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The untold story behind Pine Labs

The untold story behind Pine Labs' multi-year OMC contracts [Exclusive]

02 Mar 2026, 14:40 PM

The IOCL, BPCL and HPCL deals reflect a quiet realignment in PSU fuel payment mandates.

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

11 Dec 2025, 18:37 PM

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

Exclusive: Fiserv India looks to sell its fuel payments business

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.

Scoop Confirmed! ICICI Bank exiting merchant acquiring JV

Scoop Confirmed! ICICI Bank exiting merchant acquiring JV

14 Dec 2024, 06:19 AM

In August, The Head and Tale was the first to report that ICICI Bank has terminated its exclusive merchant acquiring agreement with ICICI Merchant Services (IMSPL).

Exclusive: ICICI Bank

Exclusive: ICICI Bank's new merchant acquiring strategy

08 Aug 2024, 10:49 AM

In what you can call “the empire strikes back”, a senior banker sees this development signalling a new market trend of traditional financial institutions...

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