- As WhatsApp-Facebook Issue Settles Down, Zuckerberg Sparks Another Controversy As users of Twitter and other social media platforms have started making memes of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing the US Senate, Facebook-owned WhatsApp, accused of sending payment based info of users to third parties including Facebook, has now clarified that the company is not sharing its payment based info with Facebook. This […]
- Movers And Shakers Of The Week [9-14 April 2018] We bring to you the latest dope of movers and shakers in the Indian startup ecosystem. CFO Raghava Rao Elevated As VP Of Amazon India Amazon India has promoted its Chief Financial Officer Raghava Rao to Vice-president, finance. Prior to joining Amazon India in 2014, Rao worked with Hindustan Unilever for as General Manager, corporate […]
- Mark Zuckerberg’s Next Apology In Line? WhatsApp Sharing Users’ Payments Data With Facebook While the news regarding Facebook data leak with Cambridge Analytica is still boiling all around, in another news revelation, WhatsApp – freeware messaging and VoIP service by Facebook – is now being accused of sharing its payments-related data with Facebook and other third-party apps. WhatsApp launched its UPI-enabled payment services on February 8, this year. […]
- News Roundup: 13 Indian Startup News Stories That You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [26-31 March 2018] We bring to you the latest dope of the Indian startup news stories of the week from the Indian startup ecosystem. One of the biggest news impacting the Indian startup ecosystem was Indian government sending show cause notices to both Cambridge Analytica as well as Facebook over the issue of social media data misuse. In […]
- WhatsApp Inches Closer To Full UPI Compliance, Enables Scan QR Code Feature Over a month after Paytm accused Facebook-owned WhatsApp of trying to enter the country’s digital payments market through unfair means by flouting NPCI norms on UPI, it seems that the instant messaging company has inched closer to complying with all the guidelines. As per reports, WhatsApp’s payments app now allows users to transact via QR […]
- WhatsApp May Soon Adorn The KaiOs Run Reliance JioPhones WhatsApp may soon be available on Reliance JioPhones which run on KaiOS, a Linux-based light mobile Operating System (OS). Fan website Wabetainfo.com confirmed that as of February 2018, KaiOS Technologies has acquired many new partners, including the social media giant Facebook which also owns the popular messaging app. As reported in the blog post, Facebook […]
- PhonePe Hits Out At Paytm, Says Paytm’s Claims Of Being Largest Player On UPI Are Misleading Things have not been quiet in the first two months of this year for the digital payments space in India. If a few days ago it was Paytm lashing out at WhatsApp for unfair play, now Flipkart’s mobile payments arm PhonePe has hit out at Paytm, questioning the latter’s claim of being the largest player […]
- After WhatsApp Refuses To Cooperate, SEBI Asks Tata Motors To Conduct Internal Inquiry Into Earnings Leak After WhatsApp refused to share user data with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on grounds of privacy, the market regulator has asked Tata Motors to conduct an investigation into the leak of its earning figures and key financial information on the Facebook-owned instant messaging app. As per reports, SEBI has instructed the Mumbai-headquartered […]
- Look Out, WhatsApp: Google Launches Chat Feature On Digital Payments App Tez With the digital payments industry facing the heat, post the RBI’s full-KYC mandate, a number of major players are now expanding their horizons into new verticals. Following in Paytm’s footsteps, Google has announced the integration of a chat feature on its UPI-based payments app Tez. As per reports, the Internet giant is in the process […]
- News Roundup: 10 Indian Startup News Stories That You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [26 Feb-03 Mar 2018] We bring to you the latest dope of Indian startup news stories of the week from the Indian startup ecosystem. One of the biggest news impacting the Indian startup ecosystem was the rollout of Amazon India’s music streaming service – Amazon Prime Music – in the country. An ad-free music streaming service exclusively for Prime […]
- After Paytm, WhatsApp In A War With SEBI; Refuses To Share User Data With Market Regulator Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has reportedly refused to share user data with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on grounds of privacy. The latest development comes after the market regulator asked WhatsApp to provide information as to how earnings figures and other key financial details of 24 companies got leaked on the instant messaging […]
- Paytm Vs WhatsApp: Is Paytm Justified In Accusing WhatsApp Of Unfair Play In Digital Payments? While this week was allegedly the week of love given 14th February was Valentine’s Day, but it turned out to be a week of war among India’s digital payment players. It all started with Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO of Paytm, accusing Facebook-owned WhatsApp of trying to enter the nation’s digital payments market through unfair means […]