| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.03.2026 | RBI Fines Cashfree For Flouting Payment Aggregator Norms | SUMMARY
RBI imposed the penalty after it concluded that the company made certain non-permissible debit from the escrow account in violation of PA norms
The central bank added that the penalty was imposed in exercise of powers under provisio... |
| 11.03.2026 | Building Around the Individuality of Every Business: Cashfree Payments Launches 'One of Your Kind' Campaign | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments platform, has launched its latest brand campaign, ‘One of Your Kind’ - celebrating the one-of-a-kind journeys of the category-shaping businesses it powers.
The campaign... |
| 27.02.2026 | India's Fintech Frontrunner Xflow Secures $16.6M, Catalyzing Global Payments Evolution | Fintech firm Xflow successfully closed a $16.6 million Series A funding round. General Catalyst spearheaded the investment. PayPal Ventures participated, alongside established backers. This infusion values the B2B cross-border payments plat... |
| 24.02.2026 | Xflow secures $16.6 million funding from PayPal, General Catalyst, other investors | Synopsis
Xflow has secured $16.6 million in a fresh funding round led by existing investor General Catalyst. PayPal has participated in the round as a new investor. Other existing investors â Lightspeed, Stripe, Moore Capital and Square P... |
| 23.01.2026 | Juspay closes $50 million funding from WestBridge Capital; becomes first unicorn of 2026 as valuation hits $1.2 billion | Synopsis
Founded in 2012, Bengaluru-based Juspay powers payment systems for major global brands such as Amazon, Flipkart, Google, IndiGo, and Swiggy. The company said in a statement that it now processes over 300 million transactions daily,... |
| 20.01.2026 | Cashfree Payments announces ESOP buyback for over 400 employees | - |
| 06.01.2026 | Zepto rolls out in-app UPI as delivery platforms bring payments in-house | - |
| 26.09.2025 | Cashfree’s FY25 Loss Widens 14% To INR 154 Cr As Revenue Slips | SUMMARY
Fintech soonicorn Cashfree Payments’ net loss for the fiscal year FY25 widened 14% to INR 154.1 Cr from INR 135 Cr in FY24 at the behest of flattening of its top line and slight increase in expenses
In FY25 , the fintech startup’s o... |
| 15.09.2025 | Refrens Launches Embedded Invoicing & Accounting Suite, Cutting Back-Office Overhead by 90% | New Delhi, Delhi, India
Refrens, a global leader in invoicing and accounting solutions, today announced the launch of its next-generation Embedded Invoicing & Accounting Suite, designed to help software platforms and digital marketplace... |
| 12.09.2025 | BGMI: Krafton's 'Once in a Decade' Win, and Future Plans for India Market Krafton quietly is building a 'small and nimble but strong' gaming studio in Bengaluru, aiming to develop and ship games at a ... | How does one replicate the success of BGMI (Battlegrounds Mobile India)? Even for Krafton, it's a big task.
For the uninitiated, BGMI made a dramatic entry in India in 2021 after its previous iteration, PUBG Mobile India, was banned in the ... |
| 12.06.2025 | Cashfree Payments' Secure ID launches AI-powered, Multilingual Video KYC; Aims to Boost user Conversions by up to 80% | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Built to empower NBFCs, banks, lending platforms, insurance companies, and other regulated entities to digitally onboard users pan-India, including tier 2 and tier 3 regions
Supports low-bandwidth environments an... |
| 08.05.2025 | Cashfree Payments to support 140 currencies via its gateway | - |
| 17.04.2025 | South Korea’s Krafton, others invest in JetSynthesys | Rajan Navani, CEO, JetSynthesys
South Korean digital entertainment firm Krafton has made an undisclosed investment in JetSynthesys, a homegrown Indian digital entertainment and technology company focused on video gaming, e-sports, and creat... |
| 15.04.2025 | Cashfree Payments appoints Piyush Anchliya as CFO | - |
| 07.04.2025 | Kedaara Capital leads Juspay's Series D round as Swedish investor trims stake | Credit: 123RF.com
Private equity firm Kedaara Capital has led a $60 million (Rs 515 crore) round of investment in Bengaluru-headquartered payment infrastructure firm Juspay.
