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Story of BillDesk and how it became India's largest bill payment platform

Founded by three former executives of Arthur Andersen, it initially offered banks a platform that enabled their customers to pay bills from their homes

Get it right in the first instance: TCS mantra for government orders

Scale a challenge, but systems built here can be replicated anywhere, says executive

PayU aims to provide full-stack financial services to its customers

So far, the company has disbursed about $300 million in credit and it now wants to add new products

PayU acquires BillDesk for $4.7 bn in one of largest Indian fintech deals

The latest deal is happening when the Indian payments segment is seeing huge traction

How IT firms are solving skills divide as they go back to campuses

Though the salary level of the students being hired has remained Rs 3-3.5 lakh for years, companies are ready to shell out more for those who excel in coding and programme languages

Freshworks files documents for listing in US; looking to raise $100 mn

Founder thanks Superstar Rajnikanth for being an inspiration

Cloud and new tech shift, localisation law drive data centre push in India

The Indian Data Centre (DC) industry is expected to more than double to 1,007 Mw by 2023 from its existing capacity of 447 Mw, says a JLL report

Lenovo expands local manufacturing capacity to meet rising customer demand

Total revenue for all Lenovo Group businesses in India was approximately $462 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021

IT services major Capgemini is driving more value from India unit

For Ashwin Yardi, CEO India, Capgemini, the focus is to make sure that the India unit is aligned with global plans of repositioning company as a hub of engineering R&D, operational technology, and IT

ChrysCapital, True North Managers and others invest $150 mn in QuEST Global

The existing investors - Bain Capital, Advent, and GIC, continue to remain invested. O3 Capital acted as the sole financial advisor to the transaction

Smytten raises $6 mn in Series A funding led by Fireside Ventures

With more than 5 million users, Smytten is one of the largest direct-to-consumer sampling platforms in India

Algo rhythm: Investors take a shine to India's tech startup, says report

Six unicorns have filed for IPOs, of which Zomato got listed

Campuses see jump in dream, super-dream job offers in post-pandemic hiring

Overall annual average salary packages have nearly doubled at some of the campuses

We will have 50 internet exchanges in India in 18 months: Nixi CEO

In an interview with Business Standard, Anil Kumar Jain talks about the non-profit's role in building infra for broadband in India, and how it is helping the country to become a digital society

Avendus calls first close of Future Leaders Fund II, Rs 584 cr committed

The fund, a category-II AIF registered with Sebi, is targeting to raise Rs 750 crore with a green shoe option of another Rs 500 crore

Our hiring strategy is focused on spotting curious minds: LTI chief

In a Q&A, Sanjay Jalona, CEO and MD, LTI (earlier L&T Infotech), talks about the growth momentum, the Shoshin approach to hiring and talent development and acquisitions

Next 500 towns to be key growth drivers in the long run: Swiggy

The food aggregator's revenue from adjacent services is expected to be 50% over next 3-4 years from 25% now, says ICICI Securities report based on talks with Swiggy CFO Rahul Bothra

VerSe Innovation raises $450 mn in Series I funding from global investors

VerSe Innovation's proprietary technology platform serves one out of every two internet users in the country

Grofers' 15-minute delivery pledge fraught with risks, say experts

Experts say delivery time frame on groceries purports to blow right past the logistics promises

Oracle's Mumbai, Hyderabad cloud regions certified for use by government

Oracle said MeitY had given approval, after a rigorous audit process that lasted a few months, for empanelment of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as an approved CSP