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At a Glance: Sebi-penalized Jane Street's many fintech, AI bets

At a Glance: Sebi-penalized Jane Street's many fintech, AI bets

16 Jul 2025, 18:26 PM

The recall value of Jane Street's name has shot up in the past weeks after India's SEBI barred the entity from accessing the Indian securities market for manipulating trades.

Pine Labs’ chief growth officer quits ahead of IPO

Pine Labs’ chief growth officer quits ahead of IPO

01 Jul 2025, 15:53 PM

Pine Labs chief financial officer Marc Kay Mathenz has also resigned from the company.

Pine Labs files draft papers for IPO

Pine Labs files draft papers for IPO

26 Jun 2025, 16:37 PM

The public offer comprises of fresh issue of shares worth Rs 2,600 crore ($304 million) and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 14.78 crore shares.

At a Glance: Razorpay's M&A activity since its first acquisition in 2019

At a Glance: Razorpay's M&A activity since its first acquisition in 2019

18 Jun 2025, 22:35 PM

The Head and Tale looks back at those deals struck by Razorpay as the company readies itself for an initial public offering (IPO) in the coming years.

Exclusive: Former PayU CBO Sudhir Sehgal joining Paytm, say sources

Exclusive: Former PayU CBO Sudhir Sehgal joining Paytm, say sources

05 Jun 2025, 10:54 AM

Sudhir Sehgal is set to join Paytm Payments Services Limited as Chief Operating Officer.

Exclusive: BharatPe chief product officer Rohan Khara assumes additional charge as CTO

Exclusive: BharatPe chief product officer Rohan Khara assumes additional charge as CTO

02 Jun 2025, 15:08 PM

Khara will now serve as CPTO (Chief Product and Technology Officer), a source aware of the development told The Head and Tale.

Razorpay flips back to India at a $150 million cost

Razorpay flips back to India at a $150 million cost

29 May 2025, 17:00 PM

The development comes weeks after Razorpay officially restructured itself into a public limited company, a key step toward its anticipated IPO.

RBI vs Government: The battle over India’s digital payments ecosystem explained

RBI vs Government: The battle over India’s digital payments ecosystem explained

28 May 2025, 17:01 PM

A decade-old debate ends with government formalizing oversight of payments through Payments Regulatory Board, redefining roles across RBI, NPCI and fintech.

The Head and Tale Impact: Strata surrenders SM-REIT licence; SEBI warns investors

The Head and Tale Impact: Strata surrenders SM-REIT licence; SEBI warns investors

14 May 2025, 10:17 AM

Sebi has issued a cautionary note to investors after accepting the surrender of registration by Strata SM-REIT.

Exclusive: PayU receives final nod from RBI to operate as payment aggregator

Exclusive: PayU receives final nod from RBI to operate as payment aggregator

13 May 2025, 18:57 PM

The Gurugram-based fintech received an in-principle approval from the central bank in April 2024 to operate as a payment aggregator.

China's Antfin offloads 4% stake in Paytm worth $246 million: report

China's Antfin offloads 4% stake in Paytm worth $246 million: report

13 May 2025, 14:10 PM

Antfin, which holds a 9.85% stake in One 97 Communications, has been steadily reducing its holding. In Aug 2023, it transferred around 44% of its Paytm stake to CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to Strata founder in email impersonation case

Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to Strata founder in email impersonation case

06 May 2025, 11:40 AM

According to the case details, Strata CEO Sudarshan Lodha was accused of creating a fake email ID to impersonate a SEBI employee to obtain confidential financial information...

Visa veteran Shailesh Paul to take over as Wibmo CEO

Visa veteran Shailesh Paul to take over as Wibmo CEO

06 May 2025, 10:51 AM

One of the sources told The Head and Tale that out the Rs 1,013 crore raised by PayU from its parent entity Prosus recently, a little over Rs 500 crore has been used to...

Poonam Gupta takes charge as RBI Deputy Governer

Poonam Gupta takes charge as RBI Deputy Governer

02 May 2025, 18:27 PM

She succeeds Michael Patra, whose term got over in January this year.

Exclusive: BharatPe reshuffles leadership at NBFC arm Trillion Loans

Exclusive: BharatPe reshuffles leadership at NBFC arm Trillion Loans

16 Apr 2025, 14:40 PM

The Gurugram-headquartered fintech has appointed a new CEO of Trillion Loans, and moved its key personnel to the NBFC unit, effective immediately.

Exclusive: Pine Labs gets NCLT nod for reverse merger

Exclusive: Pine Labs gets NCLT nod for reverse merger

10 Apr 2025, 11:10 AM

On April 9, the NCLT sanctioned the scheme of amalgamation between Pine Labs Private Limited (India) and Pine Labs Limited (Singapore).

Exclusive: Paytm’s payment aggregator unit fires all senior executives

Exclusive: Paytm’s payment aggregator unit fires all senior executives

04 Apr 2025, 15:08 PM

Nearly 10-15 senior executives—at the AVP, VP, and SVP levels—have been let go from Paytm Payments Services Limited, which is still awaiting its final PA licence from the RBI.

Exclusive: PayU acquiring UPI infra company for about $100 million

Exclusive: PayU acquiring UPI infra company for about $100 million

20 Mar 2025, 23:59 PM

The acquisition signals PayU's strategic move to gain a competitive edge in the rapidly expanding UPI market.

Whistleblower alleges corporate governance lapses at PayU

Whistleblower alleges corporate governance lapses at PayU

06 Mar 2025, 14:49 PM

Prosus, in a response, said that an independent investigation found that the allegations were not substantiated and concluded that there was no wrongdoing...

ED issues notice to Paytm and its MD over alleged Rs 611 crore FEMA violations

ED issues notice to Paytm and its MD over alleged Rs 611 crore FEMA violations

04 Mar 2025, 17:05 PM

An ED investigation reveals that OCL had made foreign investment in Singapore and did not file necessary reporting to RBI for creation of overseas step down subsidiary.

Fintech Highlights

  1. Crypto exchange CoinDCX loses $44 million in hack

  2. Altum Credo raising additional Rs 100 crore in extended Series C funding

  3. Paytm Money to rope in HDFC Securities executive as CEO: report

  4. Flipkart-owned Super.money entering stock broking space

  5. Jupiter Money gets IRDAI approval to enter insurance distribution space
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Nvidia's H20 AI chip stock for China falls short

  2. Anysphere acquiring top engineers from AI-powered CRM startup Koala

  3. Perplexity ties up with Bharti Airtel to provide 12-month free Pro subscription

  4. Meta ropes in two senior Apple AI researchers

  5. OpenAI launches proactively thinking and acting ChatGPT agent
  6. Read more news...

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  1. RBI vs Government: The battle over India’s digital payments ecosystem explained

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  3. Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to Strata founder in email impersonation case
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