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Bernstein pegs Reliance as India’s eventual e-commerce kingpin
The Indian conglomerate Reliance is poised to outpace Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart in the race for the country’s $150 billion e-commerce market, analysts at Bernstein projected in a scath
PhonePe expands new funding to $850 million
General Atlantic has poured another $100 million into PhonePe, four months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $850 million in an ongoing finan
Walmart-backed PhonePe set to challenge Google’s dominance with app store in India
Indian fintech giant PhonePe is preparing to launch a dedicated app store for Android users in India, the latest product push from the Walmart-backed firm that commands the mobile payments market in t
General Atlantic invests another $100 million in PhonePe
General Atlantic has poured another $100 million into PhonePe, three months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $750 million in an ongoing fina
Walmart-backed payments giant PhonePe makes e-commerce push
In a move reminiscent of its successful early bet on the government-backed UPI network seven years ago, PhonePe, India’s leading mobile payments app, is now setting its sights on the e-commerce
Walmart invests $200 million in Indian mobile payments giant PhonePe
PhonePe has raised another $200 million as part of an ongoing round, a move that has now helped it pull $650 million in recent weeks despite the market slump.
Tiger Global and Ribbit invest another $100 million in PhonePe
PhonePe has raised another $100 million as part of an ongoing round, a deliberation that has now helped it pull $450 million in recent weeks despite the market downturn, as the Indian fintech giant bu
PhonePe taps cross-border UPI payments in revenue push
Indians traveling to many foreign markets, including the UAE and Singapore, may soon be able to use the popular UPI payments to make purchases when they land there. Bengaluru-headquartered fintech gia
Walmart-backed PhonePe’s nine-month 2022 revenue surged to $234 million
PhonePe clocked a revenue of $234.3 million in the first nine months of 2022, the most valuable Indian fintech startup has disclosed in a filing. The nine-month financials marks a jump from the $201.6
Walmart readies another $2.5 billion investment in India’s e-commerce and payments
Walmart is preparing to spend over $2.5 billion in India as the retailer doubles down on the opportunities it sees in India’s e-commerce and payments markets even as the firm contends with risin
India’s PhonePe tops $12 billion valuation in new funding
PhonePe’s valuation has more than doubled to over $12 billion in a new funding round as the Indian fintech giant readies for life without parent firm Flipkart. The Bengaluru-headquartered startu
Flipkart and PhonePe complete separation
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart no longer owns a stake in payments firm PhonePe. The two said on Friday that they have completed a full ownership separation of PhonePe and shareholders in the Singapo
India won’t enforce payments market share cap until 2025 in win for Google and Walmart
India won’t enforce a check on the market share for players operating on the homegrown payments network until December 31, 2024 in a surprising extension to the deadline that analysts say is a m
Paytm falls to all-time low amid competition risk from Reliance
Shares of Paytm ended Tuesday at an all-time low of 477 Indian rupees ($5.8), a week after the lockup period for early backers of the Indian financial services firm ended last week and mounting concer
Zopper raises $75 million to solve India’s insurance problem
For more than half a decade, Zopper built a platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, helping merchants with invoicing and payments through its point-of-sale platform. It sold that IP to PhoneP
Fintech Slice joins UPI race to challenge PhonePe and Google Pay
Slice is adding the popular railroad UPI on its eponymous app as the Indian fintech looks to broaden its offerings and pushes to become a one-stop payments app for consumers in the world’s second la
WhatsApp permitted to extend payments service to 100 million users in India
The National Payments Corporation of India, the payments body that oversees the widely popular UPI instrument, has given approval to WhatsApp to extend its payments service to 100 million users in the
India’s Slice gears up to take on PhonePe and Google Pay with UPI support
A new player is preparing to enter India’s crowded and yet duopoly-sided UPI payments market. Bengaluru-headquartered Slice, which became a unicorn late last year, plans to introduce UPI payments fo
Google Pay to add Hinglish support in India, enable merchants to create digital storefronts
Google will roll out support for Hinglish, a mix of Hindi and English, and a range of additional features to its payments app Google Pay in India as the global tech giant makes a further push to expan
Paytm falls 27% on first trading day after India’s largest IPO
Indian fintech giant Paytm, backed by SoftBank and Alibaba, lost more than 27% in its first day of trading Thursday. The valuation of the firm, which raised $2.5 billion in India’s largest init