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Accenture to build for BPCL digital platform to track sales, distribution

Network will integrate real-time data from across BPCL's countrywide network of more than 18,000 fuel outlets

Paytm Payments Bank registers over 970 million transactions in March 2021

PPBL is also averaging 1 million savings and current accounts a month, and with over 64 million accounts

Mid-sized tech company Coforge acquires BPM firm SLK Global for Rs 918 cr

The acquisition is expected to expand Coforge's BPM operations, strengthen its financial services business, and increase presence in North America

Subroto, Susmita Bagchi donate Rs 340 crore to set up health facilities

Bagchi is the Odisha Skill Development Authority chairman

TCS posts strong Q4 results helped by $9.2-bn order book; revenue rises 4%

The company also announced a final dividend of Rs 15 per equity share of Re 1 face value

Mohalla Tech, Gupshup become latest entrants to the unicorn club

Six firms, including these two, have been added to the club just this week

Gupshup becomes sixth unicorn this week, raises $100 mn from Tiger Global

Announcement came shortly after Mohalla Tech, parent firm of short video app Moj and Indic language social media platform ShareChat, said it had raised $502 mn, valuing it over $2.1 billion

India Inc must build digital ethics into its business model: Deloitte, BCIC

Paper cites example of cab aggregator services, where user behaviour and travel patterns ostensibly recorded to improve user experience are actually used to extract more out of the customer

ShareChat parent raises fresh funds, becomes fifth unicorn this week

Joins the club with its latest fundraise of $502 million, valuing the company at a little over $2.1 billion

Mohalla Tech, parent company of ShareChat & Moj, raises $502 million

ShareChat will use the latest fund to expand in India and the US, and strengthen its artificial-intelligence powered recommendation engine, platform health and creator community

NCLT admits insolvency plea against Oyo unit, firm challenges it

OYO founder took to Twitter to clarify on rumours that the hotel aggregator chain had filed for bankruptcy

Accenture buys cloud analytics firm Core Compete for undisclosed sum

Core Compete enables digital transformation with cloud-native solutions that deliver AI and ML-based biz outcomes. It has clients across US and UK, with focus on supply chain, retail and fin services

Started by former Paytm execs, food firm Daalchini onboards marquee clients

Apart from TCS, Byju's, Cognizant and others, the enterprise has also tied up with leading managed office spaces such as Smartworks and 91Springboard that house thousands of professionals

India becomes favourite destination for cyber criminals amid Covid-19

Year 2020 saw one of the largest numbers of data breaches and the numbers seem to be only rising

Trial & error: How India's new unicorn Meesho cracked social commerce code

Born in December 2015, Meesho's goal is simple-to help small businesses get online and sell through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram

E-commerce, food delivery cos studying Maharashtra lockdown rules for staff

The current government guidelines allow only people above the age of 45 to get vaccinated

Meesho becomes unicorn after SoftBank-led $300-million fundraise

Social commerce opportunity in India is pegged at $16-20 billion by 2025

MobiKwik: What makes the firebrand co-founders defensive about company

The co-founders see their reliance on mostly Indian funding as a compelling USP

Signs of the times: Digital document verifications accelerate amid Covid-19

The use of digital signatures and online verification of documents has touched a new high after the onset of the pandemic

Top UPI players stare at uncertain future over 30% cap in market share

When an app breaches 30 per cent market share by volume, NPCI will ask third party apps to stop onboarding of new customers.