Banking & Finance

Indian SMEs to increasingly protect their innovative products India's economic growth is dependent on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, and the Government has been taking all necessary measures to spread awareness on the significance of intellectual property...

JLL expects investors to continue evaluating deal The Covid-19 pandemic surge during the second half of March 2021 is expected to delay the investment pipeline in the second quarter in the Indian real estate sector, according to JLL's Capital Markets...

Six sectors face higher risk from second pandemic wave The continuing resurgence in Covid-19 cases and proliferation of localised restrictions could dampen the pace of recovery for the Indian corporate sector, cautioned ICRA Ltd. However, the percentage of the rated...

Gupta to set up B2B platform in Qatar Mumbai-headquartered B2B payment gateway solution provider, SafexPay, has started eyeing its expansions in Qatar markets post its entry among the top 11 fintech start-ups at The Qatar Fintech Hub (QFTH) by Qatar...

Banks witnessed highest POS growth of 23% Y-o-Y The Indian microfinance industry portfolio have shown outstanding (POS) growth of 16% from Dec’19 to Dec’20, according to the eighth edition of “Microfinance Plus”, a quarterly publication by Small Industries Development Bank...

Srinivasan sees worldwide drive towards real-time payments A strategic partnership is working to expand India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) rails in international markets as several governments, especially in emerging markets, have show interests in building an interoperable, real-time payments infrastructure,...

Harasawa named Vymo President for Japan Rajesh Sabhlok, a veteran with over two decades of experience in sales and distribution strategies to global banks and insurance companies has been appointed as Managing Director for Asia Pacific to lead Vymo's growth...

SICCI-LISHA coordinate to immediate and urgent assistance Singapore Indian business community raising fund to support India's fight against Covid-19 to assist India which is facing an unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on the people, leading to multiple crises across the country....

Management team to further scale the company Singapore-based equity firm Novo Tellus Capital Partners has invested US$40 million in Tessolve, a New Delhi-headquartered Hero Electronix venture and a global provider of engineering and R&D services to semiconductor companies, has raised...

UK investor to create 300 jobs over five years The UK-based global fintech Revolut, valued at US$5.5 billion last year, has appointed Paroma Chatterjee as its CEO in India as part of its multi-million pound investment in India over the...