Need to raise rural incomes and multiply opportunities for enhancing livelihoods

Fintech platforms might be taking borrowers for a ride, but onus is on the borrowers too - take loan with an intent to pay back, check the loan agreement parties, and be very alert about the data that you are sharing

BharatPe has so far raised around Rs 250 crore in debt funding, which would help catapult its lending business and provide credit to merchants

The YES Bank launched this programme during the SME Carnival from January 18-22, 2021 across the private lender's MSME focused branches across India

The digital innovation India has made so far is here to stay. It needs adoption into commercial application to deepen the financial inclusion net

The instant loan apps offer loans to individuals and levy exorbitant interest rates and processing charges. These could range from 2-3 per cent per month, adding up to an average of 24-36 per cent a year

The 6-member working group has been formed to study digital lending in regulated as well as unregulated financial sector to devise a regulatory framework for the same

Referring to WhatsApp's new privacy policy and the company's recent frontpage newspaper ads about user's privacy, Sharma said, \"Why does Europe get a policy and India only a newspaper advertisement?\"

In taking full control of one of the smaller players in the world's largest payment market, PayPal will compete with domestic payments giants Alipay, owned by Alibaba-affiliated Ant Group, and WeChat Pay

Decision to stop Xiami Music service comes days after Ma's Alibaba group announced to fold its financial operations as Chinese regulators stepped up crackdown on Jack Ma's financial technology empire

Ma's disappearance has fuelled speculations that he is either arrested or placed under house arrest. China has a track record of not revealing information on arrests of big personalities, so under 'supervision' could well mean jail

Tongues started wagging when Jack Ma didn't appear in the final episode, aired in November, of his own talent show, 'Africa's Business Heroes', which gives budding African entrepreneurs an opportunity to compete to win $1.5 million

To provide relief for entities impacted by the pandemic, the government has suspended fresh proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) starting from March 25

Divestments would also significantly scale back Ant's influence over the country's fast-growing fintech industry, where it has sought synergies with its existing businesses via several investments in recent years

Indian Banking Sector 2019-20: The credit off-take from the industry declined marginally while agri, services and retail were in positive territory in 2019-20

Post stake sale, Malaysia's flagship budget carrier AirAsia Berhad's shareholding in AirAsia India will reduce to 16.33 per cent, while Tata Group's stake will rise to 83.67 per cent

These companies have been chosen on the basis of their campaigns focused on launching their products, interactions with users or to inspire them to assist small companies tide through the coronavirus-induced slowdown

After using technology to transform Indian banking and steering Infosys past its biggest crisis, K.V. Kamath, former Chairman, ICICI Bank, helped multilateral lender New Development Bank scale up massively during his five-year stint

How the pandemic has changed CEO's agenda for the future

One97 aims to turn profitable by FY22; US-based mutual fund T Rowe recently raised One97 arm fintech arm Paytm's valuation to $16 billion