In a big push to digital economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget announced a plan to boost digital transactions by removing service tax on railway tickets booked via IRCTC portal, establishing a travel portal for Indian defence forces and launching Aadhaar Pay, a merchant app for Aad…
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Currency Switch Impact | Despite demonetisation boost for digital payments, investors wary of fintech firms
The government’s demonetisation scheme is expected to drive up digital transactions and could also boost fintech. Surprisingly, though, investors don’t seem to be warming up to the idea. Data from Tracxn Technologies shows funding in the fintech space has dropped by 60.84% in 2016 so far. Just $4…