As a part of scale-up and profitability, Open said in the statement that it will continue the efforts to make a highly performance-oriented effective organization fit for scale, the statement said.
Naspers Group-backed digital payments firm PayU is likely to invest USD 250 million in the Indian business in the next five years, as the company extends focus on consumer offerings besides core products, according to a senior executive of the company.
CNBC-TV18 spoke with Hari Menon, CEO of BigBasket, Bipin Preet Singh, Founder & CEO of MobiKwik and Amrish Rau, MD of Citrus Pay to find out how the demonetisation drive is impacting their business.
With their scale and abilities PayU will provide Citrus Pay a completely new platform, says Citrus MD Amrish Rau after PayU took over Citrus in the largest all-cash deal in the Indian financial technology space.
The PayU-Citrus Pay deal, which is expected to close by year-end, creates a new entity that will take on the likes of Alibaba-backed Paytm and Snapdeal-led Freecharge and Mobikwik payment platforms.
Third-party Payment service provider PayU is in talks to acquire fintech company Citrus Pay, while 8TV, a San Francisco based startup, has raised USD 500,000 dollars from RedCliffe Capital, Google executive Tidhar Carmeli, AngelPad's Thomas Korte. CNBC-TV18‘s Syna Dehnugara brings the day‘s action from the startup sector.
Mahindra Insurance Brokers has tied-up with payments gateway firm Citrus Pay to provide a short-term automatic personal accident cover via mobile wallet