Money Plant: The Business of Tree Plantation
Firms are popping up to help people and companies plant saplings. Reasons for this green consciousness range from earning carbon credits to a desire to fight deforestation
Naina Gautam - March 27, 2024
Illusions of Growth
Powered by easy credit, a section of Indians is splurging on premium products; at the same time, agricultural wages have stagnated and the share of the self-employed has steadily gone up. Post-pandemic, the Indian economy is going through a lop-sided recovery
Ayaan Kartik - February 29, 2024
Paytm's credibility to offer high quality credit to various lending partners continues to be very robust
Paytm, India’s leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company, which expands a loan distribution business for high ticket loans will add at least two more large NBFCs and one bank, Paytm's management said in an analysts call.
December 14, 2023
Paytm Continues To Do Well In Merchant Device Deployment, UPI; Analyst Says Valuation Looks Attractive, Growth Will Be Sharper
Paytm recently announced its plans to strengthen its lending business to offer higher ticket personal and merchant loans, targeting lower risk and high credit worthy customers, in partnership with large banks and NBFCs.
December 12, 2023
Paytm Announces Expansion Of Credit Distribution Business To Include Large Ticket Personal And Merchant Loans
Paytm, India’s leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company, will now expand its credit distribution business to offer higher-value personal and merchant loans to lower-risk and high credit-worthy customers, partnering with large banks and NBFCs, the
company said in a business update.December 06, 2023
The Man Who Scripted India’s Win Over Hunger
Having left the pursuit of medical studies to be an agriculturist, M.S. Swaminathan is credited with the success of the Green Revolution in India that dealt with the country’s food scarcity, turning it from a ‘begging bowl’ into a ‘bread basket’
Naina Gautam - December 01, 2023
Larger Than Life
S.S. Rajamouli has been a catalyst for change in the perception of south Indian films. His blockbusters like Baahubali and RRR are credited with revitalising the Indian film industry when it struggled to impress masses
Giridhar Jha - December 01, 2023
Corporate Governance Begins And Ends In The Founder’s Head: Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Corporate governance and its relevance at a start-up depend on the founder, according to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder of Info Edge, a pure play internet company. Both the credit for the success and accountability for failures in a start-up lie with the management. When investors trust a start-up enough to invest in it, wanting the latter to be honest and responsible with their money is a fair expectation, he tells Outlook Business
Outlook Business Team - February 27, 2023
Always On The Go
Happiness is in being passionate about what you do, says Rohit Arora, CEO and co-founder of fintech platform Biz2Credit and a self-confessed workaholic
Chitra Nair - January 30, 2023
Fintechs On A Lending Cart
Realising the need for digital lending, legacy banks are collaborating with fintech companies, which are considered more nimble and less averse to risk-taking. But can it benefit fintechs, which seem to have hit the wall in the form of a seemingly less-than-credible business model?
Kamalika Ghosh - June 29, 2022