Talk of Many Things

Having recently completed a month-long campaign using the recently-launched LinkedIN DirectAds PPC advertising platform, I thought of comparing it with Google AdWords, the #1 PPC platform in the world. I've…

A couple of weeks ago, I'd written about Offermatic, a newly launched service that promises deeply discounted offers on items of everyday purchase based on your credit or debit card transaction history.…

In the early days of the Internet, there was so much hype around what it could do that the common man was almost under the impression that it could do anything…

A few months ago, I'd posted a blog about why credit cards don't necessarily lead to overspending. Now, forget overspending: the recently launched Offermatic promises that you can actually save -…

NEWS ITEM Wal-Mart executive calls for US move to Chip and PIN US retailer Wal-Mart is calling on the nation's banks to move to the international EMV standard for securing…

This one has been a long time coming. Most private sector banking, insurance and other applications purporting to be online give up their online nature quickly and degenerate into "click…

I recently visited Tirumala and Tirupati after four years, on a pilgrimage to the famous Balaji Temple. I noticed several changes from my last visit. Most - though not all…

US vendor Fiserv is previewing a new person-to-person payments product called ZashPay that lets users send money directly from their bank accounts to anyone they know using only an e-mail address…

Pune in India has become a lot warmer over the years. As recently as seven years ago when I moved in here, it used to be really hot only for 2-3…

Websites of banks, telcos and other service providers make available a lot of generic information (e.g. interest rates) to their customers without asking them to log on. However, when the same…