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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RBI Delays Plans To Launch New Payment Network
RBI Delays Plans To Launch New Payment Network
August 25, 2021  |  Digital Payments

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has announced it will put a new payment network plan on hold, Mint reported Wednesday (Aug....

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Indian FinTech leader CredAble Appoints Ranjit Singh As EVP, Head Of Credit
Indian FinTech leader CredAble Appoints Ranjit Singh As EVP, Head Of Credit
August 25, 2021  |  Personnel

On Wednesday (Aug. 25), India’s largest working capital platform, CredAble, announced the appointment of Ranjit Singh as the FinTech’s executive vice president and head of...

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Paytm, HDFC Bank Partner To Provide Consumer, Merchant Solutions
Paytm, HDFC Bank Partner To Provide Consumer, Merchant Solutions
August 23, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech platform Paytm and private Indian bank HDFC Bank announced a strategic partnership Monday (Aug. 23) on financial solutions for India customers and merchants in...

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Report: US Institutions Back Loans For Women, SMBs In India
Report: US Institutions Back Loans For Women, SMBs In India
August 22, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. International Development Finance Corp. are jointly offering $50 million in guarantees to a portfolio of loans India’s...

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Facebook Launches SMB Loan Program With India’s Indifi 
Facebook Launches SMB Loan Program With India’s Indifi 
August 20, 2021  |  SMBs

Facebook is teaming up with Indifi, an online lender in India, as part of a larger initiative to bring on more local businesses as advertisers,...

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PayNearby Teams With Visa, RBL Bank To Launch SoftPoS, mPOS In India
PayNearby Teams With Visa, RBL Bank To Launch SoftPoS, mPOS In India
August 19, 2021  |  International

India’s 30 million-plus MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) now have access to an all-inclusive digital payment hub, minimizing the effect of poor infrastructure on...

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India Likely To Recognize Crypto As Tradable Asset Class In Upcoming Bill
India Likely To Recognize Crypto As Tradable Asset Class In Upcoming Bill
August 17, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The proliferation and booming interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have triggered repeated calls for financial regulation around the world. India now joins a growing...

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India’s NPCI Helps Promote RuPay’s Contactless Payments
India’s NPCI Helps Promote RuPay’s Contactless Payments
August 13, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is working with RuPay to advance the message of #FollowPaymentDistancing, which strives to encourage people to adopt safe...

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Lucrative India Delivery Market Bolsters Zomato Stock Despite Company Taking Earnings Hit
Lucrative India Delivery Market Bolsters Zomato Stock Despite Company Taking Earnings Hit
August 10, 2021  |  Earnings

Indian food company Zomato has been posting more than triple the losses from a year ago in its first quarterly earnings report, a Bloomberg report...

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