While the government’s move to bring in an ordinance to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar for KYC (know your customer) has come as a relief to the banking and telecom sectors, fintech companies are unsure if the step will benefit them. Even after multiple representations, non-banking payment companies appear to have been excluded from the […]
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Smart Ski Helmet Headphone Flaws Leak Personal, GPS Data
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FatPipe SD-WAN Offered on Azure Cloud
News FatPipe SD-WAN Offered on Azure Cloud By David Ramel 03/04/2019 FatPipe Networks announced a new software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) offering for the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, promising better performance for enterprise users of cloud-hosted Office 365 and other applications. FatPipe SD-WAN for Azure was unveiled by the Salt Lake City-based company — which claimed […]
Container Escape Hack Targets Vulnerable Linux Kernel
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Paytm launches subscription-based loyalty programme to boost customer retention
Paytm is launching a subscription-based rewards and loyalty programme– Paytm First– which bundles up offers from top internet companies including annual memberships for Zomato Gold, Gaana, Sony LIV, Viu Premium, Eros Now and Uber as it looks to increase customer retention in a competitive and hotly contested digital payments ecosystem. The primary motive behind this […]
Germany’s Delivery Hero acquires Zomato’s UAE biz, invests in India ops
Zomato Media, which owns and operates the eponymous online food delivery and restaurant discovery platform, has sold its United Arab Emirates delivery business to the Berlin-based Delivery Hero for $172 million. The Gurgaon-based company, which is fighting a bruising battle with its cash-rich rival Swiggy, has also raised $105 million in its latest funding tranche […]
Zomato sells UAE biz to Delivery Hero, raises another $105M as part of latest funding
Zomato Media, which owns and operates the eponymous online food delivery and restaurant discovery platform, has sold its United Arab Emirates delivery business to the Berlin-based Delivery Hero for $172 million. The Gurgaon- based company, which is fighting a bruising battle with its cash rich rival Swiggy, has also raised $105 million in its latest […]
Here’s How Big Data Influences Banking And Online Lenders
It was an ideal time for online lenders to arrive in Silicon Valley. After the financial crisis of 2008, banks who were the first choice as lenders for everyday people took a little bit of time to comprehend the way in which customers wanted to access credit and they were not ready to take any […]
Ecommerce-wary malls find online food aggregators’ presence palatable
Over the years, malls have been rather critical of deep-pocketed web-commerce companies that routinely showered discounts to divert the flow of business away from shopping centres. But brick-and-mortar stores are rather happy now with at least one new-age business: food delivery, led by apps such as Swiggy and Zomato. Select Citywalk Mall in New Delhi’s […]
Steven Spielberg to propose ban on Netflix films from Oscars
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at “An Unforgettable Evening” benefiting the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Steven Spielberg is taking on Netflix. At this year’s annual post-Oscars meeting, the filmmaker, who’s representing directors as an Academy governor, will speak out […]