E-business

National Payments Corporation launches e-commerce solution in RuPay card

21 Apr 2014

Flipkart to start selling televisions online

12 Apr 2014

Alibaba to buy Chinese digital mapping firm AutoNavi in $1.5 bn deal

12 Apr 2014

Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company, yesterday struck a deal to buy AutoNavi Holdings Ltd,the most popular mapping app in China that provides over 20 million geographical points of interest across China

IRCTC books over half a million tickets in a day

21 Mar 2014

IRCTC booked a record 5.8 lakh e-ticket bookings in a day on Wednesday

Icahn drops proposal for PayPal-eBay separation, board welcomes shift

20 Mar 2014

Alibaba led consortium invests $280 mn in messaging app-maker Tango

20 Mar 2014

Amazon to increase annual Prime service fee to $99

14 Mar 2014

Buy-sell platform Quikr raises Rs548 cr from top-line investors

12 Mar 2014

EBay Inc rejects Icahn’s nominees to its board

11 Mar 2014

EBay Inc rejects Icahn’s nominees to its board

11 Mar 2014

Flipcart confident of crossing $1bn in e-retail sales by month-end

10 Mar 2014

Flipkart, the pioneering Indian e-retailer that has seen popular success but is yet to show a profit, on Sunday announced that it will cross $1 billion mark in sales this year, a year ahead of schedule

eBay raises Snapdeal stake for Rs829 crore

27 Feb 2014

With the current round of funding, the total investments raised so far by Snapdeal is over Rs2,457 crore

eBay raises Snapdeal stake for Rs829 crore

27 Feb 2014

With the current round of funding, the total investments raised so far by Snapdeal is over Rs2,457 crore

Display advertising to see boom on internet as cookie-based ads decline

25 Feb 2014

Banner ads are almost passé; and with cookie-based ads becoming increasingly expensive, the future of digital advertising lies with display ads, say  new studies

Robocoin to unveil first US-based Bitcoin ATM

20 Feb 2014

Lenovo, Toshiba say Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon India not authorised sellers

20 Feb 2014

Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 mn

14 Feb 2014

Rakuten Inc, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, today struck a deal to buy Cyprus-based messaging and VoIP service operator Viber Media Ltd for $900 million, in a bid to expand in emerging markets

Alibaba to take digital mapping company AutoNavi private in $1.58-bn deal

11 Feb 2014

Alibaba to take digital mapping company AutoNavi private in $1.58-bn deal

11 Feb 2014

Alibaba to take digital mapping company AutoNavi private in $1.58-bn deal

11 Feb 2014

Amazon’s Flow makes it even easier to buy stuff online

07 Feb 2014

Apple removes bitcoin app Blockchain from mobile store

07 Feb 2014

Online fashion and lifestyle store Jabong receives gets $27.5 million investment from CDC Group plc

05 Feb 2014

Understanding risks of different types of mobile banking transactions

05 Feb 2014

Many people are inclined to leave the responsibility for personal banking security entirely with the banks. However, this is not a good strategy for many reasons, say authors Pierluigi Paganini, Ron Kelson, Fabian Martin, David Pace, Benjamin Gittins. Reprinted with permission of Security Affairs

Boost mobile banking services, TRAI chief tells Chidambaram

05 Feb 2014

Trai says citizens in far-flung areas across the country should have the facility to open an account remotely, check their balance, and deposit, withdraw and transfer money through phones without having to go to the nearest physical bank branch