When Will M&A Propel An Indian IT Company Into Fortune Global 500?
This has been a year of big ticket M&A in the Indian IT industry. While the acquisitions haven't put any Indian IT company on the FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 list yet,…
How Do Banks Benefit From Auto Bill Pay?
(This post is a slightly edited version of my answer to the above Quora question.) When I pay my electricity bill on the utility company's website or app, I'm using the…
Predict Technology Adoption By TALC, Not TAPU
Soon after the demonetization of high value currency notes in India in 2016, there was a huge cash crunch and the public was exhorted to switch to cashless methods of…
Price Primer
Price is one of the 4Ps of marketing: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. I've covered pricing methods here and here, and pricing paradoxes here and here. This post is about…
Make (Index) In India
India has 800 million Internet users. Fiji has 0.8 million Internet users. Still the latest global digitalization index ranks India below Fiji because 70% of Fiji nationals have access to…
Future Of Media
In Why Media Can’t Be Neutral, I speculated many reasons why media will inevitably exhibit bias. While the common man or woman (henceforth J6P) might agree with those reasons, I don't…
Securities Regulator Is Not Financial Advisor
Every time a stock tanks after an IPO, the common man or woman (henceforth J6P) blames Securities and Exchange Board of India, the securities / capital markets regulator of India.…
Tirumala Tirupati Updates 2024
I went to Tirumala Tirupati during 22-26 June 2024. Here are some updates of this trip. 1. DARSHAN WAITING TIME I booked the INR 300 Special Darshan ticket for Tirumala…
Safety Of Money: Bank v. Neobank
Fintech Mafia Carousel Pumping is the circular shilling of one another's financial products and services by a bunch of fintech founders with least regard for truth or consumer interest. I…
No More Business Class In EU
To: editet@timesgroup.com Subject: No More Business Class? Dear Editor of Economic Times: This has reference to the op-ed titled "No More Business Class?" by Ludovic Subran in today's edition of…