How accelerating digital transformation in banking is bridging language barrier gap

2 years, 1 month ago

How accelerating digital transformation in banking is bridging language barrier gap

India TV News

How accelerating digital transformation in banking is bridging language barrier gap Out of the 140 crore population of India, only 15 per cent or fewer Indians are comfortable and can understand documents in English. Out of the 140 crore population of India, only 15 per cent or fewer Indians are comfortable and can understand documents in English. Local users gain confidence in navigating through documents without assistance when an English document is available to them in their local language. To help scale up digitisation of paperwork processes, especially in the micro-lending and banking space, Leegality, a document infrastructure platform, has launched Local Language eSign Interfaces.

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Vernacular language software need tech boost to bring more users on board

5 years, 4 months ago

Vernacular language software need tech boost to bring more users on board

Business Standard

Vernacular language software need tech boost to bring more users on board There are concerns that little or no standardisation has taken place to ease access for new-to-internet and vernacular users, and digital platforms continue to rely on made-for-English user formats Premium Representative Image Romita Majumdar Mumbai Initiatives like Digital India have provided technology platforms with a great incentive to …

Mind your language on the Indian internet

7 years, 3 months ago

Mind your language on the Indian internet

Live Mint

Whenever I hear my Bengali in-laws talk about how the ilish maach is so much better in Dhaka, or my Punjabi college-mates talk about their visits to the other Punjab, it reinforces a fundamental belief that I have about the Indian identity. According to the KPMG-Google report Indian languages—Defining India’s Internet, over 23 crore Indians are Indian language internet users. …

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Spends on credit cards in smaller towns has surged: Visa’s Ramakrishnan Gopalan

3 days, 11 hours ago

Spends on credit cards in smaller towns has surged: Visa’s Ramakrishnan Gopalan

Hindustan Times

The world has its eyes on India’s digital payments and the financial services sectors. Global digital payments platform Visa’s white paper ‘Bridging the Gap: Payments in India Beyond Metros’, released earlier this year, indicates that it is not just discretionary spends that have increased across the board, but there are greater spends on credit cards from India’s smaller towns. In …

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India ready to share experience of bridging gender divide through digital public infrastructure: Union Minister Annapurna Devi

1 week, 2 days ago

India ready to share experience of bridging gender divide through digital public infrastructure: Union Minister Annapurna Devi

The Hindu

India has voiced its willingness to share with the world its experiences of using digital public infrastructure to bridge the gender digital divide, as top U.N. leaders lauded measures taken by the country towards scaling digital financial inclusion. “India is moving ahead with women-led development, building a country where women lead the way as active architects by participating from conceptualisation …

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‘India will set up national large language model to build AI capabilities’: PM Modi

2 weeks, 3 days ago

‘India will set up national large language model to build AI capabilities’: PM Modi

Firstpost

The prime minister also said that the central government has taken a number of measures to promote startups including approving a corpus fund of Rs 1 lakh crore rupees to enhance research and innovation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced the creation of a ‘National Large Language Model’ to develop artificial intelligence capabilities in India. Addressing a post-budget webinar …

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‘Communication in local language will help banking’

2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Communication in local language will help banking’

The Hindu

If bank personnel communicate with customers in the local language, it will go a long way in boosting the business, said Udupi Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Prateek Bayal in Udupi on Tuesday. Chairing the District Level Bankers’ Committee Review meeting at the district office complex, Rajatadri in Manipal, Mr. Bayal said if banks give 60% of the deposits as …

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Apple’s India engineers push iPhones closer to hinterlands with local languages

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Apple’s India engineers push iPhones closer to hinterlands with local languages

Live Mint

New Delhi: Last month, Apple announced that starting April, its iPhones will support 10 Indian languages. Thanks to the expertise of its Indian teams working with global ones, support for local languages will not just help Apple catch up with what Google’s Android has offered in India for years—it will also help it capture more first-time phone buyers from non-metropolitan …

