Sharad Sharma, co-founder and governing council member at iSPIRT, on Tuesday admitted using anonymous accounts to troll on social media those who raised questions on Aadhaar and its applications by the government.
Tripti Rai explains the unique features of Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app developed by the National Payment Corporation of India.
Compared to a 64 per cent penetration in Brazil (130 million users total) and 53 per cent in China (total 733 million users), India has barely 28 per cent penetration. Of the digital reach, almost 80 per cent are from affluent segments in urban areas. How can this change?
Modi hailed the close defence cooperation between the two countries and welcomed the completion of the logistics agreement between the two navies.
Currently, only three have completed more than six months of operation in the space - Fino Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank and Paytm
MCLR-linked loans are more responsive to RBI's rate movements, and rate cuts may be transmitted to borrowers in a manner useful to them.
The Governor said RBI does not limit itself too much when there is uncertainty.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Key questions remain about the operational and financial viability of a completely paperless bank such as India Post, says Mayank Jain.
The Bharat Interface For Money app was launched on the iOS platform earlier this month. It is also available on the more popular Android platform. There have been over 17 million downloads of the BHIM app so far.
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The Bansals losing out operational control of Flipkart comes at a time when global rival Amazon, in which Tiger Global holds a minority stake, is stepping up investment in India in an attempt to overtake the Bengaluru-based e-commerce firm.
NPCI has launched several consumer friendly systems including one that allows users to transfer money to people over mobile phones across India.
Experts say the new guideline is likely to hurt foreign players more, especially card companies such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express who process and store credit card transaction data outside of India.
'Malicious files can silently sit in your phone and relay data to hackers without your knowledge.'
New offerings by banks are changing the way you transact.
Digital services work best when the seller designs a system where default options are designed to help the buyer, says Debashis Basu.
This was among the few times that TCS had to deploy rapid application development mode, which means changes in the application happen on-the-go.
ICICI bank waives ATM charges.
The cap of Rs 10,000 on daily withdrawal has also been removed.
'If your data is hacked you cannot go to court. Only UIDAI can go to court.' 'UIDAI is lying that Aadhaar is completely secure.'
Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com shares his thoughts on what could help make digitisation and going cashless easier in the New Year.
'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining.'
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
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