Podcast Episodes

Why free airport lounge access is not so free anymore

Episode 241

Credit card companies, in their rush to sell more and more cards use a whole gamut of attractive offers—the most popular one being free access to airport lounges. Thanks to this and the sharp rise in…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Why we date, marry, or breakup with Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit, Zepto & BigBasket

Episode 240

In today’s special Friday episode, The Ken’s Praveen Gopal Krishnan (aka PGK) joins hosts Snigdha and Rahel to talk about India’s complicated relationship with 10 minute delivery apps. They talk abou…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

After UPI, NPCI feels the pressure to build its next hero product

Episode 239

At the time of demonetisation, the country was desperately seeking an alternative to cash. And a payments regulator called NPCI or the National Payments Corporation of India, was our unexpected knigh…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How Wakefit and other new-age mattress companies are selling you sleep

Episode 238

New-age D2C mattress brands like Wakefit and The Sleep Company have successfully made orthopaedic mattresses into a mass product. They are changing the landscape of the mattress market in India with …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Can Xiaomi, a smartphone maker, be the next Tesla?

Episode 237

A couple months ago, Xiaomi released a new product – the SU7. This wasn’t a smartphone, or any other gadget that you would have otherwise associated with the Chinese company. The SU7 is actually Xiao…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Why banks love to shower you with reward points

Episode 236

Indians have really been warming up to credit cards lately. More than a 100 million credit cards are in circulation in India as of now. And this rise has a lot to do with the benefits customers get: …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Daybreak Special: The Pharmeasy Investigation

Episode 235

In this week's Daybreak Special episode, hosts Snigdha Sharma and Rahel Philipose speak to The Ken's Shivani Verma about her investigation into Pharmeasy's dubious business practices.

The once IPO-bo…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

What happens when your grocery delivery apps start selling you iPhones & water coolers?

Episode 234

Thanks to Swiggy and Blinkit, it’s gotten to a point where getting everything – from your groceries to a literal water cooler – delivered to your doorstep within minutes has become pretty routine. So…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Why does Digiyatra have a new app? The real reason is a scam

Episode 233

If you were flying sometime last month, you may have noticed, staff from Digiyatra, the contactless, biometric entry system at airports, were repeating the same thing over and over again to passenger…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Why every payment aggregator should be scared of Phonepe

Episode 232

No other payment aggregator has been able to pull off what Phonepe has in less than a year. 

Its nearly 50 per cent market share is obviously a huge draw for new merchants. And in the last couple year…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago