E-business
Snapdeal losses mount 150% to Rs3,316 cr in FY16
18 Jan 2017
Jaitley formally launches Airtel’s payments bank
12 Jan 2017
Amazon withdraws Indian-flag doormat after Sushma ire
12 Jan 2017
While Amazon Canada removed the offensive doormat from its website, it continues selling similar doormats with US and British flags
Flipkart in a flux, may opt to go public: report
11 Jan 2017
This is the natural course for a company wanting to establish firmly, and the company has investor support for it, say analysts
Yet another rejig at Flipkart: Krishnamurthy made CEO
10 Jan 2017
Tiger Global, the largest investor in homegrown online market place Flipkart, has taken operational control of the company from founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, with the investor’s nominee Kalyan Krishnamurthy taking over as the new CEO
Major companies slow to adopt Bhim App payment
09 Jan 2017
RBI grants permission to Paytm for payments bank
04 Jan 2017
BHIM payments app proves a hit despite glitches
04 Jan 2017
With more than 3 million downloads in a few days after PM Modi launched it in New Year's eve, the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is now No 1 in Google Playstore among top free Android apps, ahead of MyJio app and WhatsApp
E-commerce losses in India zoom 138% to Rs10,670 cr in FY16
28 Dec 2016
Amazon Flipkart, Paytm contributed 70% of the combined losses of e-commerce firms in India in fiscal 2015-16 as they competed in the market with freebies and deep discounts
Amid growing digitisation, India must gear up for cyber threats: report
20 Dec 2016
With India logging into the digital world as it seeks to become a less-cash economy, the threat of data breaches looms over both public and private enterprises
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