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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.

Fintech Highlights

  1. UNLEASH Capital Partners hits final close of first fund at Rs 300 crore

  2. Sahamati Labs partners with Google Cloud to embed AI in account aggregator framework

  3. Shirish Chandra Murmu appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

  4. RBI mandates two-factor authentication for all digital payments from April 2026

  5. MS Dhoni Family Office-backed Finance Buddha gets in-principle nod for SME IPO
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Anthropic launches "best coding model" Claude Sonnet 4.5

  2. Vibe-coding startup Anything bags $11 million in Series A funding

  3. Sam Altman dubs OpenAI’s new Pulse ‘the future of ChatGPT'

  4. Microsoft adds Anthropic's models to Copilot amid friction with OpenAI

  5. Emergent raises $23 million in Series A round led by Lightspeed
  6. Read more news...

Money & Machines

  1. What happened after the gaming ban story; VCs' hunt for 'Lovable' in India

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

  3. The same fate of two digital lending posterboys; Healthcare not AI ready?

  4. Reliance's startup moment; Amazon, Flipkart's NBFC play
  5. Previous editions...

Editor's Pick

  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

  3. Pine Labs IPO Playbook: Between DRHP Gloss and Ground Reality