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Razorpay POS gets RBI approval for offline payment aggregator licence

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Razorpay POS gets RBI approval for offline payment aggregator licence
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Razorpay POS gets RBI approval for offline payment aggregator licence Razorpay POS, the offline payments arm of Razorpay, has received the Payment Aggregator Physical (PA-P) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). With this approval, Razorpay now holds all three key RBI payment licences: online payment aggregator, offline (physical) payment aggregator, and cross-border payment aggregator, placing it among a small group of fintech companies authorised to operate end-to-end across India’s payments ecosystem. In recent months, RBI approved online, offline and cross border payment aggregation for around half a dozen companies. These include Paytm, Razorpay, Easebuzz, PayU, Pine Labs and Airpay. With these clearances, the firms are authorised to offer a full stack of payment aggregator services across ecommerce transactions, in-store merchant payments and cross-border payment flows. The PA-P licence allows Razorpay POS to onboard merchants and process in-store digital payments at scale, covering large retailers, enterprises, and small and medium businesses. The company already operates across India’s offline commerce ecosystem through devices such as mPOS terminals, smart POS machines, soundboxes, and pin-on-mobile solutions. Razorpay entered the offline payments segment in 2022 through the acquisition of Ezetap, which was later rebranded as Razorpay POS. Since then, the company has expanded its physical payments footprint alongside its core online payments business. With the offline licence in place, Razorpay can now offer a fully compliant payment infrastructure across digital, in-store, and cross-border transactions.

PolicyBazaar’s PB Pay receives RBI approval for Payment Aggregation

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PolicyBazaar’s PB Pay receives RBI approval for Payment Aggregation
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PolicyBazaar’s PB Pay receives RBI approval for Payment Aggregation PB Pay Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of InsurTech firm PB Fintech, has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as an online payment aggregator under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The approval comes nearly a year after the company submitted its application. The authorisation is subject to compliance with the RBI’s guidelines on the regulation of payment aggregators and payment gateways. Policybazaar focuses on insurance, while Paisabazaar, also under PB Fintech, handles the credit side — personal loans, business loans, credit cards, and credit scores. This move will help the company’s business to support and streamline payment across both insurance and credit verticals and reduce reliance on third-party service providers. Last month, PB Fintech also got the board approval to infuse Rs 696 crore or $80 million to its subsidiary PB Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd to strengthen its new unit’s operations in India’s health care sector. The parent company of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar reported a 48.3% year-on-year revenue growth to Rs 1,292 crore in the third quarter of the last fiscal year (Q3 FY25) from Rs 871 crore in Q3 FY24. During the same period, its net profit nearly doubled to Rs 72 crore from Rs 37 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. PB Fintech is currently trading at Rs 1,625 with a total market capitalization of Rs 74,629 crore (approximately $8.6 billion).

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