Snapdeal-owned Freecharge said it is now signing up a new merchant every 30 seconds, possibly a result of the cash-related problems faced by consumers and businesses alike. The company had recently removed sign up charges for merchants and waived fund transfer charges as well. It also offered quick sign-ups as well. “This unbeatable offer led […]
Technology provider Infosys said it made investment in TidalScale, a provider of software-defined server. No details about the financial aspects of the investment were made public. TidalScale’s offering, in many ways, is the opposite of virtualization. While virtualization allows you to split a single hardware-based server into several virtual servers, the software-defined server helps combined […]
As the e-commercial sector is facing issues with the money demonetization, the E- payment platform MobiKwik and Freecharge have forward with methods that can be helpful for the e- tailers. Mobikwik said it will offer ‘MobiKwik on delivery’ option for e-tailers to replace ‘Cash on Delivery’ and overcome the challenges being faced by the phasing […]
Amazon, one of India’s top two online retailers, sent out a teaser today with a promise that Amazon Prime Video is coming soon to India. Prime video is a service like Netflix that streams TV shows, films and other content. The service was launched in the United States ten years ago. At present, Amazon Video […]
Axis Bank said it added an augmented reality-based feature on its Mobile App that will enable home seekers to search and locate properties which are pre-approved by the bank for financing. Jagdeep Mallareddy, Head Retail Lending, Axis Bank, said, “The new augmented reality feature will help users to easily identify any property that is available […]
IT services provider Mindtree said it launched a new salesforce facility in Munich, Germany. This salesforce centre of excellence is anchored by Magnet 360, a salesforce partner and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mindtree. Salesforce is the world’s leading pureplay cloud player and offers software such as those used for customer relationship management. “Mindtree and Magnet 360 will […]
IT services provider ZenSar Technologies said it won a contract to implement Oracle Applications Release 12 to tranform the financial and procurement processes of e-commerce and catalog retailer Full Beauty Brands . FullBeauty Brands is a leading American plus-size women’s and men’s apparel and home goods company having eight proprietary brands. The key objective of […]
Cognizant, the low-margin, high-growth IT services company, seems to also have fallen prey to the ongoing slowness in the IT outsourcing sector. The company reported revenue growth of just 2.5% — less than that of Infosys — for the third quarter of this calendar year. Infosys had reported a growth of 3.5% in dollar terms, […]
Wipro Limited launched its offerings that use Open Banking API technological platform. Open Banking platform is a Europe-based standard that lets third party developers build applications and services that tap into a bank’s core services and infrastructure. For example, one can build a billing or ticket booking or payment service that can then ‘talk’ to […]
The Snapdragon 821, based on Cortex A72 design from ARM, is supposed to be the best in the business, but it’s reign is likely to be cut short — very short — by the release of Huawei Mate 9. The Mate 9 comes equipped with a radically difference core technology known as Cortex A73. Though […]
L&T Technology Services, a leading global provider of digital engineering solutions announced that it has secured a new multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with a large global semi-conductor company to provide verification support on their expansive portfolio of offerings and products. The client is a one of the world’s most respected technology companies, the company said. […]
Yes Bank has introduced a new billing machine for small businesses tying together Card & UPI payments, Aadhaar E-KYC and Aadhaar E-signing on a ready-to-use basis. This will help small and medium businesses to do their billing and accept payments and also disburse small loans completely electronically at any time to participating merchants, said the […]
Cognizant said that it has entered into a partnership with Future Group, an Indian multi-brand retailer, to transform its consumer goods business, Future Consumer Limited (FCL), into a connected enterprise. “In an era where data, insights and supply chain intelligence are crucial ingredients for turning success into market leadership, Cognizant’s technology, business process, platform and […]
L&T Technology Services, the information technology company of the L&T group, said it has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to offer a solution to lower energy bills and cost of maintenance. L&T Technology Service’s Integrated Building Energy Management Systems (iBEMS) framework will be available on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform enabling enterprises to deploy and manage energy […]
Dabur India Ltd’s beauty retail venture, NewU said it was bringing the make-up and beauty brand — Jaquline USA — to India. The new brand Jaquline USA will feature a range of make-up & beauty products. “NewU is the first Indian company to enter the Nail Care and Styling market with a range of products. […]
Hexaware Technologies Limited, a BPO and Digital services provider, said it has expanded its delivery presence in the European region by opening of its latest Global Delivery Centre in Bucharest, Romania. The Bucharest Global Delivery centre is situated in a prime location and in close proximity to several key clients within the European region, said […]
63 moons technologies ltd, formerly known as Financial Technologies, said it received a provisional attachment order from the Directorate of Enforcement, Mumbai, attaching securities amounting to face value of Rs 1,065 crore in its demat account. In India, shares and securities are held electronically in a dematerialized (or “Demat”) account, instead of the investor taking […]
Majesco, an insurance software provider, and IT services giant IBM tied up to offer a cloud based platform to their insurance clients to speed up customer service with the help of data analytics. The five-year partnership will allow insurance companies to develop and launch new products and services via the IBM cloud, the company said. […]
91springboard, which provides cost-effective offices (working space) to start-ups and freelances, launched its newest center in Andheri East, MIDC, Mumbai. The facility is spread across 3 floors with an overall capacity of over 1000 members and also has a stunning terrace cafe-cum-events area. “This terrace workspace promises to be an added bonus for the freelancer […]
Wallet provider MobiKwik has started offering short-term loans for one-time festive buying and users can opt to pay the amount in equated monthly instalments or EMIs. MobiKwik is the first mobile wallet company to launch personal loans. “The loan approval will be done within 30 minutes. To begin with, loans or EMIs up to Rs […]
