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PhonePe, PineLabs get new funding from parent companies

Tuesday 30 July 2019 10:43 CET | News

PhonePe has received over USD 100 million (INR 697.9 crore) from its parent entity while Pine Labs has raised around USD 102 million (INR 707 crore) from its parent entity.

According to Business Standard, the funding would help the companies to tap into India’s booming digital payments market.

PhonePe app is currently accepted across 5 million merchant outlets in India. The company also launched its own apps platform in 2018. Its customers can place orders on ride hailing firm Ola, Indian Railway Catering, and Tourism Corporation, bus ticketing platform redBus and hotel network OYO directly from within the PhonePe Mobile App.

Pine Labs is backed by investors such as Sequoia, PayPal, Temasek, and Sofina, and announced plans to launch new solutions, foray into new markets and categories, and go for an initial public offering (IPO) over the next two years.


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