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MDR On UPI Is Here, But Who Foots The Bill?

India, Sept. 17 -- UPI is one of the cheapest ways for Indian merchants to collect digital payments. Now, the economics of India's biggest digital payment rail is set to change from October 15. After... Read More


What's The Whole Truth? India's Clean Label D2C Brands Vs FSSAI

India, Sept. 16 -- India is in the middle of its biggest food-regulation crackdown in years, and the Supreme Court has now weighed in. During a hearing on September 10, the apex court intervened on w... Read More


The Ground Reality For The Gig Workers Powering India's Instant Help Boom

India, Sept. 8 -- It's festive season again and in Bengaluru's upscale neighbourhoods, the sight of women in colourful uniforms - black, purple, pink or green - is becoming too commonplace to ignore. ... Read More


Zepto's Retention Play: Fewer Discounts, Premium Carts & A Paid Club

India, Sept. 1 -- Before we turn the talk to Zepto's IPO delay and how the company is looking to address the one problem that's been chiefly highlighted in the run up to the IPO, we need to perhaps re... Read More


Navi's Solo Run Ends

India, Aug. 23 -- For almost eight years, Sachin Bansal has tried to build Navi without having to answer to institutional investors. The Flipkart cofounder poured a substantial part of his Flipkart e... Read More


Why Is Flipkart Joining India's Food Delivery Renaissance?

India, Aug. 21 -- Walmart-owned Flipkart is close to a full food delivery launch in Bengaluru and is currently eyeing a timeline of August end for the rollout, followed by other cities later this year... Read More


Amazon, Flipkart & Meesho's AI Focus Shifts To Seller-Side Stacks

India, Aug. 18 -- For much of the past two years, the AI race in Indian ecommerce revolved around the consumer. That meant the likes of Amazon, Meesho, Flipkart invested heavily in AI-powered search,... Read More


Can Razorpay Turn ChatGPT Into India's Next Commerce Channel?

India, Aug. 14 -- ChatGPT is beginning to emerge as more than a search assistant for ecommerce. For a growing number of brands and marketplaces, it is also becoming a new channel for product discovery... Read More


Eternal's Enterprise AI Turn: Why The Zomato Parent Spun Out Nugget

India, Aug. 10 -- Eternal's AI venture Nugget has quietly pulled off a surprise even by Blinkit or Zomato's standards. Nugget, an enterprise AI platform from Eternal, is a 1.5-year-old venture that c... Read More


UPI's Monetisation Moment: Why MDR Is Back On The Table

India, July 31 -- For nearly six years, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in India have carried a zero-cost promise: no Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), no platform fee, no technology fee. T... Read More