Ajinkya Kawale, Business Standard

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UPI payments app PhonePe's $1.5 billion IPO to see Walmart cut stake
Rediff.com5 days ago

As India's biggest Unified Payments Interface (UPI) app PhonePe prepares to list, the...

NPCI sets up unit to scale up digital infra beyond payments
Rediff.com5 Jan 2026

Moving beyond digital payments, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the...

Northern Borders 'Stable Yet Sensitive': Defence Ministry
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

The deployment of the army in all sectors along the Line of Actual Control, the de...

3.84 Trillion Spent On These Weapons...
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

The largest tranche came in July, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, with the DAC...

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over...

Trai Launches Digital Consent Pilot
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A national rollout will take place after the pilot test in which SBI, PNB, Axis Bank,...

Fino 1st payments bank to get RBI nod to turn SFB
Rediff.com6 Dec 2025

Fino Payments Bank (Fino) has become the first such entity to get an in-principle...

WazirX Reboots Operations After Mega Hack
Rediff.com1 Dec 2025

'We've not seen a crypto exchange come back after about 45 per cent of the value on the...

BHIM's New Feature To Target Reluctant Users
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

'This will bring in a lot of net new users to UPI.'

Sebi Eases IPO Lock-In Rules
Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Sebi has proposed allowing depositories to mark such pledged shares as...

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits...

'Banks Need To Reinvent Themselves'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

'Reinvention is not a hugely difficult task. With technology as available today, you...

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall
Rediff.com1 Nov 2025

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk,...

Lenders tap alternative data as next frontier in credit fraud fight
Rediff.com28 Oct 2025

Risk assessment platforms are increasingly using diverse data sources to help lenders...

JLR Cyberattack Triggers $2.55 Billion Shockwave
Rediff.com23 Oct 2025

At an estimated 1.9 billion in losses and over 5,000 UK organisations affected, the...

Trump Tariffs Dim Diamond City's Diwali Sparkle
Rediff.com18 Oct 2025

For both polishing unit operators and diamond merchants, the US is still the biggest...

Pilot Training In India Is Below The Mark
Rediff.com14 Oct 2025

The principal problem lies in lack of training infrastructure and relatively lax safety...

Urgent Need For Data Sovereignty
Rediff.com13 Oct 2025

'When global politics has some intervention on the core software one uses, and if you...

Is Paytm Out Of The Woods?
Rediff.com2 Oct 2025

'This marks a turning point for Paytm, with the regulatory environment looking much...

Gold, Silver Shine As Stocks Slip
Rediff.com1 Oct 2025

'The frenzy for gold is primarily due to the uncertainty surrounding the tariff war.'