All stories by Karan Choudhury
Plot thickens over who stole Paytm data
Rediff.com24 Oct 2018Allegations are flying thick and fast, from harassment, pressure on employees to sell their stocks in the firm, to not one but two extortion calls.
With new RBI move, M-wallets face tough fight
Rediff.com20 Oct 2018While mobile wallets are still busy exploring the multiple facets of interoperability, experts believe that bringing in new customers would be costly affair and the numbers of new wallet users might not see a major hike anytime soon.
There's room at the top in Big 4 social media cos in India
Rediff.com17 Sep 2018Companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are finding it extremely difficult to rope in new India heads.
Fake news: Why Google, Facebook are living in fear
Rediff.com3 Sep 2018While companies claim to have taken steps including adding additional manpower, using artificial intelligence and machine learning, to counter spread of fake news, the government has found these measures unsatisfactory.
PE funding likely to shrink if founders have the last word
Rediff.com1 Aug 2018Most of the unicorns or billion-dollar valuation firms including Flipkart, Paytm and Ola have had the maximum stakes owned by foreign funds. The founders of all these firms have either single digit stakes in their companies or in low double digits.
Paytm enters Japan, next stop Europe
Rediff.com28 Jul 2018After gaining 300 million mobile wallet users in India, the firm has now expanded operations to Japan via PayPay Corporation, a joint venture established by SoftBank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
Connaught Place is world's 9th most expensive office location
Rediff.com12 Jul 2018Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which houses the offices of some of the biggest banks in the country, however, slipped to 26th position from the 16th position.
Google India's Wi-Fi project to soon go global
Rediff.com5 Jul 2018Most of the markets it is now looking at in hopes of gaining the next billion internet users have demographics similar to that of India.
Walmart may now be dragged to court over Flipkart buy
Rediff.com3 Jul 2018In two months, as many as 25 complaints have been sent to Enforcement Directorate, Competition Commission of India, Reserve Bank of India and income tax department, beside various state agencies, to thwart the deal.
Nationwide protest planned against Walmart-Flipkart deal
Rediff.com28 Jun 2018Ever since the deal was announced of Walmart spending over $16 bn for a 77 per cent stake in Flipkart, the road to the takeover of India's biggest online marketplace has been quite bumpy
Flipkart awaits CCI nod for Walmart deal, puts plans on hold
Rediff.com26 Jun 2018Flipkart has not been able to process with its plans of getting into the grocery vertical and is stuck on running pilots in select cities.
Turnaround man Jason Kothari quits Snapdeal to head Infibeam
Rediff.com15 Jun 2018Infibeam appointed Kothari as president, strategy, corporate development, international operations, and investor relations.
Not online or off, retail giants work on being omni-channels
Rediff.com13 Jun 2018Online biggies and global retail giants are working on being omnipresent in both the virtual and the real world to see what helps them get the numbers, says Karan Choudhury.
Zomato to rejig top brass as investors look for change
Rediff.com7 Jun 2018Company says it is just replacing old guard with stronger leaders
Amazon readies plan to take on Walmart in India's retail space
Rediff.com17 May 2018While the talks are still at a preliminary stage, sources said major retail players had held discussions with Amazon
Paytm may process Rs 60,000 cr in monthly bank transfers by end of 2018
Rediff.com14 May 2018Using the app, bank transfers can be done from/to any bank account, making it easier to make payments at no charge. Even non-KYC Paytm users can avail the facility.
Post Walmart deal, Flipkart will likely build a $1 bn M&A warchest
Rediff.com8 May 2018Readying its game plan, the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant plans to renew talks of investments in various companies such as Swiggy, BookMyShow, Pepperfry, UrbanClap
How Google stands to gain from the Flipkart-Walmart mega deal
Rediff.com7 May 2018Google will be able to co-relate data from the first click to the final delivery of product. This kind of knowledge is invaluable, something which even Amazon does not have.
Tech majors seek more time to implement RBI's data onshoring order
Rediff.com21 Apr 2018Many of India's fintech entities and banks have stored all their customer data in India; however, many do use foreign servers, for operations, providing services and for data analytics.
No sharing users' financial data with Facebook, says WhatsApp
Rediff.com14 Apr 2018Its statement also said Facebook does not use WhatsApp payments information for commercial purposes.