All stories by Karan Choudhury
Why an Indian CEO finds Trump 'inspiring'
Rediff.com30 Jan 2017Devita Saraf, the founder of Vu Televisions, tells Karan Choudhury why she issued a front page newspaper ad praising Donald Trump last week.
Airtel Payments Bank powered by 250 million customers
Rediff.com25 Jan 2017CEO Shashi Arora discusses his roadmap for Airtel Payments Bank with Karan Choudhury.
How Indian start-ups are taking on global rivals
Rediff.com24 Jan 2017Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.
$100 million: The heavy price of cyber security
Rediff.com17 Jan 2017Benefits of demonetisation come at a heavy price for Fintech firms. They will spend a massive amount on securing and reinforcing their cyber security apparatus this financial year. Karan Choudhury reports.
Small traders hit by note ban, pain to linger for 3 quarters
Rediff.com11 Jan 2017In 50 days, 60% of the work force was let off in retail, agri, textile and other sectors.
All eyes on Uttar Pradesh, even Paytm's
Rediff.com4 Jan 2017The firm chooses UP for payments bank launch in February. Karan Choudhury reports.
Govt to audit banking tech to check cyber crime
Rediff.com15 Dec 2016Computer emergency response teams will be strengthened with ethical hackers who will respond to cyberattacks.
After Ola, Flipkart, now Mobikwik founder guns for Paytm
Rediff.com14 Dec 2016Accuses foreign-funded competition of 'capital dumping' to capture market, bats for stronger regulations for sector.
IT minister gives telcos one week for cashless action plan
Rediff.com13 Dec 2016The telecom companies have also been asked to urgently improve their infrastructure, as the government aims to digitise a host of services.
Meet the big gainers from Modi's demonetisation diktat
Rediff.com10 Nov 2016Vijay Shekhar Sharma, head of Paytm, says they'd achieve their 500-million user target by 2018, two years before the earlier aim.
Ola tries old-school transporter model
Rediff.com20 Sep 2016With Ola Corporate, aims to provide services to 10,000 firms by next year
Mounting sick leave makes India Inc nervous
Rediff.com19 Sep 2016Assocham estimates offices are facing staff crunches of 15 to 25 per cent with the various strains of fever.
With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill
Rediff.com15 Sep 2016The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank
Paytm to raise $300 million, valuation pegged at $5 billion
Rediff.com29 Aug 2016Paytm, which recently hived off its e-commerce and payments bank businesses into separate companies, would use these fresh funds to bolster the two businesses
Start-ups master the art of deal making
Rediff.com16 Aug 2016No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
Alibaba betting on Paytm in India
Rediff.com13 Aug 2016Alibaba is playing a big role in helping to train the senior management of the upcoming Paytm Payment Bank
Retailers rattled by I-Day online sales, plan to petition government
Rediff.com10 Aug 2016Retailer bodies to demand govt action against I-Day sales offers, threaten legal action for breach of FDI rules.
Lack of clarity clouds e-tail bonhomie over GST
Rediff.com5 Aug 2016Most e-commerce firms offer aggressive discounting and freebies, with specific purchases.
GST impact: Pain points in e-commerce remain
Rediff.com4 Aug 2016Industry experts said the major pain point would be tax collection at source, which would create a rift between sellers and e-commerce companies.
Start-ups get quirky to win over young India
Rediff.com31 Jul 2016They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.