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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Cardless Payment Network Simpl Raises $40M to Grow BNPL in India
Cardless Payment Network Simpl Raises $40M to Grow BNPL in India
December 01, 2021  |  Investments

Cardless payment network Simpl closed a $40 million Series B funding round to expand buy now, pay later (BNPL) in India, according to a Wednesday...

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India’s Snapdeal Prepping for $250M IPO
India’s Snapdeal Prepping for $250M IPO
November 30, 2021  |  IPO

The Indian online retail giant Snapdeal is preparing to go public through an IPO of as much as $250 million. As Bloomberg News reported on...

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Bitcoin Daily: CoinDCX Plans to Go Public; Russia Reports $5B in Crypto Transactions Per Year; Bitcoin Recovers Due to Positive Omicron Variant News
Bitcoin Daily: CoinDCX Plans to Go Public; Russia Reports $5B in Crypto Transactions Per Year;...
November 29, 2021  |  Bitcoin

CoinDCX, the first Indian cryptocurrency unicorn, will be pursuing an initial public offering (IPO) when allowed to by government regulators, Bloomberg reported. Co-Founder Neeraj Khandelwal...

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Paytm Launches All-in-One Transit Card
Paytm Launches All-in-One Transit Card
November 29, 2021  |  Transportation

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. (PPBL) is launching an all-in-one transit card that Indians can use to pay for buses, trains, tolls, parking and other transit...

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Indian FinTech Slice Hits Unicorn Status with $220M Funding Round
Indian FinTech Slice Hits Unicorn Status with $220M Funding Round
November 28, 2021  |  Investments

Slice, the India-based FinTech providing credit cards, has become a unicorn as of a new $220 million Series B, which values the company at over...

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Paytm Sees Net Loss Rising Along With Expenses
Paytm Sees Net Loss Rising Along With Expenses
November 28, 2021  |  Earnings

One97 Communications, which is the parent of FinTech Paytm, has said its net loss has increased 8.4% with the rising expenses, Reuters writes. The company...

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Visa Says Indian Government Favors Domestic Payments Company RuPay
Visa Says Indian Government Favors Domestic Payments Company RuPay
November 28, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Visa has raised concerns with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) about India favoring the domestic payments card provider RuPay, three years after Mastercard did so privately in 2018, Reuters reported Sunday...

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India Again Announces Plan to Ban Cryptocurrencies as Digital Rupee Moves Ahead
India Again Announces Plan to Ban Cryptocurrencies as Digital Rupee Moves Ahead
November 23, 2021  |  International

After months of discussions and rumors that it was taking a less hostile stance on cryptocurrencies, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-introduced legislation...

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India’s Looming Crypto Ban May Limit Bitcoin to Emerging, Volatile Economies
India’s Looming Crypto Ban May Limit Bitcoin to Emerging, Volatile Economies
November 23, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

If we keep going at this rate, there may be stark divisions in crypto-land — between the major world economies that shun cryptocurrencies and the...

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