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India’s largest digital wallet, Paytm, will face competition from Reliance Jio Infocomm for making payments on ride-hailing platform Uber. Uber and Reliance Jio have announced the signing of a strategic partnership on 20th February that will allow users of Uber app to pay using Jio Money. Also, Jio Money users would have an option of […]

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. will start operations from 21st February 2017, said founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma. The company is likely to start with Uttar Pradesh as it is Sharma’s home state. It is then expected to expand its operations in North-East. Paytm’s original plan was to launch the payments bank in April. Rivals such as

Amazon Prime Video has hit our screens, and the parent company’s trademark aggression was evident in everything it did. First, there was the tagline ‘India Ka Naya Primetime’ and an introductory price far lower than other services. At the time of writing, a year’s worth of Amazon Prime at Rs 499, is a rupee less than

Google is launching voice-activated shopping from its artificial intelligence-powered Home speaker, in a direct challenge to Amazon’s Alexa devices. Users can simply tell the speaker to order items — diapers, paper towels, or trash bags, for example, and get delivery from any of dozens of participating retailers. The service ties in with tech giant’s delivery

Snapdeal will be launching more than 120 fashion brands on its platform, as a part of the company’s fashion portfolio expansion. The company has partnered with United Colors of Benetton, Puma, Nautica, U.S Polo Association and Steve Madden & other fashion brands with a focus on building its fashion vertical to a large extent. Fashion

Amazon Development Centre announced its plans to open two customer service facilities — one each in Coimbatore and Noida in April and June, respectively. According to Amazon, the new customer service facilities in Coimbatore and Noida will augment their capabilities to serve their customers better and enable them to deliver consistently high levels of customer

BookMyShow (BMS) has acquired online ticketing platform MastiTickets for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition includes transfers of all MastiTickets’ assets along with existing cinema partnerships to BMS. MastiTickets started in operations in 2014. The platform grew and expanded its hold intensely in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It has partnerships with 120 cinema halls. The acquisition

Amazon India has partnered with the Nagaland Government and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to enable women entrepreneurs in the state to sell their products online.  Under the partnership, Amazon.in will conduct extensive training and skill development workshops to help women entrepreneurs in Nagaland understand nuances related to online selling. Amazon India aims to

Paytm-backed auto aggregator Jugnoo has exclusively partnered with online travel giant Yatra.com to facilitate last-mile commuting options for travellers to and from railway stations, bus stations, hotels, among others. This association, which makes Jugnoo the first auto-aggregator to tie-up with Yatra, will provide on-demand autos to customers who are travelling to a new city, thereby

Online travel portal Yatra unveiled a new brand identity and logo which the company stated is more contemporary and evolved.  Yatra stated that the new brand colour is red and it stands for exuberance. The change in brand identity is coupled with the evolution of Yatra’s product offering, covering an unmatched range across flights, hotels,