The Fine Print Behind the UPI MDR Debate
This video captures the economics, the loopholes, who actually wins if MDR returns, and why the government might be playing a longer game than just UPI.
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This video captures the economics, the loopholes, who actually wins if MDR returns, and why the government might be playing a longer game than just UPI.
As part of the team expansion, former Divyam.ai CTO and co-founder Sudhir Reddy has joined Razorpay to lead its AI and data architecture initiatives.
The round also saw participation from Razorpay and Wyser Capital.
In this edition, we write on Razorpay’s valuation puzzle; and we explore why private equity firms remain cautious about backing India's AI startups.
The round also saw participation from Razorpay Ventures, GrowthCap Ventures, and Atrium Ventures, along with angel investors including Kunal Shah (CRED), among others.
Existing Razorpay merchants can access the feature without any additional integration, as it is already available through the company's checkout ecosystem.
The Bengaluru-based payments firm is planning to raise around $600-700 million through its proposed public offering at a valuation of $5-6 billion.
We looked at Suresh Sethi's appointment at Visa; Razorpay's repositioning ahead of IPO; and how partnerships with players like OpenAI are helping Indian IT firms stay in the game...
This will allow the developers on Codex to add payments system by enabling Razorpay's MCP Server while building an app.
The product -- Agent Studio -- also has a feature called "Build Your Agent", which allows businesses to create AI agents using natural language prompts.
The RBI has directed payment aggregators to stop the misuse of education merchant category codes (MCC)...
The partnership brings together Razorpay’s Agentic Payments, NPCI’s UPI infrastructure, and Claude’s conversational intelligence.
Last year, OpenAI had partnered with another Indian fintech company Razorpay and NPCI to launch agentic payments on ChatGPT and explore AI-driven commerce in India.
Last year, Razorpay had tied up with OpenAI and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for agentic AI payments.
The Bengaluru-based fintech is planning a public offering exceeding $700 million (approximately Rs 6,340 crore).
With the PA-P license, Razorpay now holds all three key RBI authorisations for payments, online, offline, and cross-border.
The fintech unicorn has approached investment banks, including Kotak Mahindra Capital and Axis Capital, for its IPO mandate.
What began as a few distressed sale conversations has now widened into a full-blown consolidation wave in India's offline payments space.
This is a market-share view of UPI payment flows handled by payments aggregators through 'UPI Collect' method.
Behind flashy apps and jackpots lies a complex web of mule accounts, payouts, and payment tricks that move thousands of crores beyond the screen.