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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
With black-market Aadhaar data and fingerprints cloned using household supplies, scammers siphon off welfare benefits. Will the loopholes be plugged?
A flurry of frauds across the country in recent months, exploiting the vulnerabilities in Aadhaar-based payment networks, have put local investigation agencies and police cybercrime cells on alert. Criminal gangs have been found colluding with bank agents and contractors to clone fingerprints, defraud beneficiaries and siphon off welfare benefits meant for the poor.
In May, at least two groups of fraudsters were arrested by the Haryana and the Madhya Pradesh police. According to two officials in the Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan cybercrime cells, who asked not to be named because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media, several other …
A local fintech deal to consolidate operations, feedback on Saudi Arabia’s proposed IPO rules, and Ras Al Khaimah’s casino economy.
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
The Rs 250 SIP was launched last year by the former SEBI chairperson with one clear goal: financial inclusion. More than a year later, the much-hyped scheme doesn’t seem to have caught on with MF investors.