Existing investors SoftBank and Accel also joined the Series D fun... |
| 21.03.2025 | Fintech Revolution: The Future of Cross-Border Payments | The world of finance is evolving. Cross-border payments are at the forefront of this transformation. In 2022, the global cross-border payments market was valued at a staggering USD 181.9 trillion. By 2032, it is projected to soar to USD 356... |
| 20.03.2025 | Fintechs Invest in Making Cross Border Payments More Efficient According to some reports, the global cross-border payments market was valued at USD 181.9 trillion in 2022, and is projected to reach US... | At a time when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is trying to make cross-border payments more efficient by addressing challenges of high cost, slow speed, and insufficient access and transparency, fintech companies are innovating with solutio... |
| 04.03.2025 | Indian startups raise USD 1.65 bn in Feb; median valuation at USD 83.2 mn | New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) Indian startups raised a total of USD 1.65 billion (about ₹14,418 crore) in funding at a median valuation of USD 83.2 million in February 2025, according to data from Tracxn.
This brings the total funding in FY25 (Apr... |
| 20.02.2025 | Razorpay expands offerings with AI-driven payments, moves merchants to native payment orchestration | Fintech major Razorpay has launched a slew of products powered by AI to scale its offerings to its merchants.
The company introduced corporate credit cards for start-up founders in partnership with Yes Bank, a buyer protection program to se... |
| 08.02.2025 | The Rise of Women’s Wellness: Nua’s Journey and the Startup Surge | In a world where wellness is the new currency, women’s health brands are carving out their niche. Nua, a wellness brand backed by Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, has recently raised ₹35 crore. This funding round, led by Mirabilis Investmen... |
| 08.02.2025 | From Cashfree Payments To Shadowfax — Indian Startups Raised $125 Mn This Week | SUMMARY
Between February 3 and 8, Indian startups cumulatively raised $124.6 Mn via 21 deals, marking a 36% decline from the $195.5 Mn raised across 24 deals in the preceding week
Fintech emerged as the top sector in terms of investment thi... |
| 07.02.2025 | ThinkMarkets and Trifecta Capital: Rising Stars in the Financial Landscape | In the bustling world of finance, two names have recently emerged as beacons of innovation and success: ThinkMarkets and Trifecta Capital. Both companies are carving their paths in the competitive landscape, showcasing how strategic moves a... |
| 07.02.2025 | ETtech deals digest: Startups raise $198 million this week, up 65% on-year | ETtech
Startups raised around $198.3 million between February 1 and 7, marking a 65.2% increase compared to the same period last year.
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startups fundingMyntra investmentCashfree Payments fundingLimelight Diamonds fundingMyn... |
| 06.02.2025 | Cashfree Payments: A New Chapter with Krafton’s Backing | In the fast-paced world of digital payments, Cashfree Payments has just secured a significant boost. The Indian startup has raised $53 million in a funding round led by Krafton, a South Korean digital entertainment giant. This investment ma... |
| 06.02.2025 | Cashfree Payments Raises $53 Million at a $700 Million Valuation
Only paid subscribers can comment on this post | Cashfree Payments is a leading payments and banking technology company that empowers businesses to accept and send money efficiently. It offers a comprehensive suite of payment solutions, supporting multiple modes such as UPI, credit and de... |
| 05.02.2025 | Krafton, Apis Partners lead Indian payment firm Cashfree's $53m funding round | India’s digital payments firm Cashfree announced on Wednesday that it has raised $53 million in a funding round led by South Korea’s Krafton Inc. and UK-based private equity firm Apis Partners. |
| 05.02.2025 | First close of Rs 2,000 Cr Fund IV announced by Trifecta | The first close of Trifecta Capital’s fourth and biggest venture debt fund to date has been announced. For this fund, the company intends to raise Rs 2,000 crore, which includes a Rs 500 crore greenshoe option.
