Tag: Flipkart

All women branches finding favour with fin institutions

Chennai: Just as the police force found “All women’s police stations” fulfilling a unique need, financial institutions such as banks, MFIs and insurance companies are coming up with all women sourcing networks. At Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co, their all women branches are …

CashKaro | Cashing you for more e-shopping

If shopping is your favourite hobby then discounts and coupons are definitely your favourite words. CashKaro.com, a one stop savings destination for all online shopping, is here to help you compare prices and earn cashbacks for the shopaholic in you. “CashKaro is enabling our members to compare p…

Digital start-ups get together to engage better with policymakers

Bengaluru: A handful of bitcoin startups, led by Zebpay’s Saurabh Agrawal, had been talking for a while about reviving their defunct industry group. It finally took a Central bank warning notice that resurfaced in February after four years to kick them into action. The Digital Asset and Blockchai…

Indian start-ups should focus on sustainability, stop chasing Unicorn tag

The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. Founded by 21-year-old Ritesh Agarwal in 2015, the company is reportedly in talks with the Japanese SoftBank to raise about US $300-500 million. I…

GST: Why TCS on e-tailers doesn’t make sense

Amidst fierce rivalries, lobbying about a “level playing field”, arguments on the dumping of foreign capital, and the Indian versus multinational debate, it was fun to watch the chiefs of India’s top three e-tailing companies come together for another level-playing field talk. A…

Flipkart, Amazon & Snapdeal join hands, flag concerns over GST

In a rare sight, top bosses of country’s major e-commerce players – Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal shared dais to raise their concerns over the draft Model GST Law. The draft proposes a clause called ‘Tax Collection at Source’ (TCS – Section 56). Under this, e-commerce marketplaces will have to de…