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Indian digital economy ranked 28th on user spending: report

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Indian digital economy ranked 28th on user spending: report

The Hindu

While India is the 3rd largest economy in the world, its “user” economy ranks 28th in the world, a report by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ’s Prosus Centre for Internet and Digital Economy found. “This means while India as a country has achieved high level digitalisation at the aggregate level, the level of digitalisation for …

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What is digital lending and how has it transformed the financial sector? Key risks and challenges explained

1 month, 1 week ago

What is digital lending and how has it transformed the financial sector? Key risks and challenges explained

Live Mint

The financial sector underwent substantial transformation because of digital lending technologies bringing new ways for consumers to obtain loans. Benefits of digital lending Quick application: You can get a digital personal loan through completing an online form which avoids long queues and excessive paperwork. Fast disbursal: Digital lending platforms authorize loan disbursements to bank accounts instantly whereas traditional loans take …

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Indian AI model’s local language viability faces content availability barrier

1 month, 1 week ago

Indian AI model’s local language viability faces content availability barrier

The Hindu

A key goal of Indian startups and the IndiaAI Mission has been to create a foundational large language model that is tuned to Indian languages. That has so far been a tall order, as the amount of Indian language content online — a key source of training data in English, which is what most foundational models like OpenAI and Google’s …

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Empowering India's next generation: How local AI fuels India's innovation engine

1 month, 1 week ago

Empowering India's next generation: How local AI fuels India's innovation engine

India Today

In a country of over a billion people, fewer than 10% are fluent in English, and yet, English dominates our engineering and technical resources, sidelining the majority of India’s population from meaningful participation in our own technology revolution. Imagine an innovator, deeply rooted in her local community, with solutions to her region’s specific challenges but held back by a lack …

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As Sweden shifts back to books, is India next in the digital learning struggle?

2 months ago

As Sweden shifts back to books, is India next in the digital learning struggle?

India Today

Digital learning was once touted as the way forward. While some use them for better understanding of topics, parental discretion is crucial in this regard.” She agrees with Mungali’s views, adding that for many students, owning a textbook itself is a luxury, making the idea of relying on digital learning seem almost unreal. The increased screen time among students isn’t …

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Payments banks are pioneering digital financial inclusion: Airtel Payments Bank’s Biswas

2 months ago

Payments banks are pioneering digital financial inclusion: Airtel Payments Bank’s Biswas

Live Mint

Payments banks in India have encouraged digital financial inclusion and helped small finance banks to grow, Anubrata Biswas, managing director and chief executive of Airtel Payments Bank, said. Payments banks today touch 250 million users every month, while the small finance bank industry touches 20 million consumers who wouldn't have got credit from the traditional banks. “This $10 billion cannot …

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Can a computer learn to speak trader?

2 months ago

Can a computer learn to speak trader?

Live Mint

Microsoft and Google can translate, say, Spanish to English, but who can translate finance speak? Up-and-coming compliance software firms are leaning into artificial intelligence to help crack esoteric trader argot, as Wall Street and London watchdogs increasingly dive into traders’ jargon-loaded and even coded messages to help fight financial crime. Behavox, a London-based compliance software company that sells to large …

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Study predicts India's internet users will cross 900 mn by 2025 with increased adoption of Indic languages

2 months ago

Study predicts India's internet users will cross 900 mn by 2025 with increased adoption of Indic languages

Hindustan Times

The internet user base in India is set to cross 900 million this year, propelled by the growing use of Indic languages for digital content, according to a report by IAMAI and KANTAR. Nearly all internet users accessed content in Indic languages, with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam emerging as the most popular due to their extensive availability. The 'Internet in …

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Bill to take charge of India’s digital destiny

2 months, 1 week ago

Bill to take charge of India’s digital destiny

Hindustan Times

You wake up, pour yourself a coffee, and scroll through your phone. But what if every app and website you’ve ever used — Instagram, Amazon, or even that odd e-store — was quietly rifling through your personal data without asking you? India’s proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 aim to ensure this nightmare doesn’t become your daily reality. Localisation …

