India’s Digital Wallets Could Lose 90% Of Their Users As KYC Deadline Nears
India’s many wallet companies are staring at a crisis — and this time it’s not because of a foreign competitor. The deadline for…
Category: Startups
After Spending 2 Years In Consumer Courts, Man To Get Refund From Flipkart For Rs. 1878
E-commerce companies seem to pride themselves on next-day deliveries, but redressal of complaints can take substantially longer. A man has spent nearly two…
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Renews Attack On WhatsApp, Calls Facebook “Most Evil Company On Earth”
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma hasn’t backed down from the flak he’d received for suggesting that WhatsApp was misusing the UPI interface — he’s…
Even As E-Commerce Startups Flounder, Infibeam’s Quarterly Net Profit Rises 39% To Rs. 30 Crore
India’s e-commerce companies didn’t have the best 2017 — Paytm lost nearly Rs. 3 crore per day, Flipkart lost Rs. 24 crore per day, and…
WhatsApp VP Neeraj Arora Resigns From Paytm’s Board Following Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s Comments
The Twitter turmoil over Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s accusations that WhatsApp was misusing the UPI interface appears to have already had real-world consequences. WhatsApp…
Paytm Mall Has Partnered With Red Tape To Open A Store Where Customers Shop Via Its App
Paytm Mall is the latest e-commerce company in India to jump headlong into offline retail, and its offline move has been more striking…
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Attacks WhatsApp’s Payments Product, Gets Trolled By Fellow Entrepreneurs Instead
Last week, WhatsApp’s payments launch had most entrepreneurs raving about how it would revolutionize payments in India. WhatsApp impressed nearly everyone when it revealed…
This Might Be The Only Major Internet Startup In India That’s Profitable
The ultimate badge of honor for a startup is the tag of the unicorn. Unicorns are rare, mythical creates, and startups valued at…
India’s Startup Ecosystem Has Been Blown Away By WhatsApp’s New Payments Feature
WhatsApp’s payments feature hasn’t even made it to all phones yet, but it’s already created quite a splash. India’s startup community appears to…