Offline Payments

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

27 Nov 2025, 14:18 PM

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

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.

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

27 Oct 2025, 23:10 PM

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

Paytm parent restructures to bring entities under direct ownership

Paytm parent restructures to bring entities under direct ownership

15 Oct 2025, 20:34 PM

Paytm has also approved the transfer of its offline merchant payments business to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Ltd.

RBI brings the wild west under regulatory fold; Hello, AI friend

RBI brings the wild west under regulatory fold; Hello, AI friend

30 Sep 2025, 14:10 PM

Sep 19th Edition: We look at the RBI’s unified master directions on payment aggregators and what it means; and how AI companions could be the next big bets for Indian VCs.

Exclusive: Razorpay

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

29 Sep 2025, 14:10 PM

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

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