Podcast Episodes
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Episode 205
The government of India launched Digiyatra, a contactless, facial-recognition-based passenger-entry system, in December 2023. The idea was for those …
2 years, 6 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?…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 7 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…
2 years, 7 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…
2 years, 7 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 …
2 years, 7 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…
2 years, 7 months ago
The run-up to the IPO is changing Swiggy as we know it
Episode 198
Swiggy has always been proud of the culture of innovation that it has fostered over the years for its employees. In fact, it is this very approach th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why YouTube, Instagram creators pay the price for safety on social media
Episode 197
From shadow-banning, content flagging, suspension and even account deletion, content creators are grappling with a variety of censorship methods on s…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why Kota's coaching-centre-capital tag is under threat
Episode 196
After the pandemic years, Kota’s coaching industry saw an unprecedented boom. Money was pouring in from everywhere–from edtechs to investors. In the …
2 years, 7 months ago