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Budget blueprint: Making MSMEs a growth engine

2 months, 1 week ago

Budget blueprint: Making MSMEs a growth engine

New Indian Express

The transformation of India’s micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs represents perhaps the most significant opportunity for achieving inclusive growth in this decade. With 63.4 million enterprises contributing 30 percent to the national GDP and employing over 100 million people, this Indian sector’s economic footprint is larger than the entire economies of, say, Thailand or Sweden. Germany’s KfW model …

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Navigating The Neo-Banking Wave: Insights Into India's Digital Financial Future

2 months, 1 week ago

Navigating The Neo-Banking Wave: Insights Into India's Digital Financial Future

Live Law

The novel point of neobanks is that they operate sans physical branches, utilizing dynamic business models and upscale technological tools to improve customers' ease of use, transparency, and service efficiency. Notably, these include: Banking Regulation Act, 1949, Section 23: Master Circular on Branch Authorization Framework for Outsourcing of Payment and Settlement-related Activities by Payment System Operators Guidelines on Managing Risks …

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Building consumer trust in the digital ecosystem through whitelisting

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Building consumer trust in the digital ecosystem through whitelisting

Hindustan Times

In the last decade, India’s internet economy has exploded on the shoulders of the Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile trinity. With over 900 million smartphone internet connections, the Indian digital ecosystem has shifted drastically from being an exporter of software and skilled labour to becoming the world’s largest real-time payment market. Businesses that tick the above boxes may be presumed …

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Mint Quick Edit | India’s new privacy rules: A mixed bag

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mint Quick Edit | India’s new privacy rules: A mixed bag

Live Mint

More than a year after the Digital Personal Data Protection Act was passed, the government has released the draft rules that will enable this law’s implementation. While the rules are expansive, their requirement of parental consent for under-18-year-olds to join social media and gaming platforms could deliver a pragmatic age-gating regime. That said, the return of data localization requirements will …

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SBI launches TAB-based digital NRI account onboarding journey

2 months, 2 weeks ago

SBI launches TAB-based digital NRI account onboarding journey

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, has announced the launch of a TAB-based end-to-end digital on-boarding process for Non-Resident Indians to streamline the opening of NRE and NRO accounts. This initiative was inaugurated by SBI Chairman, Shri Challa Sreenivasulu Setty and has been made available across SBI branches in India and select foreign offices, employing digital tools …

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How much of your screen do you want to share?

2 months, 3 weeks ago

How much of your screen do you want to share?

Hindustan Times

Lately, every year has been a dramatic year for personal tech. Microsoft’s Copilot Vision plans to use a Recall feature to take screenshots of your desktop at regular intervals Rapid action AI will evolve rapidly through 2025. “We’re leveraging generative AI to create a unique homepage for every shopper,” said Balu Chaturvedula, senior vice-president and country head at Walmart Global …

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How physical banking still holds a relevance in digital world

3 months ago

How physical banking still holds a relevance in digital world

Live Mint

Faced with the rapid proliferation of digital technologies and an ever-increasing millennial/Gen Z customer base, major banks across the US and Europe reduced their physical branch network over the last decade. Now, US banks such as JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America have outlined their plans to open 500 and 165 new branches, respectively, over the next two to …

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Credit Score: How is increased awareness driving financial inclusion beyond metros

3 months, 1 week ago

Credit Score: How is increased awareness driving financial inclusion beyond metros

Live Mint

Imagine this – Over 119 million Indians are actively monitoring their credit scores, with a majority emerging from rural and semi-urban areas. Technology is dismantling traditional barriers to financial inclusion, and the importance of maintaining a good credit score is becoming an integral part of financial planning for individuals in non-metro regions. A new financial awakening in non-metros The awareness …

