 "Moneycontrol.com bags the 'Best Mobile App for Business' award at GSMA 2017")
A leading financial news portal, Moneycontrol.com has won the ‘Best Mobile App for Business’ at the GSMA 2017 Asia Mobile Awards ceremony. Known for honouring achievements, excellence and innovation in mobile communications across the Asia-Pacific region, the ceremony took place in Shanghai where the winners were awarded.
.@moneycontrolcom wins the Best Mobile App for Business #AMO17 for their Moneycontol – Markets on Mobile Apps #MWCS17
— GSMA (@GSMA) June 28, 2017
Moneycontrol.com, a financial app, gathers updates on Indian and global financial markets. It covers news from various stock exchange units such as BSE, NSE, MCX, and NCDEX. It also covers stocks, futures, options, mutual funds, commodities, and currencies. It has over 5 million downloads on Google Play Store. The app acquired 57 percent of 5 star ratings and total number of 2 bn Screen Views (Android + iOS). Known for giving advice in personal finances. The app offers the latest market data, business and markets news coverage as well as Live TV with ‘Audio only’ and ‘Video on Demand’ features. Commenting on the win, Manish Maheshwari, CEO Network18 Digital said, “It is a moment of pride for us at moneycontrol.com to have made the significant jump from being India’s No.1 finance app to now, being recognised as a leading business app in all of Asia. Our vision is to serve as the disruptors in the segment and continuously deliver breakthrough content and user experience. We look forward to keep the momentum going to achieve new milestones in the field.” GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators globally and also holds industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences. Other winners for the evening include Tata Consultancy Services for the Singapore Marathon App 2016 app in the ‘Best Mobile App for Media, Entertainment and Social’ category. Meanwhile, Samsung received the award for the best smartphone for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. The winners were chosen from 165 countries across nominations from five countries. They were judged by 50 leading world experts, analysts, journalists, and academicians.
