Digital Economy

How fraudsters can use stolen identities for ghost loans and mule accounts

No matter how careful we are, we end up leaving traces on the internet as well as in the physical world

Time for India to leverage global anti-China sentiment towards strategic autonomy

Today, China with its assertive attitude is virtually frightening away investors. If India fails to grab this opening, there will be no alternative for investors but to go back to China

Budget 2020: Govt should revisit spectrum charges, other levies; offer amnesty schemes to telecom firms to enable 5G launch

Some incumbent players have begun reconsidering their future investment plans for 5G and national broadband, which are slated to form the fulcrum of the government’s ambitious Digital Communications Policy.

Nirmala Sitharaman holds first pre-Budget consultations with representatives of digital economy, startups

Sitharaman is likely to present her second Budget for the Modi 2.0 government in Parliament on 1 February.

Digital economy: Love of cash hinders govt's objectives; currency in circulation rises 17% to Rs 21 lakh cr post-demonetisation

The demonetisation got rid of old 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes and Modi said that would boost the country’s digital economy, unearth unaccounted wealth and reduce the use of cash.

To tighten grip on black money, Centre likely to introduce more provisions in cash holding limit norms in Budget 2020-21

Top sources said the government is mulling stringent measures which could be announced during the Budget next year to cap the cash holding limit at home or in lockers.

Effective cybersecurity can help in accelerating business transformation

Staying agile while adding resources into cybersecurity developments will ensure that your business is equipped to adjust to the risk scenario

Digital economy? RBI says currency in circulation soars 17% to Rs 21.1 lakh cr in FY19

Despite the many an effort to shift to digital payments and usher in a digital payment economy, the currency in circulation has jumped by a hefty 17 percent to Rs 21.10 lakh crore as of March 2019, the Reserve Bank said in its annual report for 2019

FinMin asks PSBs to seek ideas from branches for achieving $5 trillion economy; to prepare roadmap for banking sector

It will be a bottom-up consultative process with PSBs from the branch level onwards of which will involve discussions at the branch or regional level, state level and national level.

Fintech, startups expect tax sops, funding access, digital push in upcoming Budget FY20

Fintech firms and startups expect the government to usher in a new set of reforms in the upcoming full Budget for the current fiscal