Harshvardhan Lunia

After Fullerton control, Lendingkart gets its new CEO in Prashant Joshi

After Fullerton control, Lendingkart gets its new CEO in Prashant Joshi

16 Apr 2025, 11:07 AM

Joshi’s elevation comes amid strategic leadership changes following a majority stake acquisition by Temasek’s Fullerton Financial Holdings (FFH).

Fintech founders float new entity to seek RBI nod for SRO status

Fintech founders float new entity to seek RBI nod for SRO status

07 Apr 2025, 15:48 PM

Once approved, India Fintech Foundation (IFF) will be the second Fintech-SRO after Fintech Association of Consumer Empowerment (FACE).

SME lender Lendingkart sees marginal fall in FY24 profit

SME lender Lendingkart sees marginal fall in FY24 profit

26 Nov 2024, 23:36 PM

Revenue from co-lending - which accounted for 54% of the operating revenue - jumped by 88% to Rs 591 crore in FY24.

Fullerton to acquire controlling stake in Lendingkart

Fullerton to acquire controlling stake in Lendingkart

23 Oct 2024, 18:04 PM

The deal, which includes an investment of up to Rs 252 crore ($30 million), is awaiting regulatory approval.

Fintech Highlights

  1. Payments Council of India reappoints CCAvenue's Vishwas Patel as chairperson

  2. Avanse Financial Services raises $200 million in debt via ECB

  3. Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund hikes stake in Paytm

  4. Kiwi raises $23 million in Series B funding led by Vertex Ventures

  5. Kissht files draft paper for IPO, eyes Rs 1,000 crore via fresh issue
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. OpenAI appoints ex Coursera exec Raghav Gupta as education vertical head for India, APAC

  2. Meta strikes licensing deal with Midjourney

  3. OpenAI warns against unauthorized investment vehicles

  4. Google inks cloud computing deal worth $10 billion with Meta

  5. OpenAI's chief people officer Julia Villagra steps down
  6. Read more news...

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  1. Jio’s third attempt at payments: Can Mukesh Ambani finally crack the merchant code?

  2. Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

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