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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
TopicFintech

Topic: Fintech

Fintech startups to make a bigger move in 2020, experts suggest

Sweeping mergers, acquisitions have transformed some of the industry’s largest incumbents in payments, who are gearing up for a bigger fight with newcomers.

You can’t coerce India to adopt digital payments. Here’s what Modi govt should try instead

Those who invested in or built standalone payment firms might be regretting because Modi govt’s move to remove MDR has harmed their business model.

PMC fiasco shows why it’s time to pull the plug on urban cooperative banks

Rather than waste resources on recovery and sustenance of urban cooperative banks, focus can be on articulating a credit disbursement mechanism.

Banks better watch out, the fintech payment revolution is coming

As local-currency payments in Asia become instantaneous, cashless and cheap, customers will demand similar features when they remit funds overseas.

Dr. Evil would love Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘GlobalCoin’, Facebook’s cryptocurrency

Given its access to people's transaction data, Facebook’s use of its own cryptocurrency should raise questions on the implications on privacy, potential data breaches, and credit scoring.

India’s fintech sandbox is on its way but RBI’s draft guidelines can limit benefits

RBI’s framework for the regulatory sandbox proposes a number of entry barriers that seem extremely vague and subjective.

Fadnavis on US & Canada visit looking for investors to make Mumbai a ‘fintech’ hub

Fintech stands for the financial technology sector, which is one of the fastest growing in India.

On Camera

There’s too much Akshay Kumar on screen. Take a break and come back with a Hera Pheri

Every few months, a new release raises the question: Can this film save Akshay Kumar’s career? So far, the answer has been a resounding no.

Pilots, engineers, maintenance crew — skilled worker shortages add to crisis in aviation sector

India’s aviation space is grappling with more than just a pilot deficit problem as industry experts highlight the need for the government and the aviation regulator to step in.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.