india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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India Could Let More Financial Firms Enter The Factoring Business
India Could Let More Financial Firms Enter The Factoring Business
July 21, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Lok Sabha, the lower chamber of India’s bicameral parliament, was set to consider legislation on Tuesday (July 20) that would let more non-banking financial companies...

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Online Eyewear Retailer Lenskart Nets $220M, Highlighting Tech Boom In India
Online Eyewear Retailer Lenskart Nets $220M, Highlighting Tech Boom In India
July 19, 2021  |  Investments

Lenskart, which specializes as an online retailer for eyewear, has raised $220 million from investors, a LiveMint report says. The India-based company has raised from...

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Flipkart Tells India Court In Antitrust Case It’s ‘Different’ From Amazon
Flipkart Tells India Court In Antitrust Case It’s ‘Different’ From Amazon
July 18, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Flipkart, which is owned by Walmart, doesn’t think it should be treated like Amazon in an Indian antitrust suit, U.S. News reports. Flipkart said the...

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India’s RBL Bank Will Issue Visa Credit Cards After Mastercard Ban
India’s RBL Bank Will Issue Visa Credit Cards After Mastercard Ban
July 16, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Earlier this week, the Reserve Bank of India decided to bar Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd. customers from its network due to non-compliance with local data...

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Paytm IPO Filing Shows Indian Consumer Rebound As Lockdowns Ease
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July 16, 2021  |  IPO

Paytm, joining the listing parade on stock exchanges around the world, is showing signs of recovery from the pandemic. As has been reported, India’s largest...

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Paytm Aiming For $2.2B IPO In India At $25B Valuation
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July 16, 2021  |  IPO

Digital payments firm Paytm is targeting a $2.2 billion initial public offering (IPO) in India at a valuation of $25 billion, Reuters reported on Friday...

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India’s Anti-Monopoly Watchdog OKs SoftBank Investment In Food Delivery App Swiggy
India’s Anti-Monopoly Watchdog OKs SoftBank Investment In Food Delivery App Swiggy
July 15, 2021  |  Investments

SoftBank‘s Vision Fund II will now be able to invest in Swiggy, the food delivery app, after being approved by the Indian anti-monopoly watchdog, a...

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RBI Tells Mastercard To Stop Onboarding New Card Customers In India
RBI Tells Mastercard To Stop Onboarding New Card Customers In India
July 14, 2021  |  International

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank, has announced that Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Mastercard) will not be allowed to bring...

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From Ban To Fan: India Mulls Possible U-Turn On Cryptocurrencies
From Ban To Fan: India Mulls Possible U-Turn On Cryptocurrencies
July 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The shot may have been fired across the bow for bitcoin-as-currency just a few weeks ago. El Salvador became the first country to accept the...

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