By providing non-dilutive fin... |
| 05.02.2025 | ThinkMarkets wins ‘Newcomer of the Year 2024’ at TradingView awards | London, United Kingdom, January 30th, 2025, FinanceWire
ThinkMarkets, a leading online trading provider, recently announced that it received an award from TradingView for ‘Newcomer of the Year 2024’.
The annual TradingView awards aim to rec... |
| 05.02.2025 | Cashfree Payments Secures USD 53 Mn Funding Led by KRAFTON and Apis Growth Fund II With the fresh funds, the platform aims to bolster Cashfree's payments offerings, expand market outreach, and acceler... | Indian payments firm Cashfree Payments has raised USD 53 million (around INR 450 crore) in a funding round led by Korean digital entertainment giant KRAFTON and existing investor Apis Growth Fund II, managed by Apis Partners Group.
The capi... |
| 05.02.2025 | Cashfree secures $53 million from Krafton, Apis Partners | ETtechL-R, Reeju Datta and Akash Sinha, cofounders, Cashfree
Online merchant payment startup Cashfree Payments has secured $53 million in a fresh equity funding round led by South Korean entertainment company Krafton along with participatio... |
| 05.02.2025 | Cashfree Payments Raises USD 53M in Funding | Cashfree Payments, a Bangalore, India-based payments company, raised USD 53M in funding.
The round was led by KRAFTON and existing investor Apis Growth Fund II.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its payments offering and bo... |
| 05.02.2025 | South Korea's Krafton leads $53 mn funding in Cashfree Payments | Reeju Datta, co-founder, Cashfree Payments
Cashfree Payments said Wednesday it has raised Rs 450 crore (around $53 million) in a funding round led by South Korean digital entertainment firm Krafton.
Existing investor Apis Growth Fund II, a ... |
| 24.01.2025 | ‘No query from ED’: Paytm denies reports of facing probe in ₹2,200 crore crypto scam | Paytm clarified on Friday, January 24, that it had not received any fresh notice, communication, or query from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after reports suggested that the leading fintech major was among companies facing a probe over o... |
| 21.01.2025 | Razorpay, Cashfree To Discontinue Partnership With Juspay | SUMMARY
Razorpay said it will pause all integrations with third-party payment orchestration platforms and offer payment gateway services to its customers through direct integrations
However, digital payments solutions provider Pine Labs app... |
| 09.11.2024 | Cashfree Payments Pilots Cross Border Payments | SUMMARY
Fintech startup Cashfree Payments has pilot launched cross border payments in partnership with Swiggy, Zepto, Nature’s Basket, Nykaa, Bookmyshow, Redbus and Vedantu
This pilot programme caters to UPI and RuPay card users, which are ... |
| 24.09.2024 | Cashfree Ropes In Former PhonePe Executive Nitin Pulyani As Product Head & SVP | SUMMARY
In his new role, Pulyani will be responsible for product development and innovation along with developing strategic growth initiatives for Cashfree
Prior to that, Pulyani served as the product leader at Mumbai-based fintech startup ... |
| 09.09.2024 | Paysharp gets final nod from RBI to act as payment aggregator | Paysharp has received RBI final authorisation to act as a payment aggregator following an in-principal licence issued in December 2022.
The five-year-old start-up has raised ₹23 crore in two rounds at a valuation of ₹200 crore.
The RBI’s fi... |
| 31.08.2024 | Fintech Firm Cashfree Payments Announces Launch of Secure ID | Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking solutions company, announced the launch of Secure ID.
Secure ID is an end-to-end solution “for identity verification, risk assessment, and fraud prevention.”
