Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let’s take a look.
22 Mar, 2025, 08.17 AM IST
Faster fraud prevention; BluSmart on Uber’s radarHappy Monday! Major Indian banks and payment companies are speeding up their response to payment fraud by integrating their systems with th...
17 Mar, 2025, 11.33 AM IST
Nalin Negi is new BharatPe CEO; Namma Yatri’s cabs playFintech firm BharatPe has elevated its interim CEO Nalin Negi as the company’s full-time chief executive officer. This and more in today's ...
16 Apr, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Inside Dream Sports diversification strategy; Delhi taxi ban’s impact on cab aggregatorsDream Sports, the largest real-money gaming company in India, is charting its diversification strategy and will now turn to more strategic ...
10 Nov, 2023, 08.05 AM IST
C Sivasankaran is back with smart homes business planSivasankaran opened model showcases of the single-room-balcony homes at an unveiling in Chennai today.
19 Dec, 2018, 10.15 PM IST
Banks kill RBI’s instant pay moveBanks are wary of allowing this, and therefore still insist that we enter the debit/credit card number, CVV, expiry date and finally the PI...
05 Jun, 2018, 03.45 PM IST
Uber employee in Bengaluru booked for siphoning off Rs 30 lakhPolice said Arshad was working at Uber’s Parangipalya branch in HSR Layout. One policy of Uber is to pay monetary incentives to people who ...
23 Dec, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
- Consumer start-up EzCred raises more than $1 mn in fund
EzCred has a unique model of offering digital loans at offline sales point, in contrast to several other online lending startups which offe...
19 May, 2017, 10.16 AM IST
Ola, Uber raise fares in top cities, reduce driver incentives"Subsidies won't last forever, and customers need to slowly get used to it. This is a step in that direction," said a person briefed on Ube...
18 Oct, 2016, 07.43 AM IST
Companies like Lendingkart helping businessmen get loans through an appLendingkart has acquired an NBFC licence and is catering to the MSME sector, while Capzest plans to seek a licence in the next few months.
02 Apr, 2016, 02.45 PM IST
What ecommerce companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Uber are doing to battle fraudOne of the biggest challenges for Flipkart, Foodpanda and Uber is to contain the creeping instances of graft that tear into their businesse...
20 Nov, 2015, 07.15 AM IST
Uber using technology to flag suspicious accounts and even blocking themUber's system automatically flags suspicious accounts and disables the application of promotions on these accounts, and in some cases even ...
02 Jun, 2015, 03.11 AM IST
Uber ropes in First Advantage to vet driver partnersFirst Advantage has worked with about 45,000 organizations worldwide processing over 23 million screens annually, according to its website.
02 Feb, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
Uber promises five new security features for Indian customersMobile-based cab service company Uber said it was putting in place five extra layers of security designed for customers in India.
27 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Uber promises five new security featuresUber executives said they were also putting together an adjudication team which would verify the authenticity of every document submitted b...
27 Dec, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
Rush hour for forensic teams as schools, BPOs line up for for clean recordsAuthorities in Delhi on Monday banned Uber's services in the city and also blacklisted the San Francisco-based company's services.
13 Dec, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
Prepaid e-wallets may help Uber meet RBI guidelinesRBI on Friday said that payments for local services would have to be routed through domestic payment gateways.
25 Aug, 2014, 12.03 PM IST