India's fintech unicorn, Paytm has launched two new soundboxes to receive UPI and credit card on UPI payments. These soundboxes will be completely made in India, equipped with 4G network connectivity and better sound quality. Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said that the new Soundboxes are better suited to Indian conditions and address the high-noise environment in India.

National Stock Exchange has issued a circular expressing alert over the circulation of fake videos featuring the face and voice of CEO and MD Ashishkumar Chauhan on the internet giving investment advice. Using advanced tech, fake recordings and mimicking BSE's CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy, these Deepfake’s impart misleading investment tips.

Razorpay has launched its own Unified Payment Interface with ‘UPI switch’ in partnership with Airtel payments bank. The ‘UPI Switch’ is designed to handle up to 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) at any given time. The company claims that its switch offering can process refunds instantly compared to industry standards of up to 3 days.

“Bullet Echo India” is a mobile game by the makers of Battlegrounds Mobile India. This is a battle royale style multiplayer, Player vs Player (PvP), a shooting game where players team up, strategise, and fight in battles to be the last team standing. The game was released on the Google Play Store on April 4.

Fintech Unicorn, Bharatpe has launched a new ‘all-in-one’ payment device called BharatPe One' that simplifies payments with its all-in-one features: point of sale(POS), QR scanner, and speaker. This new device offers dynamic QR codes, tap-and-pay, and card payments; it's set to transform transactions across 100 Indian cities, expanding to 450 soon

Meet Aakansh, an IIT Bombay grad who's changing the game with his eco-friendly creation, Bambass. These bamboo headphones are not only comfy but also planet-friendly. Inspired by his passion for product design and sustainability, Aakansh crafted Bambass to tackle the plastic problem in tech gadgets. With Bambass, he's not just making headphones; he's paving the way for a greener future.

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Monday asserted that he has no connection with Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL). "I personally or anyone from One97 Communications have no connection with PPBL," he said. "There is an independent board taking care of everything and we have full faith in their capability," he added. RBI in January ordered PPBL to stop accepting deposits.

Ather Energy, an electric two-wheeler manufacturer, is reportedly seeking substantial funding through a combination of primary and secondary share sales. Existing investor Sachin Bansal, cofounder of Flipkart, has divested a significant portion of his shares to Nikhil Kamath, cofounder of Zerodha.

Ather Energy is expected to raise around $95 million in a pre-IPO funding round, which would help the electric two-wheeler maker enter the unicorn club, two sources aware of developments in the company told YourStory. Hero MotoCorp, among Ather's largest shareholders, could participate in the round. Sachin Bansal could sell his entire stake in Ather to Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath.

Former BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer-backed OTP Ventures is looking to close its debut fund with a ₹400-crore corpus, Moneycontrol reported. Sameer confirmed to Moneycontrol that OTP may close the debut fund by June. Sameer, along with OTP's other Co-founders Kunal Suri and Saurabh Vashishtha, who had co-founded Google-backed SimSim, will reportedly anchor the fund and also be its largest investors.