Cashfree Payments claims to ha... |
| 23.08.2024 | 8i Ventures led $4 M Series A funding raised by fintech startup TransBnk | 8i Ventures is leading a $4 million Series A funding round for TransBnk, a fintech startup based in Mumbai. Accion Venture Lab, GMO Venture Partners, Ratio Ventures, Force Ventures, and a number of family offices, organizations, and angel i... |
| 30.07.2024 | Cashfree Payments Receives Reserve Bank of India’s Payment Aggregator License for Cross-Border Payments | Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking company, announced that it has become the first payment service provider to receive the Reserve Bank of India’s Payment Aggregator license for cross-border payments, for both imports and e... |
| 29.07.2024 | BillDesk, Amazon Pay & Adyen Get Cross-Border Payment Aggregator Licence From RBI | SUMMARY
While BillDesk’s IndiaIdeas.com received the licence for both exports and imports on July 29, the other two received the nod on July 25
Amazon Pay and Adyen India received the central bank’s approval for import-only cross border pay... |
| 29.07.2024 | Cashfree Payments Secures RBI License for Cross-Border Payments The company's International Payment Gateway allows merchants to accept payments from 180 countries in 30 currencies through various meth... | Payments and API banking platform Cashfree Payments announced that it has received the Reserve Bank of India's Payment Aggregator license for cross-border payments, for both imports and exports.
This new license permits Cashfree to extend i... |
| 04.06.2024 | Cashfree Payments appoints Abhaya Hota as Independent Director | Payments and API banking company Cashfree Payments has announced the appointment of former NPCI MD & CEO Abhaya Hota as an Independent Director of the company.
Hota has spent close to three decades in the Reserve Bank of India. He was t... |
| 04.06.2024 | Cashfree Ropes In Former NPCI Executive Abhaya Hota As Independent Director | SUMMARY
Hota was earlier associated with NPCI as its managing director and chief executive officer for nearly a decade.
Prior to that, he held chief general manager’s (department of payments and settlement systems) role at the Reserve Bank ... |
| 30.05.2024 | Cashfree ropes in former Razorpay VP Harsh Gupta as CRO | Digital payments processor Cashfree has appointed Harsh Gupta, former Senior Vice President, Razorpay, as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), as a part of its larger plan to bolster growth.
Arun Tikoo, the current Chief Business Officer wi... |
| 29.05.2024 | Zomato revives lending ambitions, in talks with multiple NBFCs to give merchant loans | With over 18 million customers, Zomato has 2,47,000 average monthly active restaurant partners, growing at a CAGR of 17 percent.
After pausing its lending ambitions for a few years, food delivery major Zomato is looking to revive the servic... |
| 29.05.2024 | Fintech start-up BharatX acquires healthcare finance start-up Zenifi | Y-Combinator-backed Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) fintech start-up BharatX has acquired Zenifi, a healthcare finance start-up providing zero-cost and low-cost EMI solutions. BharatX, a company providing credit as a service to end users, will be ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Groww receives RBI approval to operate as payment aggregator | Fintech unicorn Groww has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a payment aggregator. The firm has joined several fintechs which recently received similar approval from the central bank.
RBI has granted the licence ... |
| 24.04.2024 | PayU to onboard new merchants as it gets PA license from RBI | PayU has received in-principle approval from The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator. The nod will also allow the fintech firm to onboard new merchants on its platform.
Back in January 2023, the apex banking body ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Flipkart gives 100% bonus to employees and merit-linked payouts | Amidst a downturn in the technology sector, Flipkart is giving 100 per cent bonus to all employees and rolling out merit-linked payouts to eligible staff. The Walmart-owned e-commerce firm is rolling out this initiative for most of the tota... |
| 21.03.2024 | Cashfree Payments launches product solution to cut fraudulent transactions | Cashfree Payments, a company specialising in banking solutions and payments, on Thursday launched a risk management solution for payment gateways which aims to reduce fraudulent activities by 40 per cent.
Cashfree’s ‘RiskShield’ enables cus... |
| 21.03.2024 | Star Sports witnesses a 24% increase in IPL build-up programming | Star Sports, the official broadcaster of Tata Indian Premier League (IL) 2024, has witnessed a 24 per cent increase since the commencement of its IPL build-up programming compared to last year.
