Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA year and nearly 50 million transactions later, do we still want ONDC to win?
Episode 208
It's been over a year since the govt launched Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). The idea was to build the world largest e-commerce platform t…
1 year, 10 months ago
What happens to Byju's employees after they're laid off?
Episode 207
Lat week, the struggling edtech giant Byju's laid off another 500 of its employees. This came along with a salary delay of three consecutive months. …
1 year, 11 months ago
How Bigbasket wasted its first-mover advantage
Episode 206
In January this year, Tata Digital's BigBasket announced its rebranding for slotted delivery service to “Supersaver”, promising to deliver products i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Were you forced to sign up on DigiYatra? If yes, listen to this
Episode 205
The government of India launched Digiyatra, a contactless, facial-recognition-based passenger-entry system, in December 2023. The idea was for those …
1 year, 11 months ago
Online shopping is no fun without free returns. But Myntra, Ajio hate them
Episode 204
The entire logic of buying online instead of going to a store rests on e-commerce companies making it easy to return stuff. What if it doesnt fit me?…
1 year, 11 months ago
What happened to Pharmeasy?
Episode 203
Earlier this week, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) cleared Manipal group chief Ranjan Pai's investment in online pharmacy PharmEasy. So far…
1 year, 11 months ago
Can Swiggy and Zomato save train meals?
Episode 202
Beyond the nostalgia associated with meals on trains, quite often, there are also horror stories. In fact, even a recent Parliament Panel report poin…
1 year, 11 months ago
How UPI will disrupt the credit card ecosystem
Episode 201
Not long ago, Suhail Sameer, former BharatPe CEO had said UPI will do to credit what the likes of companies like BharatPe did to debit a few years ba…
1 year, 11 months ago
What a cyber criminal told us about KYC frauds
Episode 200
More than 70% of fraudulent banking transfers in India are KYC-linked scams. A senior official at the Financial Intelligence Unit, a national agency …
1 year, 11 months ago
Why mental health professionals are taking up courses on banking and finance
Episode 199
Have you noticed how easy it has become to get loans? Whether you want to buy a whole house or you want to buy a pair of shoes, you can take an EMI f…
1 year, 11 months ago