GFF 2024: Fintechs, regulations & cautious growth; and other top startup stories this weekThis is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. Regulations and fraud – these were the two words most doing the rounds at the recently concluded Global...
31 Aug, 2024, 07.31 AM IST
Winning the subscription battle; and other top tech, startup stories this weekE-commerce industry executives say that the key to making a subscription programme work is always a large bouquet of offerings. The pricing...
02 Mar, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Vijay Shekhar Sharma exits Paytm Bank board; FM meets startup, fintech CEOsVijay Shekhar Sharma is stepping down as part-time non-executive chairman and board member at Paytm Payments Bank as part of a restructurin...
27 Feb, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
Uber expands ‘Reserve’ option to six more cities in IndiaThe new product is developed keeping in mind pre-planned travel needs, including work trips, airport drops, visits to the doctor, and other...
26 Apr, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
Ola to launch first electric car by 2024, introduces new S1 scootersOla’s ambitious electric-car project will see it building a new manufacturing facility next to its two-wheeler factory in Tamil Nadu.
16 Aug, 2022, 08.06 AM IST
How rich is Saudi Arabia? Kingdom does the math in balance sheet overhaulSaudi Arabia's Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman has put Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's main sovereign weal...
23 Feb, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
ESIC too may be allowed to invest 15% of corpus in mutual funds, stocksThe ESIC corpus currently stands at over ₹90,000 crore. Of this, over ₹23,000 crore is earmarked as reserve fund, while the rest is investe...
14 Jan, 2021, 07.51 AM IST
Market Movers: Damani boost to Spencer's, RJ cuts stake in Escorts; airline stocks slipThe broader market performed better, as smallcaps ended flat.
21 Jan, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
As WeWork board mulls CEO ouster, there are echoes of the fall of Travis KalanickSoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son, founder of the Japanese conglomerate, is among those pushing for Neumann to resign.
24 Sep, 2019, 09.52 AM IST
WeWork seeks $6 billion financing, contingent on IPO successThe company has been meeting with analysts this week, outlining its business and plans for expansion as it prepares for a stock-market debu...
03 Aug, 2019, 10.34 AM IST
Local data storage ready, Whatsapp to open payments tapCompany set to go live with UPI-based service with ICICI Bank; move big win for RBI.
27 Jun, 2019, 08.32 AM IST
You can soon book a seat on select Bengaluru busesWhile the facility of booking tickets online is already available for longdistance and intercity state-run and private services, no such op...
04 Sep, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
Payment firms applaud RBI's move to waive off two-factor authentication for small value transactionsThe move is likely to benefit organisations such as taxi aggregator Uber which had to especially design a new model to comply with the two ...
07 Dec, 2016, 07.35 PM IST
Government may fix upper cap of fares for aggregators like Ola, UberTaxi aggregators have often faced criticism for excessive charging of fares during peak hours in the name of surge pricing.
13 Jun, 2016, 10.46 PM IST
4 months after Bengaluru, Gurgaon gets woman-only shuttle service"It has the comfort of a taxi and the convenience of an app," offered Jitender Sharma, ZipGo's co-founder and CEO.
16 Dec, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
Will mobile wallets kill credit cards?There are about 21.2 million credit cards in circulation with HDFC Bank having the maximum number of card holders as of April, 2015.
01 Jul, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Radio taxis seek simpler digital payment norms from RBICompanies want end to two-step authentication for commuters paying small amounts, freedom to operate digital wallets without payment gatewa...
03 Dec, 2014, 08.19 AM IST