Star Sports has reached 245 million viewers as... |
| 13.03.2024 | India’s Fintech Visionaries To Unite At ‘Startup Mahakumbh’ In Delhi | SUMMARY
The fintech pavilion at Startup Mahakumbh will bring together the brightest minds in the sector under the same roof
It will be led by Pramod Bhasin, founder of Genpact & Clix Capital Services and chairman of ICRIER; Siddharth Pa... |
| 06.03.2024 | NPCI discusses means to grow UPI ahead december market cap deadline | The National Payments Council of India (NPCI) has met several ecosystem players to discuss the steps needed to bolster the growth of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform.
The meeting is significant ahead of the December deadline se... |
| 28.02.2023 | Cashfree Payments Acquires Zecpe | Akash Sinha, CEO and Co-Founder, Cashfree Payments
Cashfree Payments, a Bengaluru, India-based payments and API banking company, acquired Zecpe, a Gurgaon, India-based one-click checkout company.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Wi... |
| 23.10.2022 | India’s Cashfree Payments Launches ‘Issuance’ to Enable Fintechs to Introduce Prepaid Cards | Cashfree Payments, which claims to be one of India’s leading payments and API banking solutions companies, announced the launch of Card Issuance Stack with their new solution ‘Issuance’ “to enable businesses such as fintechs and platforms t... |
| 20.07.2022 | Cashfree Payments receives RBI nod to roll out its product enabling purchase of listed shares on foreign exchanges | The solution enables Indian fintech companies to offer investments in foreign listed shares using UPI or Net Banking as a feature to Indian users
Cashfree had piloted the solution under RBI's Regulatory Sandbox for cross-border payments
BEN... |
| 28.12.2021 | O que é Banking as a Service? [BaaS] | As fintechs e os bancos digitais sempre tentaram buscar a confiabilidade que os bancos tradicionais possuem. Veja abaixo, o que é Banking as a Service e como funciona o sistema de serviços financeiros feitos por terceiros mas baseado nas es... |
| 19.11.2021 | Cashfree Payments Launches RBI-Compliant Tokenization Solution | Cashfree Payments, an Indian payments and API banking solutions company, this week launched Token Vault, a tokenized solution enabling merchants to save card network tokens, while staying compliant with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guideline... |
| 07.06.2021 | India's largest bank SBI invests in leading digital payments firm Cashfree | BANGALORE , India, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cashfree, India's leading digital payments and banking technology company, today announced that India's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has made an investment in the organisation. Th... |
| 25.11.2020 | Indian payments fintech Cashfree lands Apis-led $35m Series B | Cashfree, a Bengaluru-based fintech which helps Indian businesses make and collect payments, has landed an INR 2.6 billion ($35 million) Series B.
Led by Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, the round sees Ap... |
| 24.11.2020 | Indian fintech startup Cashfree raises $35m led by Apis, Y Combinator | Premium
Bengaluru-based fintech startup Cashfree has raised $35.3 million as part of its Series B funding round. The investment was led by growth stage financial services investor, Apis Growth Fund II, with participation from existing inves... |
| 24.11.2020 | Indian fintech startup Cashfree raises $35m led by Apis, Y Combinator | Bengaluru-based fintech startup Cashfree has raised $35.3 million as part of its Series B funding round. The investment was led by growth stage financial services investor, Apis Growth Fund II, with participation from existing investor Y Co... |
| 24.11.2020 | Cashfree raises $35 million led by Apis, Y Combinator | Some of Cashfree's customers include leading internet companies such as Cred, BigBasket, Zomato, HDFC Ergo, Zoomcar and Delhivery. Cashfree raises $35 million led by Apis, Y Combinator 1 min read . Updated: 24 Nov 2020, 01:44 PM IST Nandita... |
| 24.11.2020 | Cashfree scoops up $35 Mn in Series B round led by Apis Partners | Payment gateway startup Cashfree has scooped up $35.3 million in its Series B round led by London-based private equity fund Apis Partners’ Apis Growth Fund II. Existing investors Y combinator and Smilegate Investments also took part in the ... |
| 24.11.2020 | Cashfree secures $35 million in Series B funding led by Apis and Y Combinator | ETtechIllustration: Rahul Awasthi
Bengaluru-based payment gateway Cashfree has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by private equity fund Apis Growth Fund II, and existing investor Y Combinator, valuing the five-year-old startup at a... |
| 23.11.2020 | YC-backed Cashfree raises $35.3 million for its payments platform | Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million in a new financing round as the profitable firm looks to broaden its offering.