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English leads global language rankings, Hindi gains traction: Report

3 months, 2 weeks ago

English leads global language rankings, Hindi gains traction: Report

India Today

English continues to be the most studied and influential language worldwide, according to the Duolingo Language Report. The report attributes this dominance to English’s crucial role in academic and professional settings, as learners aim to enhance their career prospects and access global opportunities. With these trends, Duolingo’s findings highlight both the enduring appeal of English and the growing global interest …

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FM Sitharaman urges regional rural banks to onboard customers to digital services like mobile banking by Dec 2024

3 months, 3 weeks ago

FM Sitharaman urges regional rural banks to onboard customers to digital services like mobile banking by Dec 2024

Live Mint

New Delhi, November 30 : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged Regional Rural Banks to onboard rural customers to digital services such as Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, and UPI. In the meeting, Sitharaman directed the RRBs to prioritize onboarding customers for digital services and set a deadline to complete this task by December 2024. "RRBs to prioritize onboarding customers …

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Mastercard's Malhotra on Digital Payments Industry

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mastercard's Malhotra on Digital Payments Industry

Bloomberg

00:00 What do you think is going to be potentially the shift in tone potentially for, you know, the financial the payments industry? So what we're trying to do is create a much more secure by tokenizing, by making the checkout more streamlined and then by removing these OTP, by bringing bringing in this phenomenon called biometric authentication, there's a …

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Tech Savvy Youth: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Skillful Future

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tech Savvy Youth: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Skillful Future

Hindustan Times

The article highlights the importance of leveraging technology to address the skills gap and empower India's workforce. It emphasizes the need for open-source national job and skilling platforms that provide personalized learning experiences, including AI-powered tools for career guidance and mentorship. The article also stresses the importance of addressing access issues, particularly for women and rural populations, to ensure inclusivity. …

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Artificial Intelligence in banking

5 months ago

Artificial Intelligence in banking

Hindustan Times

The European Union legislation on Artificial Intelligence has reaffirmed the growing prevalence and integration of AI in wide-ranging activities across sectors globally. Nationally, countries like Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom, rely on their existing regulatory framework to regulate AI operations in the banking sector. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} A significant development in the financial regulatory space governing AI has …

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Adobe Express introduces more Indian languages to its UI and Translate feature

6 months, 1 week ago

Adobe Express introduces more Indian languages to its UI and Translate feature

The Hindu

Adobe is bringing more Indian languages to its AI-powered multi-media creation platform, Adobe Express, with the interface for Adobe Express on Desktop Web and mobile becoming available in Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali, while the Translate feature in Adobe Express for Desktop Web supports eight new Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. Some new features include …

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Unlocking India's Digital Potential: Role Of AI, Generative AI In Vernacular Languages For Users

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Unlocking India's Digital Potential: Role Of AI, Generative AI In Vernacular Languages For Users

ABP News

By Rahul Prasad Technology is changing how we talk and connect with each passing day. When it's combined with language models and deep learning, generative AI can understand the details of human language and create content that makes sense and fits the situation. Generative AI is not just a tool; it’s a bridge connecting people through language, making communication smoother, …

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How Indian fintech startups are driving Malaysia’s UPI-like digital payments revolution

7 months ago

How Indian fintech startups are driving Malaysia’s UPI-like digital payments revolution

Firstpost

While the success of Indian fintech firms in digital payments is evident, there remains a substantial opportunity for growth in areas like insurance, credit management and short-term lending The success of Indian fintech startups in Malaysia can be attributed in part to the country’s supportive regulatory framework. However, while the success of Indian fintech firms in digital payments is evident, …

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Indian Banks Want Customers, But No Smartphones Please

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian Banks Want Customers, But No Smartphones Please

Live Mint

-- In the past year, more than 600 Indian banks moved $2.5 trillion, or 80% of gross domestic product, between customer accounts. “Banks shall assign an additional 5% run-off factor for retail deposits which are enabled with internet and mobile banking,” the monetary authority said in a circular last week on liquidity standards. A bigger slice of low-risk, low-return assets …

