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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The government has put over 90 fintechs on notice in its latest attempt to clean up the digital lending space.
On Monday morning, B, the founder of a leading digital lending firm, was drafting an action memo to plan for the week ahead. Nothing could have prepared him or his team for what lay ahead. Forty-eight hours later, B was pacing the halls of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in New Delhi, anxiously preparing for a meeting with a team of government officials on which hinged the very survival of his business.
In those intervening 48 hours, the government drew up a list of over 90 fintech apps. B’s loan app was one of them. While some on …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
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.