The Bangalore-based startup’s Series B was led ... |
| 16.04.2019 | Indian payments fintech Cashfree closes $5.5m Series A round | India-based start-up Cashfree has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round led by Smilegate Investment, reports Jane Connolly.
“API banking is the future of business banking in India and we are at its forefront”
US accelerator programme Y Co... |
| 09.04.2019 | India’s Cashfree raises $5.5M from Korea’s Smilegate, Y Combinator and others | Cashfree, an India-based startup that specializes in making corporate banking services more accessible and easier to use, has closed a $5.5 million Series A round.
The deal is led by Smilegate Investment — the fund affiliated with Korean ga... |
| 09.04.2019 | Daily funding roundup - April 9th, 2019 | Labelbox landed $10M; MakeSchool secured $15M; UNIFi received $17M; PubNub raised $23M
Avail: Avail provides tools, education, and support for DIY landlords and their tenants to make renting easy. Avail has raised $2.5 million led by Cultiv... |
| 30.10.2017 | Fintech startup Cashfree raises seed funding from Y Combinator | Bengaluru-based payments platform Cashfree has got $120,000 in seed funding from US-based startup accelerator Y Combinator, after the startup was selected for its Summer 2017 batch.
The fintech firm plans to use the funding for product deve... |
| 28.10.2017 | Payments platform Cashfree raises $120,000 to automate bank transfers | -->
New Rs 500 notes were issued after old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were scrapped. (Photo: Representational/PTI) |
| 25.10.2017 | Cashfree Automates Payouts and Bank Transfers for Indian Businesses (YC S17) | Cashfree is India’s first payment gateway that automates inbound and outbound bank transfers. This replaces the slow, error prone alternative of uploading Excel files for bulk payments or manually reconciling payments received via bank tran... |
| 21.08.2017 | All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 | Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged as the top startup trends at Y Combinator‘s 25th Demo Day. The 124 companies presenting at the entrepreneur school’s twice-yearly graduation event compose YC’s largest batch from its 12.5 yea... |
| - | Global Financial Services Investor, Apis Growth Fund II, invests US$35m in leading hyper-growth Indian digital payments company, Cashfree | |
| - | Cashfree | “Built for your business payment needs - Collect payments, send payouts, manage international payments, launch your next neo banking product and do a lot more.” |
| - | Y Combinator-Backed Cashfree Raises $5.5 Mn In Series A Round | Bengaluru-based payment gateway startup Cashfree has raised $5.5 Mn (INR 38.2 Cr) in its series A round of funding, led by South Korea-based venture capital company Smilegate Investments.
Existing investor, Y Combinator along with other inv... |
| - | Cashfree Bags $35 Mn In Series B Round Led By Apis Partners, Plans To Muscle Up R&D | Bengaluru-based payment gateway platform Cashfree has raised $35.3 Mn in a new financing round. The startup’s Series B was led by London-headquartered private equity firm Apis Partners, with participation from existing investors Y Combinato... |
| - | Cashfree Payments raises $53M from KRAFTON India, Apis Growth Fund II | Digital payments startup Cashfree Payments on Wednesday said it raised $53 million (about Rs 430 crore) in a funding round led by South Korean gaming giant KRAFTON, with participation from existing investor Apis Growth Fund II.
The fintech ... |
| - | Cashfree Payments expands its MENA presence through investment in UAE-based Payment Gateway, Telr | |
