Uncovering the Power Structures Driving Fintech, AI, and Emerging Tech

India's PoS industry is in distress: A wave of silent fire sales has begun

11 Dec 2025, 06:37 PM

What began as a few distressed sale conversations has now widened into a full-blown consolidation wave in India's offline payments space.

In AI, I hope we don’t get reactive regulation: 3one4 Capital’s Pranav Pai

02 Dec 2025, 10:06 PM

"The deep-tech story so far is positive and somewhat straightforward. But AI is more challenging and it isn't all good news," Pai told The Head and Tale, in an interview.

Exclusive: Razorpay tops UPI payment aggregator list, HDFC Bank follows

02 Dec 2025, 03:06 PM

This is a market-share view of UPI payment flows handled by payments aggregators through 'UPI Collect' method.

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

27 Nov 2025, 02:18 PM

The shift in strategy comes as Bajaj Finance looks to reduce capital expenditure and avoid the regulatory obligations.

Lendingkart co-founder takes majority shareholder Fullerton to NCLT

24 Nov 2025, 11:17 PM

The dispute centres on what a person aware of the development describes as a dramatic collapse in Lendingkart's lending operations under the current management.

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

26 Nov 2025, 03:42 PM

In this deep-dive, we look at the time when consumer electronics company Boat had filed the DRHP in 2022 and the point where it may have peaked before it began to slide.

Exclusive: Fiserv India looks to sell its fuel payments business

25 Nov 2025, 01:59 AM

Fiserv has been reaching out to payments companies and banks since past few weeks, industry insiders informed.

Behind the fallout at InfoEdge-backed Shoppin: Termination, lawsuits, and a funding twist

12 Nov 2025, 11:33 PM

In July this year, Shoppin co-founder Utsav Soi filed a petition accusing co-founder Shlok Bhartiya and Info Edge of "oppression and mismanagement."

Exclusive: Signzy acquires PowerEdge Analytics

12 Nov 2025, 11:25 PM

PowerEdge raised around Rs 8.54 crore in May from White Venture Capital and Matrix Partners-anchored pre-seed VC fund DeVC.

Exclusive: 3one4 Capital-backed Unbox Robotics closing Series B funding

07 Nov 2025, 07:40 PM

Prior to this funding round, Unbox Robotics had raised around Rs 52 crore ($7 million) in its Series A funding round in December 2021.

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

06 Nov 2025, 01:25 PM

Like every tech IPOs that we are seeing this year, Meesho's public offer is going to a big event for the exit starved venture capital investors.

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

05 Nov 2025, 05:12 AM

Over the past three years, millions of young investors bought their first stock on Groww. Now, it's listing itself to the very users who made it India’s largest broker.

Pine Labs takes a steep valuation cut to $2.7 billion as it shrinks IPO size

01 Nov 2025, 05:14 PM

The IPO, set to open between 7 and 11 November, is at a similar timing when another fintech major Groww is planning to go public at around $7-8 billion valuation.

Emirates NBD-RBL deal: Why foreign banks are buying Indian banks instead of building them

31 Oct 2025, 02:37 PM

A new wave of global capital is flowing into Indian banks. Deals led by DBS, Emirates NBD, and SMBC signal a shift in how foreign lenders are choosing to participate in the country's financial system.

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

27 Oct 2025, 11:10 PM

PayU has been seriously exploring a buyout in offline space for quite some time now. It also had talks with two other companies.

'It’s quite challenging to underwrite AI from India': Beenext partner

27 Oct 2025, 10:02 PM

In an exclusive conversation, Beenext's Anirudh Garg notes that India has been slightly late to many of the global trends, especially in physical AI, infrastructure, and application AI.

Exclusive: UAE Regulator holds back key Paytm licence

25 Oct 2025, 12:18 PM

Paytm had applied to the Central Bank of the UAE for two licences — one covering acquiring and domestic payments, and another for a wallet-type product.

UPI in September: Debt collections drop to lowest in 2 yrs; games as a category removed

15 Oct 2025, 12:59 PM

The value of debt collection by agencies via the UPI had reached as much as Rs 93,857 crore across 161.36 million transactions in July 2025.

Exclusive: Razorpay's offline payments head Kunal Gothivarekar moving out

29 Sep 2025, 02:10 PM

The exit comes at a time when Razorpay has been aggressively pushing its offline payments vertical in its overall portfolio.

RBI orders BNPL player Simpl to stop payment operations

25 Sep 2025, 08:29 PM

Simpl has been asked to immediately stop its payment system operations, citing violations of national payment laws.

India's PoS industry is in distress: A wave of silent fire sales has begun

In AI, I hope we don’t get reactive regulation: 3one4 Capital’s Pranav Pai

Exclusive: Razorpay tops UPI payment aggregator list, HDFC Bank follows

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

Lendingkart co-founder takes majority shareholder Fullerton to NCLT

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

Exclusive: Fiserv India looks to sell its fuel payments business

Behind the fallout at InfoEdge-backed Shoppin: Termination, lawsuits, and a funding twist

Exclusive: Signzy acquires PowerEdge Analytics

Exclusive: 3one4 Capital-backed Unbox Robotics closing Series B funding

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

Pine Labs takes a steep valuation cut to $2.7 billion as it shrinks IPO size

Emirates NBD-RBL deal: Why foreign banks are buying Indian banks instead of building them

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

'It’s quite challenging to underwrite AI from India': Beenext partner

Exclusive: UAE Regulator holds back key Paytm licence

UPI in September: Debt collections drop to lowest in 2 yrs; games as a category removed

Exclusive: Razorpay's offline payments head Kunal Gothivarekar moving out

RBI orders BNPL player Simpl to stop payment operations

Fintech Highlights

Infibeam Avenues to rebrand as AvenuesAI, elevates Vishwas Patel as MD & CEO

PhonePe Wealth launches feature to let users invest in MFs starting at just Rs 10 a day

IAN Group marks final close of $100 million IAN Alpha Fund

CredFlow secures NBFC license from RBI

Skydo raises $10 million in Series A funding led by Susquehanna Asia VC

AI/Emerging Tech

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT model within a month as competition from Google intensifies

India proposes AI companies to pay royalties for using copyrighted work

Former Amazon exec Jatin Jain joins Accel-backed Spyne to lead tech & AI

Amazon to invest $35 billion in India by 2030 to advance AI innovation

SuperBryn bags pre-seed funding led by Kalaari Capital's CXXO

IPO Tales

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

Pine Labs IPO Playbook: Between DRHP Gloss and Ground Reality

Money & Machines

ONDC confused me for years — now AGI is confusing everyone

The Paytm Ledger; How Dunzo's Biswas lit up India's next AI deal wave

Two crises, one theme — how tech is testing fintech and journalism

Bankers Test the Market; OpenAI Tests the Law + Funding Exclusive

Editor's Pick

ED orders Yes Bank to freeze accounts linked to BranchX, Frenzopay

The shadow economy of online gaming: How money moves beyond the screen

A VC in photos, a different story in business? Behind the facade of Foxhog’s Tarun Poddar

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