india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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Walmart Says PhonePe and Flipkart IPOs Years Away
Walmart Says PhonePe and Flipkart IPOs Years Away
June 09, 2024  |  Walmart

Walmart’s India-based eCommerce marketplace and payments company aren’t quite ready to go public. “This is something we’re looking at over the next couple of years,”...

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Paytm Continues to Lose Digital Payments Ground to Google and Walmart
Paytm Continues to Lose Digital Payments Ground to Google and Walmart
June 06, 2024  |  Digital Payments

India-based Paytm’s share of the country’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues to slip. The FinTech made up 8.1% of total UPI transactions last month, down...

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Jio Financial Services Launches Digital Banking App in India
Jio Financial Services Launches Digital Banking App in India
May 30, 2024  |  Digital Banking

Jio Financial Services launched its JioFinance app in beta mode, saying it aims to advance digital transformation and enhance the “financial well-being of every Indian.”...

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RBI: Online Payment Fraud in India Surges 400% in a Year
RBI: Online Payment Fraud in India Surges 400% in a Year
May 30, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

According to a new report from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), digital payments fraud in the country grew 14.57 billion rupees ($175 million) in...

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Big Tech Asks India to Reconsider Antitrust Law
Big Tech Asks India to Reconsider Antitrust Law
May 28, 2024  |  ANTITRUST

Lobbyists representing U.S. tech giants reportedly asked India to reexamine a proposed antitrust law. The companies said regulations forbidding data use and preferential treatment of...

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Report: India’s Adani Exploring eCommerce and Payments Business
Report: India’s Adani Exploring eCommerce and Payments Business
May 28, 2024  |  eCommerce

Indian conglomerate Adani is reportedly in discussions to enter the eCommerce and payments space. The company is considering applying for a license to take part...

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Google to Invest in Flipkart, Help Modernize Digital Infrastructure
Google to Invest in Flipkart, Help Modernize Digital Infrastructure
May 24, 2024  |  Investments

Google plans to invest in Indian digital commerce company Flipkart. The move will make Google a minority investor in Flipkart’s latest funding round, which is led by Walmart, Flipkart...

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Google Opens Its Digital Wallet to Users In India
Google Opens Its Digital Wallet to Users In India
May 08, 2024  |  Google

Google’s digital wallet is now available in the world’s most populous country. The tech giant announced Wednesday (May 8) that the Google Wallet was now open...

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India Proposes CBDC That Can Function Offline
India Proposes CBDC That Can Function Offline
May 06, 2024  |  CBDC

India’s central bank wants its digital currency to be available without internet access. “One of the key features of cash is that it works offline,” Reserve...

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