india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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Indian B2B Electronics Firm Arzooo Raises $70M
Indian B2B Electronics Firm Arzooo Raises $70M
June 29, 2022  |  Investments

B2B consumer electronics company Arzooo has raised $70 million to scale its business in a $65 billion market, The Economic Times reported Wednesday (June 29)....

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B2B Marketplace Solv Raises $40M for Indian Expansion, BNPL
B2B Marketplace Solv Raises $40M for Indian Expansion, BNPL
June 27, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Solv, which operates an online B2B marketplace focusing on small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in India, has raised $40 million in a Series A funding...

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Zomato Buying Grocery Delivery Startup Blinkit for $568M
Zomato Buying Grocery Delivery Startup Blinkit for $568M
June 24, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Indian food delivery firm Zomato is buying local grocery delivery startup Blinkit for 44.47 billion rupees ($568.2 million) in an all-stock deal as part of...

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FinTechs Ask Indian Central Bank For More Time to Adopt Payments Rule
FinTechs Ask Indian Central Bank For More Time to Adopt Payments Rule
June 24, 2022  |  Regulation

Representatives from the FinTech industry are asking India’s central bank for more time to adhere to its new prepaid payment instruments (PPI) rule. The Reserve...

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Today in FinTech: Singapore Questions Crypto’s Utility; Klarna Challenges BNPL Research
Today in FinTech: Singapore Questions Crypto’s Utility; Klarna Challenges BNPL Research
June 23, 2022  |  Technology

In today’s FinTech news, Pine Labs in Noida, India, is acquiring Setu in Bengaluru, India, to grow Pine Labs’ offering of digital payments and lending...

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Indian Neobank Freo, Equitas Small Finance Bank Debut Digital Savings App FreoSave
Indian Neobank Freo, Equitas Small Finance Bank Debut Digital Savings App FreoSave
June 21, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Neobank Freo has rolled out a digital savings account, a report from Economic Times of India said Tuesday (June 21). Called FreoSave, the new service...

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Indian Cross-Border Payments Platform PayGlocal Raises $12M
Indian Cross-Border Payments Platform PayGlocal Raises $12M
June 19, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

PayGlocal, a payment solutions startup, has raised $12 million in a funding round, according to the Economic Times of India. PayGlocal works on the allowance...

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B2B InsurTech Platform Pazcare Raises $8.2M for Expanded Insurance Products
B2B InsurTech Platform Pazcare Raises $8.2M for Expanded Insurance Products
June 17, 2022  |  Investments

Employee benefits and B2B InsurTech company Pazcare has announced it has raised $8.2 million in Series A funding round, The Economic Times reported. The company...

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India’s 8i Ventures Sells Part of M2P Fintech Stake at 36x+ Return
India’s 8i Ventures Sells Part of M2P Fintech Stake at 36x+ Return
June 13, 2022  |  Investments

Early-stage venture capital firm 8i Ventures said Monday (June 13) that it had sold part of its seed stake in Banking as a Service (BaaS)...

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