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Digital penetration: 65% of transactions done online in small towns

8 months, 1 week ago

Digital penetration: 65% of transactions done online in small towns

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Digital payments have penetrated small towns, as 65% of their transactions are digital, compared to 75% in larger cities. Interestingly, DDPU surpasses retail potential in some cities, such as Lucknow, Patna, Bhopal, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Ahmedabad, and Pune, which have a high DDPU nearly matching that of larger metropolitan cities despite having a lower retail potential than the top …

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Indian Startup Revolutionizes Document Management for Businesses

10 months ago

Indian Startup Revolutionizes Document Management for Businesses

The Quint

Experts estimate that the market size for Document Management Systems in India will grow significantly. Innovative solutions like ZoopSign, an Indian startup help businesses with their document ecosystem solutions. About 46% of employees in small and medium-sized businesses waste time every day because of inefficient document handling. These features can empower Indian businesses to streamline workflows, enhance document security, and …

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Banks rely on AI as digital transactions grow, and methodology of frauds evolves

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Banks rely on AI as digital transactions grow, and methodology of frauds evolves

Hindustan Times

India’s digital transactions continue to see rapid growth, and that translates to big volumes. On April 24, the Reserve Bank of India barred Kotak Bank from issuing new credit cards for now, due to “the absence of a robust IT infrastructure and IT Risk Management framework.” It draws on a mix of factors, including reliability of the bank’s infrastructure alongside …

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Which? urges banks to address online security ‘loopholes’

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Which? urges banks to address online security ‘loopholes’

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Co-operative Bank said: “The security of our customers’ accounts is always our top priority. A Lloyds …

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The impact of technology on finance: Enhancing experiences and safety

11 months, 1 week ago

The impact of technology on finance: Enhancing experiences and safety

Hindustan Times

The proliferation of financial technology and digital banking services has revolutionised the financial landscape, making access to finance more convenient and inclusive. The prominence of fintech platforms and the increasing digitalisation of banks have democratised financial services, expanding access beyond metropolitan cities. There is a significant increase in instances of fraudsters posing as employees of fintech platforms, attempting to obtain …

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Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others

1 year ago

Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. But for languages like Spanish, or in dozens of nations where English isn’t the dominant language, there are even fewer safeguards in place to protect voters and democracy against the corrosive effects of election misinformation. Recent changes at tech firms — content moderator layoffs and decisions to rollback some …

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Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others

1 year ago

Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But for languages like Spanish, or in dozens of nations where English isn't the dominant …

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Indian users tapped regional language content twice as English: Report

1 year ago

Indian users tapped regional language content twice as English: Report

The Hindu

India ranked top, globally, in terms of time spent on mobile in 2022 and 2023. It came second in website traffic with over 80% jump in content consumption, revealed InMobi-owned smart lock screen platform Glance on Thursday. During IPL and Cricket World Cup, the live score widget provided by Glance got 3.5 million daily active users. Content served in regional …

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International Women's Day 2024: How working women are scripting flexible futures

1 year ago

International Women's Day 2024: How working women are scripting flexible futures

Hindustan Times

When 18-year-old Krishana Chhokar completed 12th standard last year, she didn’t want to go down the “traditional theory route,” with three years of college, followed by a job. These micro-credentials, created by leading employers like Google, IBM and Meta, are preparing women without prior work experience, to develop skills online for entry-level tech jobs. Even without a STEM background, I …

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Union Finance Minister Sitharaman allays concerns over impact of AI on jobs

1 year, 2 months ago

Union Finance Minister Sitharaman allays concerns over impact of AI on jobs

The Hindu

Rejecting concerns that Artificial Intelligence would take away jobs, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that it would create a new domain expertise that would facilitate the use of the technology for various purposes. “Many people had doubts, especially those belonging to trade unions, who said computers will replace workers. Replying to a query during an interactive session …

