The license, granted by the country's payments authority, came as Paytm Payments Bank will cease to operate on 15 March, following regulatory action due to non-compliance with certain norms.
Walmart bought a controlling stake in Flipkart in 2018, giving it ownership of PhonePe. The company said last month it would remain a majority stakeholder in both the companies.
General Atlantic is likely to lead the round with an investment of $450- $500 million, making PhonePe the most valuable Indian financial tech firm, surpassing Razorpay and Paytm.
PhonePe, India’s leading digital payments provider with more than 175 million users, is the largest of a plethora of local start-ups that relied on Yes Bank.
In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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