Board For Regulation And Supervision Of Payment And Settlement System

Fintech founders shaping policy; India on AI map?

Fintech founders shaping policy; India on AI map?

01 Sep 2025, 11:41 AM

In today's newsletter we have our take on Sahil Kini's shift from startup founder to policymaker, and India's journey towards potentially becoming the third pole in the AI universe.

Paytm approves investments in Paytm Money, Paytm Services, discontinues real money gaming biz

Paytm approves investments in Paytm Money, Paytm Services, discontinues real money gaming biz

26 Aug 2025, 11:27 AM

Paytm has approved investments of up to Rs 300 crore in Paytm Money and Rs 155 crore in Paytm Services through rights issues.

RBI vs Government: The battle over India’s digital payments ecosystem explained

RBI vs Government: The battle over India’s digital payments ecosystem explained

28 May 2025, 17:01 PM

A decade-old debate ends with government formalizing oversight of payments through Payments Regulatory Board, redefining roles across RBI, NPCI and fintech.

Fintech Highlights

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

  2. MS Dhoni Family Office-backed Finance Buddha gets in-principle nod for SME IPO

  3. Gullak bags $7.5 million in Series A round led by Chiratae Ventures

  4. Oolka raises $7 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed, Z47

  5. Go Digit receives Rs 15 crore GST notice
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

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

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

  3. Emergent raises $23 million in Series A round led by Lightspeed

  4. Cohere raises additional $100 million as it scales enterprise AI tech

  5. OpenAI to build 5 new data centres with Oracle, SoftBank under Stargate
  6. Read more news...

Money & Machines

  1. What India's Gaming Ban Reveals About UPI; Why RBI wants AI to Fix Finance

  2. Journalism was already dying — AI wasn't the culprit

  3. IRCTC enters payments where giants bleed; RIP of RIP in AI

  4. Fintech founders shaping policy; India on AI map?

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