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Orchestrating an Exit: Why payment aggregators are moving away from Juspay

Orchestrating an Exit: Why payment aggregators are moving away from Juspay

02 Apr 2025, 08:07 AM

Razorpay, Cashfree, Paytm, and PhonePe are taking control back, ditching third-party routers. But what about merchants—are they embracing the change or caught in the chaos?

UPI’s Zero-MDR (Illusion) Model is Cracking – Who’s Really Paying the Price?

UPI’s Zero-MDR (Illusion) Model is Cracking – Who’s Really Paying the Price?

31 Mar 2025, 10:12 AM

While the government insists UPI is free, hidden charges, unsustainable incentives, and industry frustrations tell a different story.

smallcase raises $50 million led by Elev8 Venture Partners

smallcase raises $50 million led by Elev8 Venture Partners

28 Mar 2025, 16:55 PM

The round also saw participation from State Street Global Advisors, Niveshaay AIF, Faering Capital, and Arkam Ventures.

Zaggle to acquire 45.33% in PoS firm Effiasoft for Rs 36.72 crore

Zaggle to acquire 45.33% in PoS firm Effiasoft for Rs 36.72 crore

28 Mar 2025, 16:21 PM

Zaggle said it received the approval from its board to acquire the stake from Effiasoft cofounders Koushik Shee and Akula Krishna Rao.

Hitachi Payment

Hitachi Payment's cash management unit gets new CEO

28 Mar 2025, 16:07 PM

Yusuf Pachmariwala will be succeeding Anup Neogi as ​​Hitachi Cash Management Services' managing director and chief executive officer.

MobiKwik plans entry into stock broking space

MobiKwik plans entry into stock broking space

28 Mar 2025, 15:55 PM

MobiKwik's stock broking arm will deal in shares, stocks, securities, debt instruments, commodities, currencies and their derivatives.

Telling merchants

Telling merchants 'I will not support you through a router' is absurd: Juspay co-founders

26 Mar 2025, 04:58 AM

Back in January, Juspay founder Vimal Kumar and co-founder Sheetal Lalwani spoke exclusively with us in an hour-long chat around the shifting dynamics of India's payments ecosystem.

Paytm discontinues payments processing via Juspay

Paytm discontinues payments processing via Juspay

26 Mar 2025, 04:27 AM

Razorpay, Cashfree and PhonePe have already announced their decisions to move away from third-party routers.

Fintech Hightlights

  1. Travel card fintech Scapia raises $40 million led by Peak XV

  2. Beams Fintech Fund participates in Infinity Fincorp’s $40 millon Series A round

  3. BlackSoil-Caspian Debt merger gets the RBI approval

  4. Plaksha University launches Binny Bansal Institute for Inventing the Future

  5. Groww gets CCI approval to issue bonus shares to Peak XV, Tiger Global, others
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