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Top 10 stories of the week: June 19th to June 25th 2017

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 25th June 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E for their support. MobiKwik confirms it is raising around $150M in the coming months Digital payments company MobiKwik confirmed to MediaNama that is raising $150 million at a valuation of $1 billion. However, a spokesperson declined to give information about the investors in the company. This was first reported by TechCrunch. Read it here Indian Express will have paid ad-free plans soon: Digital CEO Exclusive: The Indian Express will soon have paid ad-free plans for readers on the website, the CEO of the Express Group’s Digital efforts Sandeep Amar said. There will be monthly and yearly plans for both Indian and international readers, Amar told MediaNama. However, he added that access to content will not be restricted behind a paywall. Read it here Paytm Payments Bank to integrate with UPI Paytm will integrate its payments bank unit into United Payments Interface (UPI), making it the first mobile wallet to have a direct access to the UPI interface for P2P payments. The company did not mention a timeline for the launch, although an Economic Times report said that the UPI integration will go live by August. Read it here Hike launches Hike Wallet; allows money transfer and recharge Hike Messenger has partnered Yes Bank to launch Hike Wallet as part of its latest app update. Users will be able to transfer money, recharge their phones, and send cash…

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