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Indias fintech sector valuation to touch $150-160B by 2025: Report A report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and FICCI says that over the past five years, Indian fintech companies have raised about $10 billion from investors all over the world, catapulting the sectors total valuation to an estimated $50-60 billion. 0 claps India is strongly poised to realise a fintech sector valuation of $150-160 billion by 2025, translating to an incremental value-creation potential of about $100 billion, a r...

How Kinara Capital’s Hardika Shah was inspired to help small business entrepreneurs dream big Kinara Capital’s Founder, Hardika Shah, talks about making the most of opportunities, being true to oneself, and creating impact alongside profitability 0 claps Share on “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” is an age old adage used to encourage optimism in the face of adversity. For Hardika Shah, founder of fintech loan marketplace Kinara Capital, this has been her mantra all her life...

Netflix, Prime Video, or HotStar? This fintech startup lets you watch what you want with subscription-sharing Y Combinator-backed fintech startup Splitsub aims to revamp the digital subscription space in India by allowing subscription-sharing for OTT and other platforms with family and friends. Next up? A group buying marketplace that offers digital subscriptions from partner channels. 0 claps Share on Netflix, Prime Video, HotStar, Zee5, Sony LIV, Voot, Gaana, Spotify, Alt Balaji, HoiChoi, Ul...

Mumbai-based fintech startup LXME aims to bridge the gap between women and finance Fintech startup LXME, founded by Priti Rathi Gupta, offers learning avenues for women, as well as communities that encourage them to become financially independent. 0 claps Share on A disparity between men taking charge of their investments and women not doing so led self-proclaimed financial feminist Priti Rathi Gupta to launch a fintech platform exclusively for women. After working as a financial advisor for 15...

Piramal Glass Leads the Way in Streamlining Cross-Border Trade Digitisation Using the #dltledgers Blockchain Platform Tuesday, March 2, 2021 5:00PM IST (11:30AM GMT)   Mumbai, Maharashtra, India:  Piramal Glass, Asia’s largest speciality glass manufacturer, has successfully kicked off its first cross-border trade digitisation programme using blockchain. The company is prioritising the technology in 2021 as a means of unlocking hidd...

BharatPe gives 18 of its angels an exit with up to 80X returns The fintech startup says nine angel investors, including Kunal Shah, continue to hold stock worth Rs 107 crore, as per the latest Series D valuation. 0 claps Share on Fintech startup BharatPe has announced that 18 of its angel investors have exited the company after its Series D funding round. The angles have seen returns as high as 80X in two years. The statement said the company has already returned Rs 102 crore in cash to its s...

India sees 60pc rise in fintech deals amidst COVID-19; surpasses China, says report The Indian fintech market is expected to reach Rs 6,207 billion by 2025, expanding at a CAGR of about 22 percent during the 2020-2025 period. 0 claps India has emerged as Asias biggest destination for financial technology (fintech) deals, leaving behind China in the quarter ended June 2020, a research report said. With around 33 deals valued at $647.5 million, India has the highest investment in the fintech se...

Feb 11, 2021 Many smartphone users are no doubt looking forward to next month, when Japan’s telecom giants will launch new monthly plans that are considerably cheaper than current deals. But for the wider industry, it will be the dawn of a new price war. With the three megacarriers — NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Corp. — making bold new offers, smaller rivals known as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are likely to face an uphill battle. MVNOs, which lease mobil...

‘Study now, pay later’ is Mumbai-based startup Eduvanz’s USP for education loans Fintech startup Eduvanz, founded by IIT graduate Varun Chopra and IIM alumnus Raheel Shah, offers easy, fast, and affordable financing options for students, learners, and parents. 0 claps Share on Despite the availability of learning tools at all levels today, what often constricts students, learners, and parents is the lack of easy, fast, and affordable financial assistance.  Enter Mumbai-based fintech star...

This neobank tech startup’s AI platform offers personalised service to users Neobank tech startup UNObank promises to change the rules of digital banking through its AI platform to make banking more personalised, catering to each individual needs. 0 claps Share on How about a bank telling you to be careful about a purchase you are going to make because it might lead to cash shortage at the end of the month, or being able to figure out on its own that the banking transactions on a smartphone ...