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✨ Fintech Happy Hour

After a successful first fintech happy hour in Bangalore, I’m excited to host the next Fintech Happy Hour! This time we meet in Delhi NCR.

Delhi NCR is home to several fintech unicorns, including the two public fintech startups - Paytm and Policybazaar. The region has a thriving fintech ecosystem and I can’t wait to get everyone in the same room!

Save the date for Wednesday, 27th April, 2022.

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🦉🏆 Tweets of the Week

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🇮🇳 India

📰 Market Updates

  1. OneCard added South Indian Bank as its latest credit card bank sponsor partner.

  2. Inoviti Paymentswas granted a patent for double debits settlement system in digital payments.

  3. Poonawalla Fincorp (previously Magma Fincorp) partnered withKrazyBee to disburse $130mm in loans.

  4. Zerodha reported a 60% YoY growth in revenue and profit for FY2022 (ending Mar-2022).

  5. Life insurance companieshave reported a 37% growth of new premiums in March, 2022. LIC, India's largest life insurance company, grew 51% during the same period.

  6. Udaan, a B2B marketplace and finance startup, raised $200mm in debt financing.

  7. Mudrexclaimed to be the World's largest crypto index investing startup with 250K investors.

  8. IRDAI, India's insurance regulator, may allow 100% FDI for new insurance license applicants.

🚀 Product Launches

  1. ChargeBeepartnered withRazorpay to launch subscription billing in India.

📝 Regulatory Updates

  1. IRDAI (insurance): Released an advisory against Even, a hospital healthcare subscriptions startup.

  2. RBI (central bank): Released a notification regarding credit and debit card issuance and conduct.

💰 Financing Announcements

  1. CoinDCX, a cryptocurrency exchange, raised $135mm at $2bn valuation.

  2. Kinara Capital, an SME finance startup, raised $50mm (equity and debt).

  3. FinancePeer, an education finance startup, raised $30mm.

  4. Recur, a revenue based finance startup for SaaS expenses, raised $30mm (equity and debt).

  5. Loop Health, an employee health benefits startup, raised $25mm.

  6. Vayana Network, a supply chain finance startup, raised $15mm.

  7. Stockal, a US stock investment startup, raised $9mm.

  8. SaveIN, a surgery financing startup, raised $4mm.

  9. Koshex, a wealth management startup, raised $2.1mm.

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🌏 Asia

📰 Market Updates

  1. BillEase, a Philippine BNPL startup, raised $20mm in debt.

  2. T-Hublaunched as Asia's first crypto clubhouse in Bali.

  3. Binancepartnered with a Thai Energy Company for its entry strategy in the country.

  4. Kredivo, an Indonesian BNPL company, launched Infinite Card, a virtual BNPL card.

  5. FundPark, a Hong Kong based SME finance company, raised $250mm in debt.

  6. Tiki, Vietnam's largest ecommerce company, launched TikiCoin, a blockchain based rewards system.

  7. Stripelaunched PayNow payment acceptance method in Singapore.

💰 Financing Announcements

  1. Abhi, a Pakistani earned wage access startup, raised $90mm.

  2. MetaLend, an "NFT-as-collateral" lending startup, raised $5mm.

  3. Doxa, a Singaporean industrials marketplace and finance startup, raised $2.2mm.

  4. JiPay, a Singaporean fintech startup for immigrants, raised $1.3mm.

  5. Hyperithm, a Tokyo and Seoul-based digital asset management startup, raised undisclosed funding.

ACQUISITIONS:

  1. Alibaba's ANT Groupacquired a majority stake in 2C2P, a South East Asian payments company.

  2. Thunes acquiredTookitaki, a Singaporean fraud management startup, for $20mm.

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