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Paytm Payments Bank barred from onboarding new customers by India’s central bank, RBI

Paytm Payments Bank has been asked by the Reserve Bank of India…

UPI payments in India can now be done using feature phones, won’t require internet connection

UPI (Unified Payments Interface) has been nothing short of a revolutionary fintech…

Apple halts sales of its products in Russia as Ukraine invasion enters Day 6

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of stopping, Big…

Ashneer Grover, Bharatpe’s cofounder on voluntary leave, resigns as MD and Director

Ashneer Grover, BharatPe cofounder who took a voluntary leave amid several financial…

Elon Musk sends Starlink satellite internet to Ukraine amid ongoing Russian invasion

The ongoing invasion of Ukraine, by the Russian army has intensified as…

Karnataka’s online gambling law deemed unconstitutional by state High Court, struck down

Gambling is an activity that dates back to the Palaeolithic period, and…

India’s central bank deepens its strong stance against cryptocurrencies, terms it “huge threat to macro-economic stability”

Cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity over the years and reached impressive heights…

Ashneer Grover seeks to remove CEO Suhail Sameer from BharatPe’s board of directors: Report

Only a few months ago, Ashneer Grover was on top, his fintech…

Twitter lashed out by Andhra High Court in India, asked to act against abusive content or leave

The journey of Twitter in India over the past year has not…

Elon Musk’s 2018 tweet of taking Tesla private was ‘Entirely truthful’, says latest court filing

Tweets by Elon Musk are not mundane, to say the least. Every…

Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai awarded Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor

When you look at some of the biggest players in the tech…

Amid controversies, BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover takes leave of absence till end of March

The beginning of the year was not a comfortable one for fintech…

Google has been fined $98 million (again!) in Russia for not deleting illegal content

Times are changing, and it is not just due to the pandemic…

Marc Andreessen blocks Jack Dorsey on Twitter over Web3 remarks targeting VCs such as a16z

Jack Dorsey may have left Twitter, but he continues to make headlines…

Indian govt asks public not to sign up for SpaceX Starlink, says it does not have license to offer internet services in India

Starlink has been Elon Musk’s mission to provide high-speed, low-latency internet to…

New crypto law in India soon to ban all private cryptocurrencies, with a few ‘exceptions’

Cryptocurrency has had a contradictory journey in India – on one hand,…