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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicFinfluencers

Topic: finfluencers

Meet the finfluencers straddling tightrope between self-regulation & racking up more followers

Their casual and chatty style is a bit hit with followers; critics warn their advice can sometimes be misleading as SEBI cracks whip on some 'finfluencers' violating norms.

‘Influencers’ are the first source of new investors for financial advice. It’s not risk-free

While social media has brought increased access to financial literacy and advice through memes and metaphors, the quality can be inconsistent, surface level and susceptible to fraud.

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Millionaire influencer BitBoy’s fall has lessons — ‘perfect example of why crypto needs regulation’

Ben Armstrong, better known as 'BitBoy', was ousted from his company last August and subsequently accused of extortion, theft, sexual harassment and workplace violence. He had 1.5 million followers on YouTube.

Who is Ravisutanjani Kumar, ‘finfluencer’ once tagged by Modi, now accused of ‘faking’ degrees

Ravisutanjani Kumar, a rising finance influencer who’d even grabbed Union minister Piyush Goyal's attention this month, has countered claims that he lied about his qualifications.

SEBI invites public comments in bid to clamp down on finfluencers & their undeclared revenue streams

Markets regulator has sought comments on proposed rules that would effectively ban unregistered finfluencers from dispensing investment advice. Comments welcome till 15 Sept.

How do you spot a fake ‘finfluencer’? Red flags include penny stocks, get-rich-quick schemes

Admitting to rise of fake influencers indulging in practices that lead to followers losing money, finfluencers say consumers must be 'alert' but also feel govt needs to regulate the space.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.