ETtech Exclusive: Market opportunities justify money floating around for Indian startups, says Prosus group CEO

If you want to get to scale, you are better off joining forces and doing an M&A, says Bob van Dijk

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Account Aggregator framework to replicate UPI's success, says Nandan Nilekani

Nilekani, who headed an RBI committee on Deepening Digital Payments, said that the launch of the framework will be followed by an uptick in activity as consumers and small businesses will leverage their data to get access to financial services.

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Apple under siege; PhonePe opens up its payments data

A day after South Korea's parliament approved a bill that forces Apple and Google to allow third-party payments on their app stores, an Indian non-profit has filed a complaint with the competition regulator, seeking a probe into Apple's commissions on in-app purchases.

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China orders ride-hailing firms to correct unfair tactics

The transport ministry, internet watchdog and other regulators on Wednesday ordered 11 such platforms by year's end to stop unfair competition tactics and practices such as recruiting unlicensed drivers, according to a statement published Thursday.

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Apple eases App Store rules again, to allow outside signups

The iPhone maker said late Wednesday that it's making a small adjustment to its strict App Store rules for developers of so-called reader apps, in order to resolve an investigation by regulators in Japan.

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Indian unicorns double in 2021; regulatory scene forcing some startups to leave: Report

Even as, cumbersome regulations are forcing startups to leave India and settle in other countries where they enjoy better treatment, as per the Hurun India, which prepared the list.

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Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 million

Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues related to whether WhatsApp conformed in 2018 with EU data rules about transparency.

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