Month: May 2020

The ‘Nearby Stores’ feature on Google Pay provides information about open stores in your neighbourhood. Google Pay has expanded its ‘Nearby Stores’ feature in India to help users find information about “open stores” in their neighbourhood. The feature that was launched last month, has rolled out on Android devices and is now available across 35 … Continue reading Google Pay Expands ‘Nearby Stores’ Feature, Now Available in 35 Cities Across India Continue Reading →

Weeks after Facebook  acquired a 9.9% stake in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, two more American firms are reportedly interested in the Indian telecom market. Google  is considering buying a stake of about 5% in Vodafone  Idea, the second largest telecom operator in India, according to Financial Times. Separately, Microsoft is in talks to invest up to $2 billion in Reliance Jio … Continue reading Google and Microsoft reportedly considering stakes in telecom firms in India after Facebook deal Continue Reading →

This could have been Marqeta’s  year to list as a public company on a major American stock exchange. The company, while still unprofitable, is a darling of the financial services sector and only last year reached a $2 billion valuation on the back of a $260 million round of financing. In the previously torrid public market environment … Continue reading Providing card services to fintech companies around the world gives Marqeta a $4.3 billion valuation Continue Reading →

We may be in the thick of a pandemic with all of the economic fallout that comes from that, but certain aspects of technology don’t change, no matter the external factors. Storage is one of them. In fact, we are generating more digital stuff than ever, and Wasabi, a Boston-based startup that has figured out a … Continue reading Wasabi announces $30M Series B as cloud storage business continues to grow Continue Reading →

In the world of commerce, the last few months have underscored the fact that every retailer, brand and entity that sells or distributes something needs to have a digital strategy. Today, one of the startups that’s built a platform aimed at giving them more control in that process is announcing a Series A to continue … Continue reading Italy’s Commerce Layer raises $6M led by Benchmark for its headless e-commerce platform Continue Reading →