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Facebook’s Quarterly Revenue Surges 50.8%, Generate $29.71 Billion in 2017

2Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Facebook’s Quarterly Revenue Surges 50.8%, Generate $29.71 Billion in 2017

Facebook Inc's quarterly revenue surged 50.8 percent as the world's largest social network continues to benefit from its aggressive push into mobiles and video. Mobile ad revenue accounted for 84 percent of company's total advertising revenue of USD 8.63 billion in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with 80 percent a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected total ad revenue of USD 8.31 billion, according to research firm FactSet Street Account. The strong results allay some concerns after the company warned in November that ad growth would likely slow "meaningfully" due to limits on "ad load" - the total number of ads Facebook can show to each user. Facebook is expected to generate about USD 29.71 billion in mobile ad revenue in 2017, according to research firm eMarkete...

Looking For a Loan For Your SME or Startup, Try Cash Suvidha

1Feb By NitishNo Comments

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Looking For a Loan For Your SME or Startup, Try Cash Suvidha

It would not be an exaggeration to state that the SME sector is one of the most critical contributors to the growth of the Indian economy. In spite of its large size, and the vital role it plays in the country’s economy, the Indian SME sector suffers on account of adequate financial access. Lack of awareness, poor access to banking services, outdated data models, etc, force small businesses to cope with an unhealthy financial environment. As a result, many small businesses either close shop or rely on very expensive and complicated financing, largely from the unorganized lending sector. INCEPTION AND TEAM Started in April 2016 in Delhi, Cash Suvidha has onboarded over 3,500+ borrowers and Ticket size of loan is Rs 10,000/- to upto 3 Lakh. This online lending platform, was sta...

Regtech’ Startups See More Business in Trump Era

24Dec By reutersNo Comments

USA

Regtech’ Startups See More Business in Trump Era

President elect Donald Trump is pro-business and anti-red tape. But what if your business is red tape? Companies whose technology helps banks and investors cope with the welter of post financial crisis regulations and avoid increasingly hefty fines - a sector known as "regtech" - are sanguine about Trump's pledge to dismantle some of those reforms. Their equanimity is based on a belief that if regulations are replaced rather than scrapped and the overall system of rules becomes more fragmented, financial firms will need their systems to navigate the new landscape. "Change is itself a driver of regtech adoption," said David Buxton, the chief executive of compliance startup Arachnys. "Volatility creates opportunity for relatively nimble regtech firms." Founded in London in 2010, Ara...

Moglix, a Leading B2B Commerce Company Launches GST Technology for the Manufacturing Sector

19Dec By AdityaNo Comments

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Moglix, a Leading B2B Commerce Company Launches GST Technology for the Manufacturing Sector

Leading B2B commerce start-up Moglix, today announced the launch of its GST (Goods and Services Tax) technology for the manufacturing sector. In its endeavor to boost the manufacturing sector, Moglix aims to empower SME to large suppliers and buyers through its GST technology (business.moglix.com) to file indirect taxes seamlessly, while maintaining a close vigil on the 100% reconcilability of the entire value chain. Recently, Moglix partnered with a couple of GSP applicants to demonstrate its GST technology to the GSTN (Goods and Services Tax Network) panel for taxpayers and businesses to achieve 100% compliance. Moglix has been working with 200+ large enterprises and 40,000+ SMEs on their supply chain and B2B commerce, powering them with its integrated digital supply chain technology....

Alok Mittal Led Indifi Raises $10m From Omidyar, Existing Investors

13Dec By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

Alok Mittal Led Indifi Raises $10m From Omidyar, Existing Investors

Indifi Technologies, an enabler of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) financing, has raised USD 10 million in a Series B investment round led by philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network, established by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar. Existing investors Accel Partners and Elevar Equity also participated in the round. Indifi Technologies, while maintaining its focus on MSME businesses, intends to direct the investments towards furthering its products and technology, it said in a statement today. "Through our current roadmap, we have validated our vertical approach to financing and are now present across travel, e-commerce, retail, and hotel segments. The capital raised in this series will be targeted toward improving our offerings in these verticals," said Alok Mitt...

India Inc Commits $3.4 Billion For SDGs at Global Citizen Festival

20Nov By PriyankaNo Comments

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India Inc Commits $3.4 Billion For SDGs at Global Citizen Festival

Corporate leaders today committed a whopping USD 3.4 billion to help achieve the sustainable development goals which can positively impact the lives of 500 million people across the country with a special focus on gender equality, education and water and sanitation. These financial offers were made at the concluding day of the first-ever Global Citizen Festival here today. The Global Citizens India chapter said this came in response to over 20 lakh initiatives and campaigning efforts by them, and the key focus will be ending extreme poverty. The body said that of the 25 commitments worth USD 3.37 billion, or Rs 22,940 crore, that will cover over 50 crore people, $2 billion will come from the International Finance Corporation Banking on Women Group for gender equality. Under this, Int...

