Consumer lending start-up MoneyTap has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India. Existing investors NEA and Prime Venture Partners also participated in the round. Founded in 2015 by Bala Parthasarathy, Anuj Kacker and Kunal Varma, the platform provides credit to salaried employee…
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Banks & fintech start-ups see more value in cooperation than in rivalry
In 2011, ICICI Bank was confronted with a unique problem. Most of the frontend staff of India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets were reasonably fresh, and had to be quickly trained to interact online with customers. A lot of time was wasted toggling between multiple screens to …
MoneyTap launches credit line app
Fintech start-up MoneyTap has launched a credit line app in partnership with its banking partner RBL Bank. Using the app, a salaried employee can borrow as little as Rs. 3,000 or as much as Rs. 5 lakh from a bank. Credit line is a fairly new concept in India, and is an arrangement between a bank …