New payment law shocks retailers: No more surcharges or turning away shoppers at checkoutNew York has started a new law to protect people who pay with cash. The rule comes during a penny shortage and changes how stores round pri...
24 Mar, 2026, 01.38 AM IST
Gap alerts shoppers to major checkout change as new payment rules take effectGap Factory checkout change: Gap Factory is changing how it handles cash payments. Shoppers paying with cash will now see their change roun...
27 Dec, 2025, 11.10 PM IST
America's penny crisis: How Trump's cost-cutting plan has sparked nationwide cash crunch and is hurting banks and retailersThe US is experiencing a severe penny shortage after President Trump's decision to halt production, leading businesses to round cash sales....
01 Nov, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
India’s chip debut, Sebi chief’s quantum warningHappy Thursday! A made-in-India chip module is headed to the US. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
16 Oct, 2025, 09.01 AM IST
Court orders post office to pay 2,999,900% compensation to Chennai consumer for rounding off 50 paise excess amountA Chennai consumer lawsuit led to a post office being fined Rs 15,000 for overcharging due to a software glitch. The claimant, denied 50 pa...
23 Oct, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
Sequoia sells 2% of Zomato; CoinDCX marks DeFi foraySequoia was one of the early backers of Zomato and now holds a 4.4% stake in the company.
31 Aug, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
Triple trouble for crypto: Liquidity crunch, bear market, new tax rulesConsider this: Between January and March of this year, the average daily turnover on three of the leading crypto exchanges in India — Wazir...
09 Jul, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
Crypto exchanges face funding dip amid low trading, high taxes and TerraA leading crypto platform, which recently announced a funding round, started reaching out to VCs in September 2021 when valuations were at ...
20 May, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
CoinDCX raises $135 million in funding as valuation doubles to $2.15 billionFundraise comes amid looming uncertainty for crypto industry as new tax rules hit trading volumes severely.
19 Apr, 2022, 09.09 AM IST
ASCI in talks with Centre to refresh crypto ad guidelines“While the crypto exchanges have paused advertising and are awaiting clarity from the government, they are all making blueprints for fresh ...
02 Dec, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
What's new in China's crackdown on crypto?While China has been putting in place increasingly stricter rules on virtual currencies, it has now made all activities related to them ill...
25 Sep, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
Tata Digital's cosmetics play; Byju's acquires TynkerTwo weeks ago we reported that Tata Digital was postponing its SuperApp launch. Now, our sources tell us the company is wrapping up plans t...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
US says 3rd-largest cryptocurrency is a security, not currencyThe lawsuit which said that XRO is a security not currency, claimed that Ripple's former CEO and founder Christian Larsen and its current C...
23 Dec, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Bain Fund, BitMEX owner among funders of India crypto bourseThe funding signals hope for an industry that floundered in the last two years amid the ban, during which time several exchanges had to shu...
24 Mar, 2020, 08.53 AM IST
In England, shops to accept demonetised £1 coinsA trade association representing 170,000 small shops has advised members to continue taking the round £1 coins, which ceased to be legal te...
14 Oct, 2017, 12.19 PM IST
Refusing Rs 10 coin in UP may invite sedition caseAccording to RBI rules, those who refuse to accept the Indian currency can be liable for action under section 124A (sedition) of IPC.
25 Sep, 2016, 10.29 AM IST
- Gold hits record high of Rs 28,350 per 10 gram
Gold jumped nearly 2 per cent to hit a record high of Rs 28,350 buoyed by a rally in world market and on a weak rupee.
05 Sep, 2011, 05.00 PM IST