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  1. Snapdeal acquires FreeCharge, hopes for surge in growth rate (Forbes India) forbesindia.com
  2. Snapdeal continues acquisition run, acquires FreeCharge for undisclosed amount (The Tech Portal) thetechportal.com
  3. How FreeCharge found its Mojo (Founding Fuel) foundingfuel.com
  4. Snapdeal acquires FreeCharge (TechCrunch) techcrunch.com
  5. Snapdeal buys Freecharge in mobile transactions push (Reuters via Business Today) businesstoday.in
  6. FreeCharge CEO Govind Rajan resigns from the company (MediaNama) medianama.com
  7. Senior Level Exit At Snapdeal Continues; FreeCharge CEO Govind Rajan Quits (Inc42) inc42.com
  8. Axis Bank acquires Freecharge for Rs 385 crore (Business Today) businesstoday.in
  9. Snapdeal Sells FreeCharge To Axis Bank For $60 Million, Two Years After Buying It For $400 Million (OfficeChai) officechai.com
  10. CRED to raise ₹8,550 crore (~US$900M) from Meta (CRED (Dreamplug Technologies)) newsroom.cred.club
  11. Kunal Shah steps down as promoter, board member of Cred on joining WhatsApp (Mint) livemint.com
  12. WhatsApp gets a new boss: Kunal Shah to lead platform as Meta bets $900 million on CRED (Business Today) businesstoday.in
  13. WhatsApp's pick of Indian fintech founder signals scale of payment ambitions (Reuters via Deccan Herald) deccanherald.com
  14. CRED lands ₹8,550 crore from Meta; founder Kunal Shah exits CEO role ahead of 'eventual IPO' (Upstox) upstox.com
  15. Kunal Shah, Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal among most active angel investors (Mint) livemint.com
  16. WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India's CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup (TechCrunch) techcrunch.com
  17. CRED raises $72 Mn from Lathe, Kunal Shah's QED and others (Entrackr) entrackr.com
  18. Cred FY25 revenue rises 16% to Rs 2,735 crore, losses narrow (Economic Times (ETtech)) m.economictimes.com
  19. CRED reports Rs 2,735 Cr revenue in FY25; operating losses fall 51% (Entrackr) entrackr.com
  20. RBI authorizes CRED to operate as a payment aggregator (CRED (Dreamplug Technologies)) newsroom.cred.club
  21. RBI clears CRED to become payments aggregator (The Week) theweek.in
  22. A note on trust (CRED (Dreamplug Technologies)) newsroom.cred.club
  23. Meta Invests $900 Million in Cred, Taps Founder to Head WhatsApp (Bloomberg) bloomberg.com
  24. Meta Platforms, Inc. in connection with its USD 900 mn investment in Cred (AZB & Partners) azbpartners.com
  25. Latham & Watkins Advises Meta on Investment in CRED (Latham & Watkins) lw.com
  26. Trilegal, Cooley, AZB, Latham, SAM, CMS INDUSLAW act on CRED securing $900 million from Meta (Bar & Bench) barandbench.com
  27. Meta's $900 Mn CRED Deal And Why Kunal Shah Stepped Away (Inc42) inc42.com
  28. As Kunal Shah heads to WhatsApp, Meta commits $900 million to CRED (People Matters) peoplematters.in
  29. Kunal Shah Leaves CRED For Top Role At WhatsApp (Inc42) inc42.com
  30. WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years (The Verge) theverge.com
  31. Meta Invests $900 mn In India's Cred; Makes Kunal Shah Global Chief of WhatsApp (Deccan Chronicle) deccanchronicle.com
  32. How Kunal Shah Was Appointed As WhatsApp CEO, Meta's CPO Chris Cox Reveals (Outlook Business) outlookbusiness.com
  33. CRED-Meta deal: Why is Meta paying $900 mn for CRED's largest minority stake? (Business Today) businesstoday.in
  34. Two Big Concerns on Meta's $900-Million Investment in CRED (The Wire) thewire.in
  35. Kunal Shah exits Cred board after Meta appointment (ETBFSI (Economic Times)) bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com
  36. WhatsApp Global CEO Kunal Shah Exits Cred Promoter Role (Outlook Business) outlookbusiness.com
  37. Meta Platforms, Inc. quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2026 (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Meta Platforms, Inc. Form 10-Q)) sec.gov

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