14Oct By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

Bengaluru Based IndianMoney.com Raises Funding From Media Conglomerate BCCL

IndianMoney.com, India's largest financial education company promoted by Suvision Holdings Pvt Ltd has raised fresh round of funding from media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL). Commenting on the investment Mr. C S Sudheer, Founder & CEO of IndianMoney.com quoted, "Investment of BCCL is catalytic to make inroads into the unchartered territory. It strengthens our consumer base led by the 360-degree presence of BCCL across the media spectrum. This association will add new wings to the ambition of IndianMoney.com to make India a financially literate country." The company plans to utilize these funds to enhance its reach and acquire new consumers, and launch new personal finance education series to become synonymous with financial education for common man in India. ...

Looking for Alternative Investment Options – Visit i2iFunding.com

16Sep By NitishNo Comments

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Looking for Alternative Investment Options – Visit i2iFunding.com

Technological disruptions have not left financial sector out of its impact and India currently has several fintech startups developing out from its cocoon. Fintech startups mostly confined of online payment wallets and now online lending marketplaces. i2ifunding a Peer to Peer platform where an individual can borrow money at a desired rate of interest and an investor can lend to retail borrowers according to their interest rates. While P2P lending is still at a nascent stage in India, it is one of the leading means of financing in countries such as the US, the UK, Germany, China etc. and many p2p players have grown to become Billion dollar companies. It has been growing in leaps and bounds around the world, thanks to an increase in the internet penetration and tremendous acceptability of...

BankBazaar.com Launches e-KYC Platform For Loan Approvals

13Sep By AnkitaNo Comments

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BankBazaar.com Launches e-KYC Platform For Loan Approvals

Financial marketplace BankBazaar.com today said it has launched a multi-brand paperless e-KYC platform for instant loan approvals. This eliminates the need for physical document submission for loan approvals through the companys online platform, BankBazaar.com said in a statement. This would be available for personal and car loans. "We, along with our partners, have been working towards this moment where we take the loan application process completely online and paperless," BankBazaar.com CEO Adhil Shetty said. This step promises to increase customer satisfaction and decrease operational costs for the banks, he added. This would also reduce the loan sanction time to as little as one business day, it said.

Infosys Finacle Partnered Huawei to Develop a Financial Cloud Solution

2Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Infosys Finacle Partnered Huawei to Develop a Financial Cloud Solution

Infosys Finacle today said it has partnered Huawei to develop a financial cloud solution that will enable banks globally to accelerate digital transformation while keeping technology costs under control. Infosys Finacle is a part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys. The highly available platform will allow customers to run Finacle suite of applications on a private cloud network, delivering considerable performance, maintenance and total cost of ownership advantages, a statement said. No financial details of the partnership were disclosed. The solution will provide enhanced agility and quick service rollout, by enabling elastic, on-demand and secure computing resource pools, while supporting all-round management and service automation, it added. The so...

Indian E-commerce Companies Demand Exemption From GST

30Aug By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA, News

Indian E-commerce Companies Demand Exemption From GST

The rapidly expanding e-commerce companies today made a strong case for keeping them out of the proposed GST net but the state finance ministers appeared in no mood to oblige. At the first meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers held after the Parliament approved the GST Bill, online retailers said they only provide a platform to vendors and customers and do not make money out of sales made. According to representation made at the meeting, companies like Flipkart, Amazon India and Snapdeal are only service providers to the vendors and as such are liable to pay GST only on service income. When panel chairman and West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra questioned the billion dollar valuations some of the so-called online platforms command, the e-retailers s...

Yes Bank Launches Digital Wallet ‘Yes Pay’ Across Android, iOS Platforms

30Aug By AdityaNo Comments

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Yes Bank Launches Digital Wallet ‘Yes Pay’ Across Android, iOS Platforms

India's fifth largest private sector bank Yes Bank has announced the launch of 'Yes Pay', a digital wallet across Android and iOS mobile platforms. As a new development in the realm of digital payments, Yes Pay is also built as a Facebook app. The fact that the wallet can be accessed through Facebook without any additional registration, Yes Pay has now empowered all social media and Smartphone users to be money-wise. Apart from mobile recharge and bill payment which are the key offerings for most digital wallets in India, Yes Pay also features functionalities that allow both 'users' and 'non users' to send and receive money. "Our wallet does not require that both the transacting parties be registered on the wallet. That brings to fore immense possibilities. Think of a businessman wh...