SBI, ICICI Bank Launch New Tech Measures To Enhance Banking Experience
India’s two largest banks have announced new tech measures to enhance banking experience. While State Bank of India has launched a mobile wallet app, SBI Buddy in collaboration with Accenture and Mastercard, ICICI Bank Ltd has introduced ‘Smart Vault’, a fully automated locker facility with high-end robotic technology.
Senegal Transforms Its Sanitation System, Uber Style
A lot can happen over poo.
And it’s not a typo. You read it right. Apparently, the Senegal National Sanitation Utility is experimenting with a mind-boggling Uber style waste management system in Dakar, the capital of West African nations. Eighty percent of Senegal residents use pit latrines and due to a problematic sewage system, the pit-emptiers charge excessively to clean up the dirt. So the government has decided to introduce a SMS service to collect and sell it!
This CEO Has Distributed $3 Million Among Employees
In an ideal workplace, a good boss shares his success with the employees. But such bosses are as rare as the Amur Leopard. So is Yang Yuanqing – the CEO of Lenovo. Because whenever a boss goes out of his way to show generosity to the workers, history remembers.
Snapdeal’s New Office Could Give Flipkart A Run For Its Money
The Indian office worker has never had it so good.
A month after Flipkart had people swooning over its new Bangalore office, Snapdeal has come up with a swanky new workplace of its own. Located in a sprawling 450,000 sq. ft campus in Gurgaon, it can house close to 4,500 employees.
Meet The 13 Year Old CEO Of A 5-employee, $200,000 company
At an age, when most of us were playing video games and just getting familiar with the fascinating world of the internet, this boy wonder founded an online business.
@TajMahal Debuts On Twitter On India’s Independence Day
Taj Mahal has become the first wonder of the world to have its own Twitter handle.’
The debut was made on India’s Independence Day on August 15, 2015 with the first tweet, “There are two kinds of ppl in the world. Those who have visited me and follow me here and those who haven’t seen me and yet follow me here.”
After Announcing Layoffs, Housing Acquires HomeBuy360 For $2 Million
Barely a week after reports emerged that Housing.com would be firing 600 of its 2600 employees as a part of a restructuring, the company today announced that it has acquired Bangalore-based customer relationship management software company HomeBuy360. This is Housing’s 3rd acquisition this year, after having previously acquired real esate forum IREF and Realty BI, a data analytics company in the real esatate sector.
Private Bankers, Professionals At The Helm Of Two Indian Public Sector Banks
You don’t need to be a lifetime government babu to land a top position at a government bank anymore. In a big bang announcement, the Government of India has appointed two private bankers to head two of the prominent public sector banks in the country.
6 Things You Should Know About Google’s New Parent Alphabet Inc.
Say Hello to Alphabet!
Google is all over the news this week. First, the Chennai boy Sundar Pichai takes charge as Google’s new CEO. Second, Google gets a new parent company – Alphabet Inc.