Mobile Money

Mobile Money Arrives, With Or Without Banks: Eric Auchard

Mobile banking services remain limited currently both by technical complexities and lack of demand.

Demonetisation: Digital payments could help us deal with corruption

While the move to curb corruption has been lauded, the opportunity offered by digital payments in weeding out corruption is widely recognised.

Demonetisation seems like deflation for many people; danger signal for PM Modi

The only answer to deflationary psychology is to deliver more cash to more wallets than ever before. This is the challenge before Modi.

Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes banned: The missing elements in Narendra Modi’s attack on cash

While government ads talk about fighting black money, fake currency and terror funding, it is private businesses that are focusing on shifting focus from hard cash to virtual money.

Woke up to ban on Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes? Here's how to easily sail through a cashless day

In today's smartphone and digital age, it isn't quite difficult to go cashless, rather here's how you can smoothly sail through the day without any cash, be it travel, food, groceries, movies, and so on.

Digital payments to reach $500 billion by 2020, contribute 15% to India's GDP: Google-BCG survey

A new report now highlights that by 2020, the size of digital payments industry in India will be $500 billion.

MobiKwik launches lighter Android app: Are mobile wallets finally gaining traction?

MobiKwik, the third largest mobile wallet in India, has an new lite Android app. The size is now reduced to 5MB and the company claims it to be the lightest mobile wallet app in the country.

Freecharge lets you pay at CCDs using mobile wallet

Freecharge has teamed up with Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) to allow payments using its digital/mobile wallet.

Vinod Khosla leaves mobile payment company Square's board

Mobile payment company Square Inc said Director Vinod Khosla, the company's second largest shareholder, had left its board ahead of its initial public offering.

Mobile payments are the future! Gear up for the next big digital revolution

We've been hearing about mobile payments for quite some time. We’ve spoken to some of the prominent players in the mobile wallet space to find out how far they've progressed.