2023-04-05
Digital payments have taken off in India in a big way, but fintech companies have not been making money from facilitating them. Sound boxes are solving this problem. Report for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
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How sound boxes, or tiny, cheap speakers that read out payment confirmations, have become a lucrative revenue stream for Paytm and other fintechs in India
Adnan Bhat / Rest of World : LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu . Tweets: @adnanmbhat , @jasuja , @sammcallister , @anupkaphle , @hkanji , and @moo9000 LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu : How tiny, cheap ...
2022-08-04
Kavya, a research scholar from Karnataka, received a call from a Byju's executive who identified her by her six-year-old kid's name. She doesn't know how the company got that information as she had never signed up. Report for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
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Complaints claiming unethical behavior by Indian edtech companies, which raised $4.7B last year and are largely unregulated, can be found all over social media
by @Adnanmbhat @restofworld : “How can they successfully regulate themself when making money is the prime objective?” By @Adnanmbhat https://restofworld.org/...
2022-06-03
Edtech companies witnessed a massive boom in the COVID lockdown but now they are having to find ways to stay relevant, which for teachers and students who had signed up for such platforms, has been hard. Report for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
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Indian edtech startups struggle post-pandemic; Byju's-owned WhiteHat Jr reportedly had ~800 educators quit while Lido shuttered and let go of its 1,200 staff
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2022-03-20
Thread: Ravi, a Indian paramilitary trooper started playing online fantasy sports games in hopes of winning the coveted 1 crore prize money. But two years on he had lost 35 lakh and almost tried to kill himself after falling into depression. https://restofworld.org/...
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Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws
https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : One soldier racked up online gambling losses six times the size of his annual income. He was suicidal and spent 20 days at a psychiatric ...
2022-03-19
Thread: Ravi, a Indian paramilitary trooper started playing online fantasy sports games in hopes of winning the coveted 1 crore prize money. But two years on he had lost 35 lakh and almost tried to kill himself after falling into depression. https://restofworld.org/...
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Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws
All forms of gambling are illegal in India but there are no clear laws when it comes to fantasy gaming, which is quickly becoming a threat. Tweets: @adnanmbhat , @restofworld , @an...