For those who are sceptical about using debit or credit cards, even when faced with cash crunch, Adhil Shetty, CEO of BankBazaar.com, lists out a few safe cashless options that can be exercised through mobile phones.
'Two consecutive quarters of negative growth are the technical definition of an economic recession, and for the first time in this generation's memory, we may be staring at one,' observes Aakar Patel.
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Banking as we know it will stand on its head in the next 10 years.
Leyland expects the digital drive to help tap its in-house strength as well as segments such as passenger cars and two-wheelers.
The preference for digital banking now cuts across all customer segments.
The shopping day, similar to Cyber Monday and Black Friday in the United States, comes less than eight weeks after Alibaba's record $25 billion public share listing in New York.
The reason for digital and IT interventions increasingly being adopted is not just the change in ways commuters move but also the mode on which this transport moves, says Jyoti Mukul.
The government has initiated a process to define standards and guidelines for electric charging stations.
The premium amount will be automatically added to the ticket fare if the passenger opts for insurance.
Raghuram Rajan said the head of the central bank should have a fixed tenure of more than three years as the current term was too short.
CBI and Enforcement Directorate are probing the huge remittances to Hong Kong from the bank.
Ashish Mehrotra, MD and CEO, Max Bupa Health Insurance, explains the changes we can expect in health insurance this year.
The speed of nine railway corridors will be increased.
Suresh Prabhu announced ambitious plans.
With the implementation of the goods and services tax less than 75 days away -- assuming July 1 as the roll-out date -- Sudipto Dey provides a guide to how businesses can navigate the transition.
The amnesty scheme is a 'practical and pragmatic' approach to bring back the black money stashed abroad, the chairman of Assocham's Legal Affairs Council R K Handoo said on the sidelines of the release of a study on black money in New Delhi on Friday.
While Visa and Mastercard slug it out for leadership, analysts say RuPay has the potential to cause disruption and eat into their market share.
There are 230 million vehicles on the road, and counting. Bulk of these are under seven years old and once they get older, the industry estimates the requirement for spare parts and aftersales service to shoot up sharply.
'It has also saved the government about $ 9 billion in fraud and wastage because by having that unique number you eliminate fakes and duplicates from your beneficiary and employee list,' Nilekani said at an event on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The goal of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households, a panel chaired by Nachiket Mor that submitted its report to the Reserve Bank of India last week, is truly a BHAG.
Have you ever heard of/or played this longest-running virtual game?
Yield loss due to natural calamity is calculated based on field reports and assessment of crop-cutting experiments by district and block agriculture officers.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
Policymakers should consider the challenges of beneficiary identification, distributor opposition and beneficiary financial inclusion.
Penalty can be levied at 100-300 per cent of the tax evaded, while tax is imposed at the highest rate of 30 per cent.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
The author meets the brains behind Unocoin, the first Indian Bitcoin exchange and merchant processor in India to have raised international funding.
Earlier in the day, Pichai announced Google would work with the Indian Railways
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.
He endorsed transparency and financial stability in addition to issues related to inclusive growth and development, write Puran Singh and Nupur Pavan Bang.
'If you retain your account with the EPFO for 10 years, you get a life-long pension.'
The 100MB app casts the cricketer in a digital avatar that can be used in a variety of ways. Celebrities, Urvi Malvania reports, are increasingly leveraging their fan following in the real world to build virtual empires.
Google of food, Zomato is keen to do more acquisitions in 2015.
The reasons behind a spate of forest fires in the hills this year, though, could be multi-fold.
Satellite analysis can assess vegetation cover down to field level.
Rajan drew attention towards the Nachiket Mor committee on PSL and said that the RBI is trying to make the entire process more effective.
The election in Bihar will never be the same, reports Aditi Phadnis
The conversion from ownership to taxi hiring services is gaining ground.
The military knows very little about the world of journalism and has no plan in place to learn more, says Ajai Shukla
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
