Centre drawing up road map to invest in women entrepreneursBanks and insurance firms will launch campaigns and leverage digital banking units (DBUs) to enhance outreach, officials said, adding that ...
06 Apr, 2024, 07.13 AM IST
PM Modi tells Bill Gates how technological advancement is changing these three sectorsPM Modi explained how technology is changing the delivery of health and educational services making it convenient for people to receive the...
29 Mar, 2024, 12.10 PM IST
Countries can learn financial inclusion from India and move much faster: SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara“If you look at it in our country, I think it's a lesson for all of the globe on how the payment system could be so efficient, cheap and ec...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Indian financial institutions banking on good old systemThis trend of replicating the 'good old days' is also echoed in many of GoI's inclusive policy programmes that are empowering people at the...
28 Aug, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
Didi's digital payments unit fined by China's central bankDidi has struggled to bring its business back to normal after angering Chinese regulators by pushing ahead with its $4.4 billion New York l...
15 Jul, 2022, 08.57 PM IST
Paytm’s wild ride continues; China asks Didi to delist from USAll eyes are set on tomorrow as India's digital payment giant Paytm is set to announce its quarterly and half-yearly results even as its sh...
26 Nov, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
SoftBank may invest $10 billion in Indian startups in 2022India has been a bright spot for SoftBank, whose Vision Fund reported a record loss of $7.2 billion for the quarter ended in September.
11 Nov, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
State-run firms may take over Didi; Zomato exits UK, SingaporeDidi has been in all sorts of trouble with Chinese authorities since it decided to go public in the US earlier this year. Now it faces an e...
03 Sep, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Digital payments boom againFrom UPI's record growth to Flipkart's social commerce bet and Zomato seeking CCI nod for Grofers deal, here's a quick look at the top tech...
01 Jul, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Data skimmersIn today's ETtech Top 5: the personal data of around half a billion LinkedIn users is up for sale online, and more.
09 Apr, 2021, 07.51 PM IST
Rising Son: Paytm & SoftBank to collaborate for payments services in Japan by year-endRecent regulatory changes in Japan that will come into effect in the next two years are expected to accelerate a shift to digital payments,...
23 Jul, 2018, 09.30 AM IST
It's becoming harder to use cash in China: Fully chargedEven beggars in China reportedly accept handouts via WeChat, using QR codes linked to payment accounts. (Some have cautioned that this phen...
13 Feb, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
China miffed at ET article that flagged its protectionist policiesChina's arm-twisting of Western tech firms is common knowledge. The country did little to control the narrative about its authoritarian reg...
10 Jan, 2018, 12.25 PM IST
What I Read This Week: GST working, ask truckers! VISA out to wipe out cashEven at today’s prices, oil generates an estimated 95% of export revenues for Venezuela.
22 Jul, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Ma & Son may team up to Grab a $1.5 billion investment rideThe Ma investment, which may come from either Alibaba Group Holding or payments affiliate Ant Financial, would bring his competition with a...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.34 PM IST
SoftBank's $100 billion tech fund rankles VCs as valuations soarIn the months since Softbank Group Corp. unveiled plans for a $100 billion technology fund, the Japanese company has been making its presen...
23 May, 2017, 01.03 PM IST
10 numbers that changed technology in 2016900 million Indians who will need to be brought online to make the Prime Minister’s plan to move to digital payments a success.
29 Dec, 2016, 09.43 AM IST