BlackSoil has extended ₹80 crore to Mintoak to facilitate its acquisition of Dubai-based ICC Loyalty, marking a significant step in expanding the fintech’s customer rewards and retention services globally. BlackSoil has extended ₹80 crore to Mintoak to help finance the…
Abound partners with D•One to harness open banking data earlier in the lending process, aiming to offer more accurate and accessible credit scores for over 3.5 million users and boost financial fairness. Abound has teamed up with D•One, the open…
The possible reintroduction of MDR charges on UPI transactions threatens to strengthen the dominance of PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm, potentially leading to a wider gap between industry leaders and smaller rivals in India’s digital payment landscape. The possible return…
As India processes half of global real-time payments, merchants are adopting automated smart routing to boost approval rates, reduce failures, and capitalise on the country’s rapidly expanding UPI ecosystem. India’s payments landscape is moving at a speed many merchant stacks…
The Reserve Bank of India is considering introducing durable polymer banknotes, with pilot trials of ₹10 and ₹20 denominations possibly beginning as early as April or May, though a final decision remains pending. India could see polymer banknotes enter circulation…
As UPI transactions in India hit record levels, small creators and sellers are turning to no-code payment links and pages for seamless, traceable online sales, transforming the country’s digital economy landscape. For creators and small sellers in India, the simplest…
Trust Payments partners with travel-focused financial platform felloh to deliver integrated payment data, bookings, and reporting, aiming to reduce reconciliation time and enhance financial visibility for travel businesses. Trust Payments has entered a partnership with felloh, a financial operations platform…
UGC Maker’s Marketing Studio is transforming fintech marketing by enabling rapid creation of human-style explainer videos that build trust early in the user journey, addressing safety concerns and boosting app installations. For fintech apps, the hardest part of user acquisition…
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has pushed back the NPS’s same-day investment cut-off to 1:30 pm, providing subscribers with more flexibility and reducing processing delays in contribution timings, effective from August 4, 2026. The Pension Fund Regulatory and…
India’s government is exploring the possibility of reintroducing merchant discount rates on larger UPI transactions, aiming to address the financial strain on payment providers while maintaining free-to-use small transactions for consumers. India’s government is once again weighing a return of…
The Reserve Bank of India’s latest framework for classifying non-banking financial companies influences Tata Sons’ potential IPO but internal trust disagreements and regulatory nuances mean a listing remains uncertain for now. The long-running question of whether Tata Sons should eventually…
A new emphasis on system-wide safety and explainability, guided by NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework, is transforming responsible AI practices in banking, lending, and fraud detection, especially amidst the challenges of generative AI and rapid digital scaling. In financial services,…
