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Ahead of IPO, PayU receives final Payment Aggregator license

EntrackrEntrackr · 2m ago
Ahead of IPO, PayU receives final Payment Aggregator license
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Ahead of IPO, PayU receives final Payment Aggregator license PayU has received final authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as an online Payment Aggregator. This allows the fintech firm to onboard new merchants onto its platform. In April 2024, PayU received in-principle approval from the RBI to operate as a payment aggregator. “As we move forward, we remain dedicated to building a resilient, compliant, inclusive, and innovation-driven institution—one that serves merchants of all sizes and contributes meaningfully to the Digital India vision of the RBI and the Government,” said a PayU spokesperson. The development comes at a time when PayU is planning for its IPO, eyeing a public listing during the second half of 2025. The company also appointed Pramod Rao as its Chief Risk Officer, who will oversee risk management, regulatory compliance, and strengthen the organization’s financial and operational risk framework. PayU has acquired a 43.5% stake in real-time payments technology firm Mindgate Solutions, enhancing its footprint in India’s real-time payments space and leveraging Mindgate’s expertise to drive digital payment innovation globally. Several other startups have secured authorization from the RBI as payment aggregators. MobiKwik’s subsidiary Zaakpay and PB Fintech’s subsidiary PB Pay received in-principle approval, and BharatPe’s Resilient Payments was granted final approval. Earlier this year, cross-border payments company Skydo received in-principle authorization from the RBI to operate as a Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) entity.

After securing PA license, Mswipe raises $20 Mn in Alpha Wave-led round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
After securing PA license, Mswipe raises $20 Mn in Alpha Wave-led round
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Mswipe Technologies has closed a $20 million growth equity round led by Alpha Wave Global along with the participation of existing investors. The digital payments company recently received a payment aggregator (PA) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It’s worth noting that the funding has come after a gap of almost five years for the Mumbai-based company. To date, the startup has raised over $125 million from several marquee investors, including Matrix Partners, B Capital, DSG Consumer Partners, Epiq Capital, UC-RNT, and Ola. Fresh capital will help Mswipe expand its merchant payment network, and further strengthen product development and technological infrastructure, the company said in a press release. Mswipe provides a host of offline and online payment acceptance solutions, including point-of-sale devices, UPI, quick response codes and payment links to help offline merchants receive payments digitally. As mentioned above, Mswipe was recently granted the PA licence, which now enables the firm to provide full-stack payment technology providing omni-channel solutions. The PA license solidifies the company’s objective to enhance its suite of offerings while delivering secure payment technology to banking partners, enterprises, and merchants across categories, Mswipe had said in a statement. Mswipe has now joined the likes of Zomato, Decentro, Zoho, Juspay, Razorpay, Cashfree, Open and Enkash which recently received a nod from RBI to operate as an online payment aggregation platform. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Mswipe’s revenue from operations increased 13.69% to Rs 274 crore in FY23 compared to Rs 241 crore in FY22. Its losses contracted by 45.36% to Rs 49 crore in FY23 from Rs 90 crore in FY22. The company claims that it has been profitable at an EBITDA level for the last five quarters.

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