A large number of consumers use their cellphones to research products and services in stores and they are increasingly willing to share usage data with advertisers, but most have concerns over the security of mobile transactions, says a KPMG report.
In a most perverse example of tax bullying, someone I know has got by three such notices reopening his assessment minutes before the midnight deadline of June 30, reveals Debashis Basu.
Alibaba, the world's biggest e-commerce firm by transaction value, supports small businesses on its platforms.
While the virus out there meddling big-time with our lives, danger is lurking in our email boxes too.
'If a gaming regulator is able to save even a single player's life or is able to just enforce the existing laws of the land, it works,' says cyber policy expert Prashant Mali.
Across Yes Bank branches, the busiest people were the relationship managers, trying to soothe nerves. Many were seen advising clients the situation was only temporary and that their money was safe.
Consolidation is happening because of a prolonged slowdown in residential sales which has also brought down the business of brokerages.
How crooks try to trick the system and defraud credit card transactions and how you must protect yourself from such scams.
So what if your bank has imposed/will impose a transaction fee of Rs 20 for using ATMs after your fifth visit in a month? You can still remain within your free transaction limits and avoid being charged at all. Wondering how it is to be done? Read on.
eBay India has announced the eBay India Battle of Gadgets 2011. The event ranks India's most popular electronic gadget purchases online over a 12-month period based on an analysis of all eBay transactions. Here, then are the top gadget brands in India.
Rajesh Bhayani highlights all that you need to know about the online currency.
The two media groups have been critical of the Covid-19 management in the country and have done numerous news stories on the subject during the second wave of the pandemic that hit the country between April and May.
'Gloom is nowhere in sight, with healthy foreign exchange reserves, a strong rupee, healthy tax collections, corruption and crony capitalism under check,' argues Gopal Krishna Agrawal.
The Income Tax department will investigate over 60,000 individuals under the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money'.
Today you can view your tax credit online, pay taxes online, file your return online, track the processing status in real time and also get the refund online directly credited to your bank account. You don't need to stand in queues anymore or or be at the mercy of the bureaucracy.
A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions.
Zomato, the India-based global restaurant search and discovery business entity, has accelerated plans to get into new products like online food ordering.
Online platforms can help buyers and sellers get a fair price and assurance on the car's health.
There has been an exponential increase in the use of technology to validate financial numbers, with a greater reliance on electronic evidence, use of live videos where possible, data analytics, and project management software to overcome the physical limitations in verifying transactions and accounts.
Unlike some of India's largest online retailers like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and Jabong, which are very secretive about their data and use it to cut better deals with brands than their competitors, the Nykaa monetising its insights. If it is is able to do so without giving away any of its advantages to competitors, it could be on to a winning model.
A senior finance ministry source said making the use of debit cards and e-wallets compulsory across the board is legally untenable, but banks have been asked to insist their account holders use these instruments
Hackers in support of WikiLeaks have brought down the websites of credit-card giants Visa and MasterCard in the ongoing cyber-war between sympathisers of the whistle-blower site and firms trying to stifle it.
The latest deal would give Facebook deeper access to India, the second largest internet market after China.
Last-mile verification with Aadhaar-Based Biometric Authentication have the worst record among other options available to check PDS pilferage. So the Centre's insistence on that option is bewildering, says Reetika Khera.
Record equity divestment by the Reliance Group in its telecom and retail businesses garnering around $23 billion revved up the deal street in 2020, which otherwise would have gone down as one of the dullest on record, and dealmakers are seeing sunnier days in 2021 given the large scope for consolidation in a slew of sectors ravaged by the pandemic. With Jio Platforms alone garnering over $16 billion (Rs 1,18,318 crore) by selling 25.24 per cent stake and Reliance Retail notching up $6.4 billion (Rs 47,265 crore) by divesting around 9 per cent shareholding, the deal street signed off with $85 billion in the deal kitty across 1,270 transactions. This is higher by about 10 per cent over 2019. What is significant is that over a third of the total deal value came from Reliance transactions, say investment bankers.
Most investment costs are bundled in with the financial product, and are often hidden in fine print, warns Erik Hon.
It aims to grow gross merchandise value to Rs 19,000-25,500 crore.
Bengaluru-based InMobi and Microsoft combine their powers to break the stranglehold of Google and Facebook in the digital advertising space.
The war is on! Ritwik Sharma finds out what's next for the beauty retailer.
From small retailers' experiences with e-wallets to digital transaction numbers post demonetisation, Geetanjali Krishna and Karan Choudhury find out where the truth lies.
Jifi is a zero-interest current account with no minimum balance conditions, and can be opened with an initial payment of Rs 5,000.
Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon
Every 30 seconds its website is connected to an SME for a loan, every five minutes it evaluates a loan, and every 20 minutes it disburses a loan.
Unified Payments Interface launched to simplify mobile banking.
Physical advisors have been receiving tough competition from algorithm-based investment counselling and robo-advisories.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking stay on further sale of electoral bonds ahead of assembly elections.
If you are new to investing andarenot sure how ademataccount worksoperates, here is everything you need to know aboutdemataccounts and what happens when you buy or sell shares online.
Payment aggregators should have a minimum net worth of Rs 100 crore and if they don't manage to arrange that money within one year of putting out final guidelines, they should stop doing their business, says central bank's draft paper.
