamed itself to … Read more