india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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Indian E-retail Giant Flipkart Pockets More Investment
Indian E-retail Giant Flipkart Pockets More Investment
December 23, 2014  |  International

Indian e-retail giant Flipkart announced yet another round of funding totaling $700 million after raising an investment of over $1.2 billion over the summer this...

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Alibaba And SoftBank Join Forces For Indian E-commerce
Alibaba And SoftBank Join Forces For Indian E-commerce
December 23, 2014  |  News

Alibaba and SoftBank are holding joint discussions with bankers in India as they try to secure a slice of India’s consumer e-commerce market, according to...

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India’s RBI Hobbles Mobile Payments
India’s RBI Hobbles Mobile Payments
December 10, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

While India has the potential to be one of the world’s biggest markets for mobile payments, at the moment the country’s central bank is creating...

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B2B Tech Startups Get New Accelerator In Hong Kong
B2B Tech Startups Get New Accelerator In Hong Kong
November 24, 2014  |  B2B Payments

A new B2B tech accelerator is opening in Hong Kong. It is Swire-owned Blueprint, Hong Kong’s latest 20,000 square-foot (spread across two floors of 10,000 square...

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DS-Factoring Provides $3M AR Facility To Indian Automobile Parts Maker 
DS-Factoring Provides $3M AR Facility To Indian Automobile Parts Maker 
September 29, 2014  |  B2B Payments

DS-Concept Factoring, has provided $3 million exports accounts receivable facility to an Indian autoparts maker that is getting ready to take on the global market....

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Uber: Innovate By Payment, Getting Beaten Up By Payment
Uber: Innovate By Payment, Getting Beaten Up By Payment
August 14, 2014  |  International

Worried about new age cab competitor Uber, a group of taxi firms in India are trying a creative legal attack on Uber and it all...

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RBI Pilots Prepaid Cash-Out Facility
RBI Pilots Prepaid Cash-Out Facility
May 09, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

With the new pilot project, companies like Oxigen, Airtel Money, Itz Cash, and mpesa can start offering cash-out facility through their network establishments across India.

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