'In certain sectors we want to become catalysts, in others we want to encourage.' S D Shibulal discusses Axilor Ventures with Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
A committee on digitalisation headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had in an interim report recommended taxing cash transactions of at least Rs 50,000 to promote digital payments.
CEO Shashi Arora discusses his roadmap for Airtel Payments Bank with Karan Choudhury.
Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.
Benefits of demonetisation come at a heavy price for Fintech firms. They will spend a massive amount on securing and reinforcing their cyber security apparatus this financial year. Karan Choudhury reports.
'India is a country where many of the problems need local solutions and some be solved using basic science.'
At least three brokerages, two domestic and one global, have said the company could cut its revenue growth guidance again in dollar terms
In 50 days, 60% of the work force was let off in retail, agri, textile and other sectors.
Investors are already factoring in the impact. The IT Index on the BSE exchange dipped 2.5 per cent, with Infosys, Wipro and TCS showing a decline.
The firm chooses UP for payments bank launch in February. Karan Choudhury reports.
In new year message, Sikka warns staff of automation, Premji talks of Wipro's core values
'The industry growth in 2016< came from the new digital technology segment which grew at over 20%.' 'The challenge for the industry is that the legacy business makes up almost 80% of revenue.' 'Hence the urgency to transform into digital business.'
Effects of the new schemes launched under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be felt more in tier-II and tier-III cities, as not many budget or affordable housing projects are in the works in metropolitan cities.
Six years ago, the company discovered an incident of embezzlement of about $4 mn by an employee.
India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers to the country -- creating at least 50,000 jobs. But GST could hurt that, discovers Ayan Pramanik.
Computer emergency response teams will be strengthened with ethical hackers who will respond to cyberattacks.
Accuses foreign-funded competition of 'capital dumping' to capture market, bats for stronger regulations for sector.
The telecom companies have also been asked to urgently improve their infrastructure, as the government aims to digitise a host of services.
'The absence of cyber security framework for ATMs is like a dream come true for hackers.'
Digital-pay companies see 10x growth spurt after demonetisation, report Ayan Pramanik & Shine Jacob/Business Standard from Bengaluru.
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