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Social commerce and opportunities for regional businesses

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Social commerce and opportunities for regional businesses Your customers want to buy in social media channels, so why aren’t you selling to them there? It’s an incredible statistic that we spend an extra 58 million hours on Facebook during Ramadan in the region. That’s 5 per cent more time than usual, according to the social…

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Is mobile wallet and payment industry headed towards consolidation?

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Is mobile wallet and payment industry headed towards consolidation? Mobile wallets have been one of the primary beneficiaries of the increasing digitalization of payments. The demonetization drive brought in an early Christmas for the wallet players last year, with the leading e-wallets declaring an unprecedented increase in the number of users and transaction volumes. Besides,…

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Security in digital payments: urgent need for focus

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Security in digital payments: urgent need for focus The unprecedented push for cashless payments has enabled the growth of several FinTech and digital payments platforms alike. However, while e-wallets have gained traction and the utility of credit cards and net-banking has increased, the need for cyber-security has also received mainstream attention. In the case of…

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Deciphering the role of payment gateways in the post-demonetization era

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Deciphering the role of payment gateways in the post-demonetization era Digital transactions have been consistently on a rise, ever since the demonetization announcement by the Indian government in November 2016. While the e-wallets took care of the everyday consumer-centric transactions, payments gateways had larger shoes to fill, especially when we factor in the transactions with…

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2017 will be a busy year for digital payments

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2017 WILL BE A BUSY YEAR FOR DIGITAL PAYMENTS In the last one year, various initiatives by the Indian government under its Digital India program, resulted in the rise in mobile and internet transactions. The demonetization drive towards the end further pushed Indians to adopt digital payments and spearheaded India’s strive towards a less-cash oriented…

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