Mamaearth co-founder Ghazal Alagh refutes charges that the company’s IPO is overvalued, says DRHP doesn’t mention valuation

On Wednesday 4th January 2024, personal care brand Mamaearth’s co-founder took to Twitter to respond to rumours that the company’s proposed IPO is highly overvalued. After Mamaearth owner Honasa Consumer filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) to the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for raising capital through an IPO, it is … Read more

This will be a game changer for the payments industry: Payments Council of India welcomes RBI allowing tokenisation of cards through banks

The Payments Council of India (PCI), a representative body of the non-banking payment industry in India, welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to enable the issuing of tokens for cards via internet and commercial banks. This RBI decision, announced through a recent circular, will empower cardholders by offering them an additional option to … Read more

RBI asks all agency banks dealing with govt transactions to remain open on 31 March Sunday on the union govt’s request

The Reserve Bank of India on 20 March advised all banks dealing with government transactions to open their branches on 31st March, Sunday. The central bank issued the advisory to the agency banks at the request of the union government. The Government of India requested all agency banks to keep their branches dealing with government receipts and … Read more

India, Indonesia central banks sign agreement to promote use of local currencies for bilateral transactions

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank Indonesia (BI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday for establishing a framework to promote the use of local currencies – the Indian Rupee (INR) and the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) for cross-border transactions. The MoU was signed by the Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta … Read more