PowerUp Money raises $10 million led by Flourish Ventures to expand AI-powered wealth management, investment advisory services and products beyond mutual funds.
Shoonya by Finvasia appoints Basant Dhawan as CMO to lead brand strategy, digital marketing and customer acquisition, with a focus on first-time investors.
PhonePe rebrands Share.Market as PhonePe Invest and introduces Portfolio Optimiser to help investors analyse, manage and rebalance their investment portfolios.
RevRag AI raises $2.5 million in seed funding led by Accion Ventures to expand AI-powered banking assistants, strengthen enterprise deployments and enter the US market.
The global AI in fintech market is projected to exceed $66 billion by 2030 at 30% CAGR, driven by automation, fraud detection and digital banking, according to TBRC.
Fintech Premier League Season 2 begins across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, bringing together 38 teams, 34 organisations and over 570 players for 82 cricket matches.
PhonePe is expanding AI across consumer payments, merchant tools, fraud operations and internal workflows as it increases automation across its digital ecosystem.
WhatsApp is rolling out bill payments in India through Bharat Connect, giving users access to 22,722 billers across 30 categories within the app.
NPCI is reportedly developing a framework that could allow AI agents to make limited UPI payments under user-defined rules, spending limits and safeguards.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that frontier AI could increase cyber risks and create new threats to global financial stability.
BFSI emerged as India's largest GCC office occupier in H1 2026, with transactions rising 70% to 7.32 million sq ft as IT/ITeS demand declined.
Cashfree launches Relay, an AI agent platform that automates cart recovery, failed payments, COD confirmation, subscription dunning and disputes for SMBs.
Ignosis AI appoints Sneha Jain as Head of Marketing to lead brand, positioning and go-to-market efforts as it expands its AI offerings for financial services.
Paytm is expanding AI across marketing and operations as quarterly profit jumps 79%, with plans to monetise in-house AI tools and improve business efficiency.
5paisa Capital has partnered with OpenAI to deliver AI-powered investing, personalised market insights and conversational trading experiences through ChatGPT.
Kraken is relaunching its app with AI powered agentic trading, offering personalised portfolio guidance, market insights and investment recommendations.
Slice Small Finance Bank has launched India’s first AI powered phygital banking branch in Guwahati, combining AI, digital banking and physical services.
Equiti has launched an AI powered FIFA campaign using generative AI to create football inspired digital content and strengthen fan engagement.
SBI has launched AI-powered digital journeys, a new agentic AI assistant and enhanced YONO features to strengthen retail and business banking.
Axis Bank has appointed Namrata Dubashi as Artificial Intelligence Officer, strengthening its focus on AI-led innovation and digital banking.
Pine Labs has launched P3P, an AI-powered payment protocol designed to simplify UPI transactions and improve digital payment experiences.
Visa has integrated its payment network with ChatGPT, enabling AI-assisted shopping and bringing conversational commerce closer to mainstream adoption.
Aurus Inc has appointed fintech veteran Rishabh Jain as SVP & Head of Business, Strategy & Growth for India and Emerging Markets to drive expansion and cross-border payments growth.
Paytm plans to hire 4,000 employees as it expands AI capabilities, merchant services and financial products to support its next phase of growth.
Angel One has promoted Ajit Narayanan to Chief Technology Officer as the fintech firm continues to strengthen its technology and digital infrastructure.
JPMorgan has expanded AI tools across global investment banking operations as banks accelerate enterprise AI adoption and automation strategies.
ChatGPT can now connect to bank accounts and access transaction data as AI assistants expand into personal finance services.
Axis Bank has launched AI-powered compliance solutions for current account customers to simplify regulatory processes.
IIFL Home Loans has appointed Sumit Chadha as CTO to strengthen digital transformation and technology operations.
ZFunds has launched an AI assistant aimed at helping wealth managers improve productivity and customer engagement.
Anthropic has launched AI agents for financial services to automate workflows, improve efficiency, and support enterprise operations.
PhonePe launches an AI-powered integration layer to simplify merchant operations, automate workflows, and improve digital business efficiency.
DBS has expanded its GenAI programme to help SMEs accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation.
American Express plans to acquire AI startup Hyper to strengthen its expense management and enterprise financial solutions.
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro, signaling expansion into AI-driven financial tools and consumer applications.
Google has expanded its Finance platform with new features to improve market tracking, data access, and user experience.
Razorpay integrates payments into ChatGPT and Codex, enabling developers to build and manage transactions directly within AI workflows.
BharatPe has appointed Himanshu Verma as head of its POS business to expand offline payments and strengthen merchant focused financial solutions.
Razorpay partners with Anthropic to build AI agents using Claude, aiming to automate payment operations and financial workflows for businesses.
Mastercard launches an AI agent payments pilot in Singapore, allowing AI systems to complete purchases within user-defined rules and secure payment networks.
PhonePe has rolled out an AI-powered search feature built on Microsoft Foundry to improve user discovery and navigation across its fintech platform.
Razorpay has been selected as the India payments partner for Replit’s global AI platform, supporting monetisation and developer transactions.
AI is transforming email marketing in India as brands use personalization and automation to improve relevance, timing, and engagement, turning the inbox into a high-performing customer touchpoint.
PayPal and Microsoft launch Copilot Checkout, combining AI-assisted shopping with integrated payments to streamline online purchases.
India’s startup funding reached around $11 billion in 2025 as investors prioritised sustainable growth, capital discipline and stronger fundamentals.
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Setu launches an agentic bill payments system designed to automate monthly billing, reduce user workload and improve payment reliability across financial services.
Aspora names former Paytm executive Varun Sridhar as CEO for its wealth and lending division as the company expands globally.
Zerodha invests 5 million dollars in Tijori to support the expansion of its AI driven market intelligence and analytics platform.
AI in FX is evolving from basic chatbots to smart doers that drive acquisition, personalisation, compliance-safe automation and better customer outcomes.