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India holds the key to a global shift away from Swift

1 year, 3 months ago

India holds the key to a global shift away from Swift

Live Mint

Over the past few months, India's central bank has tied up with its peers in Singapore and the UAE to facilitate cross-border funds transfers between individuals on the back of its Unified Payments Interface platform. This is not just forward-looking move but a logical one, too, especially since India appears to have done the hard yards on launching a central …

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Women accelerating India's digital transformation as IT player employs more female than male

1 year, 4 months ago

Women accelerating India's digital transformation as IT player employs more female than male

India TV News

The impact of the pandemic on the acceleration of digital transformation is visible. As the government continues its work to create a modern digital infrastructure to ensure benefits of the digital revolution reach everyone, it had August this year approved the extension of the Digital India programme with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore to boost digital initiatives. Recently, Mumbai-based …

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Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA

1 year, 4 months ago

Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA

Hindustan Times

The enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 reflects a concerted effort to establish an Open, Safe, Trusted, and Accountable internet ecosystem. With the data protection regime nearly finalised all eyes are on the Digital India Bill to achieve the objectives of Open, Safe, Trusted and Accountable online space. As the Government works towards this transition from …

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Google Search's speaking practice feature now available for users in India: Know how it works

1 year, 5 months ago

Google Search's speaking practice feature now available for users in India: Know how it works

India TV News

Google is introducing a helpful feature in its Search for specific countries including India. Android users in places like Argentina, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Venezuela will soon enjoy language support that focuses on improving speaking skills in English. The company's goal is to help learners practice vocabulary in practical contexts and enhance retention through spaced repetition, a proven method …

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How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape

1 year, 5 months ago

How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape

The Hindu

October 09, 2023 08:30 am | Updated 08:30 am IST Nations worldwide are grappling with the need to update their legal frameworks to adapt to the evolving digital landscape. The recent announcement of the Digital India Act 2023 represents a significant step towards establishing a future-ready legal framework for the country’s burgeoning digital ecosystem. The primary motivation behind the DIA …

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SBI launches ‘Mobile Handheld Device’ for financial inclusion customers

1 year, 5 months ago

SBI launches ‘Mobile Handheld Device’ for financial inclusion customers

Live Mint

The State Bank of India has on October 4 launched a 'Mobile Handheld Device’ for its financial inclusion customers in a bid to enhance accessibility and convenience. Chairman Dinesh Khara in a statement said the initiative "aims to empower financial inclusion and extend essential banking services to the masses." The release added that the Mobile Handheld Device will "revolutionalise banking …

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Digital infrastructure is aiding women too unevenly

1 year, 6 months ago

Digital infrastructure is aiding women too unevenly

Live Mint

With the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the moon and the G20 Summit, India is on a roll. The services sector accounts for the largest share in total urban employment, and it could surely leverage the use of mobile phones linked to the internet to boost labour participation among women. Using recently released data from the National Sample Survey, …

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World Bank lauds India's digital infra impact: 'Five-decade journey in 6 years'

1 year, 6 months ago

World Bank lauds India's digital infra impact: 'Five-decade journey in 6 years'

Hindustan Times

The World Bank has lauded the transformative impact of Digital Public Infrastructures in India in the past decade under the Narendra Modi-led government. The document, prepared by the World Bank as part of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, highlighted the measures taken by the Modi government and the pivotal role of government policy and regulation in shaping the …

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NPCI unveils a suite of digital-payment products

1 year, 6 months ago

NPCI unveils a suite of digital-payment products

The Hindu

National Payments Corporation of India, the developer of UPI, has unveiled several new products — Credit Line on UPI, UPI LITE X and Tap & Pay, Hello! UPI - Conversational Payments on UPI, BillPay Connect - Conversational Bill Payments — with an aim to create an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable digital payments ecosystem. While Credit Line on UPI would enable …

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