Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy being the leader of debit cards in India is bad for SBI
Episode 154
The State Bank of India controls the biggest chunk of India's debit card market:. It also had the largest network of ATMs and CRMs (Cash Recycling Ma…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cybercriminals are exploiting big-tech to dupe users. Who's responsible?
Episode 153
Tech platforms like Google, Meta, or even e-marketplaces such as Olx are increasingly becoming hotbeds of online advertising scams in India. People h…
2 years, 11 months ago
Personal loans helped Paytm make a comeback. But it can't rely on them anymore
Episode 152
In November 2021, *Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications went public with a $2.4 billion IPO. What followed was a bloodbath for the fintech gia…
2 years, 11 months ago
Physics Wallah is risking the business it has built for the one that it wants to build
Episode 151
On Monday, Physics Wallah fired over 100 of its employees and also announced it was going to hire more than a thousand more in the coming months. Ind…
2 years, 11 months ago
The D2C boom is over. Mamaearth's IPO is proof
Episode 150
Varun Alagh, the CEO and co-founder the skincare company, Mamaearth, likes to think of his brand as an outlier. Just a day after Mamaearth’s parent c…
2 years, 11 months ago
The govt's U-turn on how to label fake news and misinformation on social media
Episode 149
More than 160 million people in five states will be deciding their political future this month in India. Out of them, two states, Madhya Pradesh and …
2 years, 11 months ago
PVR Inox's new sub model wants to push occupancy. But it will likely end up with a 'house-not-full'
Episode 148
PVR INOX posted a blockbuster quarter with triple the revenue from a year ago. Nearly 50 million Indians flocked PVR INOX theaters in the September q…
2 years, 11 months ago
Byju’s $1.2 billion bad loan just cost it a unit in the U.S.
Episode 147
Since last year, the edtech giant is facing the wrath of a group of creditors who had given it a $1.2 billion loan. They wanted it to immediately rep…
2 years, 11 months ago
Close to bringing in $10B in revenue this year, India's becoming the apple of Apple Inc's eye
Episode 146
Last Friday Apple reported the sixth straight record quarterly revenue from iPhone sales in India. Its FY2023 revenue from the country now stands at …
2 years, 11 months ago
Growth? ✓ Convenience?✓ Happy delivery partners? Swiggy's walking a tightrope
Episode 145
It has taken Swiggy almost ten years and a whole lot of strategically planned moves to become the indispensable app that it is for us today.
But decis…
2 years, 11 months ago