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Why So Sad Kunal Shah?
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Why So Sad Kunal Shah?

(Editor Note: The article we published here is fully focused on Kunal Shah recent activities on social media and his event speech. ) On 9th Feb 2016, the 10th India Digital Summit was organized in Delhi by IAMAI. This Summit was special for two reasons- Kunal Shah opening speech as an IAMAI chairman. First time Govt. officials and representative were also taking part. When we received a mail from IAMAI, we were very excited because this is the first time Pixr8 team going to meet eminent personalities in internet world including Kunal shah, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Rajan Anandan & Jayant Sinha (MoS, Finance). On the event day, We present at the venue before 30 minutes prior to the start. The atmosphere looks very positive and energetic. The main hall was crowded but we m...
FreeCharge Drives Cashless Payments With Ezetap
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FreeCharge Drives Cashless Payments With Ezetap

ANI- Counting and handling cash may soon become a thing of the past for offline retailers. FreeCharge, the digital payments platform, has inked a partnership with Ezetap, the Bangalore-based pioneer in mobile payments, allowing the entire base of FreeCharge users to immediately start using their wallets to make payments at thousands of Ezetap service points consisting of small and mid-sized retailers across India. The partnership draws FreeCharge closer its vision of creating an ecosystem where organised and unorganised merchant networks can come together and accept electronic payments. Ezetap's Universal Mobile Wallet Acceptance is India's first universal solution that allows merchants to accept customer payments from any mobile wallet through their existing Ezetap mobile poin...
First Product Manager at Freecharge Made a Platform Where Shopping Decisions Made Simple
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First Product Manager at Freecharge Made a Platform Where Shopping Decisions Made Simple

FindYogi is a shopping decision platform which helps you decide which product to buy and from where. This is achieved through structured and comprehensible data about products backed by expert personalized advice. The main idea is to give enough to a consumer to help them make a confident by decision. What we do different from others is the personalized 1-to-1 advice from an expert. While there are many sources on the web that serve generic data, FindYogi gives you contextual personalized advice. FindYogi was launched in June 2013. The aim was to help consumers make better buying decisions. We initially believed that feature scores, filters, sorting, comparison etc. would be enough to drive decisions. What we realized later is that these features only capture spec-sheet driven facts ...
FreeCharge Launched New Virtual Card ‘FreeCharge Go’, in Partnership With Yes Bank and MasterCard
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FreeCharge Launched New Virtual Card ‘FreeCharge Go’, in Partnership With Yes Bank and MasterCard

One of the Leading Mobile wallet players in India, FreeCharge has launched its new virtual card 'FreeCharge Go', in collaboration with Yes Bank and powered by MasterCard. The integration of "Freecharge Go" is now live, and enables universal payments of its app online and offline through a prepaid virtual card, which can be activated in a few seconds, the company said. We were able to get a virtual card generated in no time by logging on to a FreeCharge account on the web, where entering an MPIN was all it took to generate a FreeCharge Go card. Users can top up this card by adding money to FreeCharge wallet, and use it to make payments on Indian e-commerce websites, the company said. We've reached out to the company for a comment on whether the card will facilitate payments on services re...
IAMAI Names Kunal Shah (Freecharge, founder) As The New Chairman
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IAMAI Names Kunal Shah (Freecharge, founder) As The New Chairman

New Delhi, January 05, 2016: The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named Kunal Shah, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, FreeCharge as the new Chairman of IAMAI. The move was necessitated following Nishant Rao’s move to join Freshdesk as the global Chief Operating Officer, from Linkedin. The Association has also announced Vishwas Patel, Chief Executive Officer – CCAvenue as the new treasurer. Vinodh Bhat, Co-founder, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Saavn remains the Vice-Chairman of the Association. Kunal Shah co-founded FreeCharge in August 2010 with the aim to build a business that turned Recharges. The Association has also announced Vishwas Patel, Chief Executive Officer – CCAvenue as the new treasurer. Vinodh Bhat, Co-founder, President & Chief ...
Snapdeal to invest in logistics to speed up delivery
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Snapdeal to invest in logistics to speed up delivery

Reuters: Online marketplace Snapdeal, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp and others, will spend more on logistics and technology to better compete with Flipkart and Amazon's Indian unit, its co-founder said on Monday. Shopping online is becoming more popular in India due to the rising use of cheaper smartphones and e-commerce firms are struggling to cope with the growing demand and make faster deliveries in different parts of the country. The e-commerce market in India is expected to grow to $220 billion in the value of goods sold by 2025, up from an expected $11 billion this year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a recent report. Flush with $500 million from a funding round in August, led by China's Alibaba, SoftBank and Foxconn, Snapdeal is now looking to expand its serv...
PayTM Office , battle station of one of India’s biggest e-commerce company!
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PayTM Office , battle station of one of India’s biggest e-commerce company!

Paytm is an Indian e-commerce shopping website launched in 2010, owned by One97 Communications which initially focused on Mobile and DTH Recharging. The company is headquartered in Noida, India. It gradually provided recharging and bill payment of various portals including electricity bills, gas bills, as well as telephone bills. Paytm entered India's e-commerce market in 2014, providing facilities and products similar to businesses such as Flipkart, Amazon.com, Snapdeal. In 2015, it added booking bus travel. (more…)