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Money & Machines: Regulators, Reel Stars, Real Money. And 'All Inclusive' — Inside GFF 2025

11 Oct 2025, 13:59 PM

In today’s edition of Money & Machines, we bring to you the honest opinions, critical notes and the whispers gathered on the sidelines of biggest fintech “mela" in the world.

RBI governor hints at potential end to free UPI transactions

RBI governor hints at potential end to free UPI transactions

28 Jul 2025, 20:52 PM

India processed 18.4 billion UPI transactions worth Rs 24.04 lakh crore in June.

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.

Sanjay Malhotra is the new RBI Governor

Sanjay Malhotra is the new RBI Governor

09 Dec 2024, 22:37 PM

Malhotra replaces Shaktikanta Das whose six year tenure comes to an end on December 10, 2024.

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Fintech Highlights

  1. Physis Capital marks final close of maiden Rs 400 crore fund

  2. Slice Small Finance Bank swings to profit in FY26; income more than doubles

  3. MobiKwik gets RBI approval for offline PA license

  4. UPI in April: Digital gold purchases value drop over 20%

  5. MobiKwik says over 90% dues repaid as Xtra scrutiny deepens
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Fundamentum's Ashish Kumar launches Rs 2,000 crore AI and deeptech fund F2A

  2. Anthropic strengthens India leadership with Sangeeta Bavi and Siddiq Zaman appointments

  3. Shastra VC rolls out $100 million fund to invest in AI, deeptech startups

  4. ANSCER Robotics bags Series A funding led by IAN Alpha Fund

  5. Amagi Media Labs FY26 revenue from operations up 29% to Rs 1,505.6 crore
  6. Read more news...

IPO Tales

  1. Turtlemint IPO: Behind its 8x revenue jump, an internal deal does the heavy lifting

  2. Shiprocket IPO: A profitable core, costly emerging bets

  3. Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

  4. Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor
  5. Read more news...

Money & Machines

  1. Razorpay's IPO + Visa's appointment + AI-IT tieups

  2. The Slice transition; Spyne's R&D obsession

  3. The fintech crackdown continues; The ROI paradox in AI

  4. 'Guilty, until proven innocent'; The ARR illusion
  5. Previous editions...

PE/VC Tales

  1. Zetwerk-backer Kae Capital sees more exits in next 12 months, says AI startup valuations high

  2. Micro VCs: Fueling India's startup pipeline or distorting it?

  3. Inside the fintech and financial services bets of Peak XV, Accel, Elevation

  4. Enterprise bets pay off as Arali Ventures eyes ‘larger’ third fund
  5. Read more news...

Editor's Pick

  1. Exclusive: Reserve Bank of India cracks down on misuse of education payments

  2. Inside Rebel Foods, Droom backer Lightbox's post-exodus reset

  3. The LAP rush and MSME mirage: Is fintech lending building its next risk? [Part-3]