Freecharge
FreeCharge sold for $60m, a big drop from the $400m Snapdeal paid for it
The huge drop in valuation is akin to that of Snapdeal which was at over $6 billion at the start of 2016, and is now at $900-950 million.
Sumit Chakraberty · · 2 min read
3 rising startups in India – Feb 23, 2017
India’s top telco Bharti Airtel invests in a fintech startup.
Durba Ghosh · · 2 min read
Freecharge CEO quits amidst reports of parent Snapdeal seeing fundraising troubles
Govind Rajan is the latest to join the mass exodus from top-level positions in startups like Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Ola.
Kylee McIntyre · · 2 min read
Freecharge ties up with a homegrown OS to take on rival Paytm
Freecharge will be bundled into Indus OS, which is the second-largest after Android.
Durba Ghosh · · 3 min read
India’s telecom body got mobile banking horribly wrong. Now, startups are out to crack it
Can startups make up for it?
Meghna Rao · · 4 min readTo sell or not to sell? Things to consider when someone offers to buy your startup
Often exiting a business becomes the end goal for many entrepreneurs. But how to navigate that curvy road?
Harsimran Julka · · 4 min readFreeCharge users can now use WhatsApp to transfer money. Here’s why it’s important.
WhatsApp is the king of messaging apps in India – and now it has a new superpower.
Meghna Rao · · 4 min readAn introduction to Tech in Asia’s AMA (Infographic)
Here is a quick introduction, in case you don’t already know, about #TIAAMA .
Daniel Lee · · 1 min readIndia fintech roundup: Tolls shun ewallets, but banks, rickshaws, and Micromax embrace it
Things are falling into place and the worst of the ewallet identity crisis may be over.
Meghna Rao · · 5 min readIndia fintech roundup: fingerprinting ATMs, FreeCharge and Paytm go opposite ways and more
An ATM that uses fingerprints opened up in Mumbai – and that’s not even the most exciting thing that happened last week in India’s fast-moving fintech space.
Meghna Rao · · 4 min read