UpFront
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India's fintech sector is a heady concoction of potential and peril
If you had to bet on one startup sector from which will emerge a thriving global business model, chances are you'd put your money on fintech. The flipside? If you had to pick one startup sector that urgently requires to get its compliance act together, it would be fintech
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Can inheritance tax alter succession planning in India's family-owned businesses?
Inheritance tax is paid by the beneficiary for inheriting a property or asset from a deceased person on value of the inheritance. But who benefits from it?
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Work, sleep, repeat: The Sleep Company & the right doze
The Sleep Company is disrupting a cluttered mattress and comfort solutions market with its science-led approach. Although it has grown rapidly, it now needs to post a profit
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How 2024 is shaping up for Apple: What you should know
Make in India for exports is surging, but local sales, while recording quarterly records, remain modest by overall revenue contribution
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Market may not find it easy to climb unless earnings growth surprises materially: Invesco MF's CIO Taher Badshah
The market maven shares his investment strategy for navigating key downward risks in the second half of the year and his outlook for earnings growth
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For businesses, sustainability should be a leadership challenge, not a cost problem: Rajeev Peshawaria
In a world where ESG is often reduced to box-ticking and greenwashing by businesses, Rajeev Peshawaria believes that sustainability is a leadership challenge, and entrepreneurs and CEOs should instil a culture of accountability top-down. In his new book Sustainable Sustainability: Why ESG is Not Enough, Peshawaria, the CEO of the Temasek-backed non-profit Stewardship Asia Centre in Singapore, talks to Divya Shekhar about the shifts he sees in global business behaviour in addressing climate and sustainability concerns, and what more needs to be done
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Srikanth Bolla: First overseas blind student at MIT, entrepreneur who employs the disabled, and subject of a new bollywood film
The founder and CEO of Bollant Industries wrote his own destiny after his parents were advised to get rid of him because he was visually impaired at birth. The Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 alumnus gives rare insights into his journey of fighting economic and sociological barriers, and his biopic, Srikanth, starring actor Rajkummar Rao
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The World's Billionaires: A reminder of responsibilities, even as the superrich get super-richer
The planet's billionaires are 120 percent richer than they were a decade ago. Remarkably, 14 of these individuals figure in the $100 billion club. The numbers are also a reminder that the profits of corporations and the wealth created by entrepreneurs and innovators can help solve social problems
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Post RBI's action against Kotak, lenders could become more cautious: Analysts
The regulator's action against the digitally focussed bank will see its quarterly earnings growth getting impacted. The RBI needs to have a deeper engagement with banks before cracking the whip. Banks, on the other hand, need to scrutinise their internal security and technology mechanisms more closely instead of just chasing growth
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The RBI is doing the right stuff: Oliver Prill
It's rare to spot a fintech honcho who roots for the work done by RBI. It's rare to meet a chief executive officer who brutally admits that a section of old and new players, across the world and in India, didn't play by the book. And it's rare to meet a foreigner who confesses that 'Indian Chinese' is way better than authentic Chinese food. Meet the global CEO of Tide, a UK-based fintech platform for SMEs
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Inside the 2024 elections: Policy complacency risk or is it too optimistic?
Unemployment, extension of welfare schemes, inflation, youth, women, farmers, the poor and the minorities, and development are some of the key themes. But what does the poll bring for us?
