BUSINESS
Smartphone insurance could become a $500 million market in India by 2025: Report
With market penetration of only 11 percent, the opportunity is huge, says the report by RedSeer. However, it adds, there is a need for regulation to rein in unlicensed players
BUSINESS
Exclusive: Kunal Shah’s Cred in talks to raise funds; aiming a valuation of nearly $800 million
Cred was last valued at $450 million in August 2019 when it raised $120 million in Series A round.
BUSINESS
Appstore blues for Google?
Google has mandated all in-app purchases to be routed through Google Billing, startups say this is monopolistic behaviour from Google and the need has come to have our own Indian app store, but some say Google is justified in its demands, what does all this mean?
BUSINESS
Explained: Why was Paytm removed from Google Play Store and what it means for other gaming platforms
In the afternoon news broke about Paytm being pulled down from the Google Play Store, by evening the app was restored. Moneycontrol looks into the whats, hows and the whys around this interesting development.
BUSINESS
Amazon Pay ties up with Acko to offer vehicle insurance
Customers can use Amazon Pay balance, UPI, or any saved card to make payments.
BUSINESS
WhatsApp makes clear its plans on digital banking, to boost delivery of financial services to Indians
The company is looking to leverage the partnership route to drive financial inclusion in India
BUSINESS
RIL AGM: Jio opens doors for Indian startups, offers tech and financial help
RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani says Jio considers startups as brothers in arms.
BUSINESS
Playing an important role in transforming the small business ecosystem in India: Google
The platform has Spots, GooglePay, Google My Business and a host of others by which it is helping small businesses go online
BUSINESS
Infrastructure ready, time to go big on digital push: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Speaking at Google for India even, the minister seeks tech giant’s support for the government’s Digital Village initiative.
BUSINESS
Google has played a key role in spreading awareness around COVID-19: Sanjay Gupta
From searches on COVID-19 to helping small businesses go online, Google has played a role in almost every facet of life
BUSINESS
WhatsApp for Business hits 15 million monthly users in India, 50 million globally
The app has launched QR Code stickers for quick chats between customers and businesses.
BUSINESS
UPI leads revival in digital payments along with toll payments, IMPS still falls short
UPI transactions have surpassed those in February, which was the last full month of pre-COVID business in India
BUSINESS
From Paytm, Flipkart to Swiggy, big Indian startups are stuffed with Chinese money
Chinese companies are one of the biggest investors in India’s startup space.
BUSINESS
COVID-19 lockdown: E-commerce firms start taking orders of non-essentials in ‘red zone’ cities; deliveries to begin from today
Most consumers order kitchen equipment, clothes, trimmers, and work-from-home items like keyboards on the first day.
BUSINESS
WhatsApp Payments on track to go live by May-end sans State Bank of India
Three banks - HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank - are set to offer UPI handles on the payment platform.
BUSINESS
Coronavirus pandemic: Policybazaar sees term, life insurance sales go up 40%
The unicorn is not planning salary cuts but will keep an eye on costs, says CEO Sarbvir Singh.
