financial technology
Investment Firm Stride Ventures Closes Second India Fund At $200 Mn
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Stride Ventures, announced the close of its second India fund at $200 million for investments in consumer, financial tec... Read more
BharatPe Back On Track After Ashneer Controversy, Records 112% Growth
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BharatPe said it also reached an all-time high of $18.5 billion in annualised total payment value (TPV) -- a growth of 5... Read more
BharatPe's Board Will Not Intervene In Bhavik-Ashneer Stake Issue
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As the Ashneer-BharatPe fight now on a legal course, the Board of company will not intervene in a new controversy regard... Read more
True Balance Aims For Break-even By Year-end, Eyes Listing By 2024
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True Balance is an RBI-authorised digital platform which facilitates loans through its safe, RBI licensed NBFC - True Cr... Read more
E-com Giant Amazon May Soon Allow Digital Currency As Payment Mode
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Amazon may allow users to pay in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin soon as the e-commerce giant is hiring a digital currency... Read more
Abu Dhabi's Wealth Fund Picks Up Minority Stake In Mobikwik For $20 Million
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UAE's sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has picked up a minority stake in the IPO-bound digital payme... Read more
Pine Labs May Raise Additional Funds; Aggressively Scaling Online Biz
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Close on the heels of a USD 285-million investment round, fintech major Pine Labs may raise additional funds in the comi... Read more
IFC Plans To Invest $10 Million Each In Endiya Partners, Onsitego
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In Endiya Partners Fund II, the World Bank's investment arm will invest an equity investment of upto $10 million. Read more
Michael Sincere's Long-Term Trader: The Fear Of Missing Out Will Punish You Once The Stock Market Starts To Make A Blow-off Top
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Keep your money close when Wall Street and surging stock prices tempt you to buy, writes Michael Sincere. Read more
How The Latest Steps By Alipay And WeChat Bring China Closer To Replacing Cash With Cellphones
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China’s two leading mobile-payment platforms announced this week that they will begin allowing foreign visitors to uti... Read more
Credit Cards Have Gone Out Of Style In China — Will The U.S. Be Far Behind?
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WeChat and Alipay are the most widely accepted forms of payment in China which has allowed merchants to avoid paying cre... Read more
Amazon To Support Utility-bill Payments With Alexa
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Amazon.com Inc. is tapping into bill payments by letting customers use its Amazon Pay feature for their utility bills. ... Read more
At 50, American Express Most Famous Card No Longer Holds Its Charge
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Amex’s Green Card got a makeover and switched from being a charge card to a credit card. Read more
Earnings Results: Visa Stock Gains After Earnings Beat As Volume Rises 9%
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Visa Inc. shares gained about 1% in after-hours trading Thursday after the payments giant topped profit expectations for... Read more
Earnings Outlook: Visa Earnings Preview: Moving Further Beyond Credit Cards
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Visa Inc.’s Thursday afternoon earnings report will cap off a fiscal year in which the payments giant branched out fur... Read more
This Credit Card Will Let You Earn Rewards To Pay Off Your Student Loans — But Is It A Good Deal?
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Sallie Mae has rolled out three new credit cards aimed at college students and recent graduates. Read more
Read This Before Taking Out Another Retail Credit Card
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There’s been a worrying trend with retail credit cards, and it doesn’t appear to be improving. Read more
Robinhood Unveils Long-delayed Cash Management Accounts — This Time With Insurance
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The accounts come with an APY of 2.05%, well below the 3% the company originally promised back in December. Read more
PayPal Drops Out Of Libra Project: Report
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In what could be a lethal blow to Facebook Inc.’s controversial Libra project, PayPal Holdings Inc. is reportedly on t... Read more
Best New Ideas In Money: Think Twice Before Using Facial-recognition Technology Or Fingerprint Scanning
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Ditching credit cards for facial recognition removes the last physical barrier between our bodies and Corporate America.... Read more