Routing traffic to its own payment gateway instead of others it has integrated with may be at the heart of the matter.
The most concerning aspect of recent events is that this goes against the open API and interoperability model of the Indian payments ecosystem
The company reported a 4.7x growth in net profit, which stood at Rs 35 crore during FY 24
After five straight years of profitability, Cashfree slipped into the red in FY22 in the wake of the RBI banning the enrolment of new merchants. The company is hoping to claw back to profit in the first quarter of FY25, on the back of new products along with meeting the pent-up demand for new merchant sign-ups.
The Apis Partners-backed fintech recently raised a bridge round of Rs 150 crore from existing investors, sources tell Moneycontrol.
Mswipe has recently received the payment aggregator license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), allowing it to offer online gateway and aggregator service, particularly targeting MSMEs.
After receiving the final nod from RBI to operate as a payment aggregator, the Bengaluru-based firm expects payments to continue to contribute more than 65-70 percent of its overall revenues
The decision will allow the authorities to distinguish legitimate transactions from fraudulent ones
The in-principle nod comes two years after Mobikwik filed an initial application with the RBI. In 2021, Mobikwik applied for the PA license for Zaakpay to RBI, however, the same was rejected and the firm re-applied in October 2022
According to experts, the delay may be due to the stringent approval process that is aimed at ensuring transparency, standardisation and trust in India’s fintech ecosystem
The new Curlec Payment Gateway launched by Razorpay will serve more than 5,000 businesses with a target of RM 10 billion (Approx. USD 2 billion) in annualised Gross Transaction Value (GTV) by 2025.
Razorpay which is in the process of reverse flipping its domicile back to India is looking to go for an IPO in the next two-years.
While Cashfree is asking for $1.2 billion, the suitors are seeing only $600 million value at the top end for the company, sources have told Moneycontrol