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WISER Lecture : Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Deregulation by Code: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under: Digital Money, Digital India, Internet Governance
University of the Witwatersrand organized a talk by Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Derugulation by Code on March 8, 2017 in Johannesburg.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
50p and Digital Payments Masterclass Learning - CIS: by Udbhav Tiwari — published Feb 15, 2017 — last modified Jun 15, 2017 12:29 PM — filed under: Financial Technology, Digital Payment, Banking, Bitcoin, Digital Money, Cyber Security
Sunil Abraham, Saikat Dutta and Udbhav Tiwari from the CIS team attended 50p on the 24 and 25 of January 2017 in Bangalore, India. We had the following learnings from the event, which will shape our work in the digital finance and payments space in the future.
Located in Internet Governance
Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2017 — filed under: Digital Money, Internet Governance, Digital Governance, Digital Economy
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores.
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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2017 — filed under: Demonetisation, Digital Payment, Digital Governance, Digital Economy, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital Money, Video, Aadhaar, Biometrics
Paying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Dangers Of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking About: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2017 — last modified Jan 17, 2017 02:39 PM — filed under: Digital Payment, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital Money, Digital India, Aadhaar
Less than three months ago, India’s banking sector was hit by a data breach which compromised 32 lakh debit cards and led to fraudulent transactions worth Rs 1.3 crore.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing Ecosystem: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 09, 2017 — filed under: Digital Money, Digital Payment, Internet Governance, Privacy
A round-table conference was organised by ORF and Koan Advisory on “Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing Ecosystem”, at “The Claridges”, APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi, between 11.30 - 13.30 on February 3, 2017. Udbhav Tiwari attended the round-table conference.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Paytm Payments Bank woos corporates with digital incentives: by Admin — published Jan 24, 2018 — filed under: Digital Money, Internet Governance
Offerings will be an incentive to companies already using Paytm e-wallet services to shift employees’ salary accounts to the bank, says Paytm Payments Bank CEO Renu Satti.
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