Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it will offer personal checking accounts next year through its Google Pay app, initially in partnership with Citigroup Inc and a small credit union at Stanford University. The project, codenamed Cache, comes as rivals Facebook Inc and Apple Inc are expanding their own efforts […]
Instagram’s has announced that it will start hiding likes on posts globally, including in India as well. It had started by hiding likes in Canada in May this year, but the company is now expanding this experiment globally. Instagram had announced the hiding of likes in the US market last […]
Several payment-related scams have come to light in recent months. ET Wealth unravels the modus operandi involved and tells you how to avoid being taken for a ride. 1. The remote access mobile application scam Modus operandi Fraudsters, who had listed fake numbers online under an NGO’s name, gained access […]
NEW DELHI : Indian Railways has introduced an OTP (one-time password)-based refund by authorised railway ticketing agents of state-owned, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), to ensure speedy refund for passengers. The refund amount will be applicable against cancelled or waitlisted ticket booked by around 1.7 lakh authorized agents. “This is […]
Like it or not but smartphone addiction is something a lot of people suffer from, even though they might not admit or acknowledge it. To tackle this issue, Google has launched something called a Paper Phone. The company calls it an experiment which will help people get a ‘digital’ detox. […]
The government is making changes in its digital payments roadmap as it has now increased the target for e-transactions in the financial year ending March 2020 to 45 billion (by volume) from 40 billion, two people aware of the matter said. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has […]
In keeping with the growing popularity of e-wallets, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) has now authorized Paytm to collect electricity bill payments from its customers. The undertaking notified about the digital wallet’s inclusion in the list of available payment options in a release issued on Thursday. “BEST […]
All of us have to deal with delayed or failed transactions at some point. With online fund transfer becoming convenient, such incidents have increased. However, are you aware of the number of days within which your bank is supposed to reverse debits for failed transactions from your account? Not many […]
