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PayU invests $5 Mn in cross border payments startup BRISKPE

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PayU invests $5 Mn in cross border payments startup BRISKPE
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Cross-border payments platform BRISKPE has raised $5 million in its seed round from PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus. The proceeds will be used to drive product development, talent acquisition, and business expansion, the company said in a press release. Founded by Sanjay Tripathy and Vijay Agicha, BRISKPE is primarily designed to meet the unique requirements of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Its solution empowers these businesses to reduce costs, streamline global operations, and boost their global competitiveness. Mumbai-based BRISKPE claims to have a customer base of more than 1,000 exporters and the company is on a mission to simplify global payments, making them cost-efficient, faster, and easy, while ensuring robust tracking and compliance. New-age startups such as Instarem, EximPe, Salt, Skydo and Payglocal are looking to disrupt the cross-border payments space by making this process affordable for smaller merchants. PayU, which recently received in-principle approval from The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator, has backed fintech startups like Indiagold, Fisdom, and Dot, among others.

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Ahead of IPO, PayU receives final Payment Aggregator license

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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.

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