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Home Bharat Inclusion Initiative wants to help take your fintech solution to 470 million LMI Indians
India's fintech star is on the rise. According to a report by KPMG, the Indian fintech software market is poised to touch $2.4 billion by 2020. However, to say that the balance of growth is skewed is a serious understatement. A study by IIMA-CIIE and Consulting firm MicroSave says that 80 percent of fintech companies in India are present in...
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Home Tradition and trends: How ICA Gallery in Jaipur has promoted heritage and modern art for three generations
Jaipur is a major creative hub, and Part I of our photo essay on this art gallery features a wide range of paintings, antiques and sculptures. PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 230 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery....
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Home Indian startup makes it to German sports accelerator; bike/taxi startups tackling congestion
Live sports social engagement platform Rooter has been chosen to be a part of the 2018 'leAD Sports Accelerator Program'. Among the 10 startups that were chosen for the programme, Rooter is the only one from India. Rooter is a sports social gaming platform that connects sports fans and engages them during live matches. It offers...
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Home Common business process automation roadblocks and how to overcome them
Business Process Automation or BPA is a technology-enabled automation of various business processes in an organization. The term is also used to define the software that enables this transition. Business process automation is done to achieve digital transformation across an organization. It is also done to bring about improvements in the service quality and service delivery...
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Home The way ahead - how to enable intelligent investments through smart technology
The Indian capital market has grown at a rapid rate in terms of resource mobilization, the number of companies going public, market capitalization, trading volumes, and investor participation in equities. With technological advancement and good governance policies gaining ground in India, the overall environment for equity investments has become more conducive as well...
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Home What does the Consumer Protection Bill, 2018, mean for contests and games in India?
More than 30 years after the Consumer Protection Act 1986 (CPA) was enacted, the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 (CP Bill) aims to bring consumer rights law up-to-speed with a changing market today for goods and services. Key changes in the CP Bill include: (i) a new regulatory authority, the Central Consumer Protection Authority; (ii) product liability rules;...
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Home 5 steps to handle workplace harassment as an employee
Workplace Harassment is an area that is gaining visibility due to the impact it has on overall organizational culture as well as employee well-being. It is the single most important reason for work-related stress. Many people use workplace harassment and sexual harassment interchangeably, or believe it to be the most harmful. However, they are not the same. Sexual harassment is a subset, or...
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Home Decoding the factors driving India's burgeoning e-mobility sector
The electric vehicle ecosystem, integrated with shared and connected mobility, will not be a substitute but an alternative to existing forms of mobility. How is India preparing for the shift in mobility? Well, there are many answers to that. The government is allocating funds towards products, infrastructure, and services. Car manufacturers and startups are offering hybrid and...
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Home UrbanClap's Abhiraj Bhal digs deep on the process of fundraising
In the last podcast with Abhinav Chaturvedi, we discussed the key aspects of picking the right investor and also the actual process of fundraising. Today, we are looking at the same topic from an entrepreneur's perspective. We are chatting with Abhiraj Bhal, the co-founder and CEO of UrbanClap, a path-breaking company in the home services space which has grown from zero to...
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Home Sound to pay? ToneTag makes payments secure and easy using sound waves
With over 3.1 lakh merchants on board, ToneTag uses sound waves to enable payments on devices, independent of the instrument or infrastructure. It's not uncommon to be given candies instead of change if you're shopping in India. While we are all accustomed to it at some level, Kumar Abhishek's friend from overseas found it bizarre. This had the techie, who...
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