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2 months ago | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Suprita Anupam |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Anand Kalyanaraman
Any merchant needs to work with a licensed payment aggregator to accept online payments. Many relied on Juspay as an orchestration platform—essentially, an “aggregator of aggregators” to help them integrate with different payment aggregators as a failsafe. Put simply, if one payment aggregator goes down, Juspay automatically ensures that merchants can continue accepting payments through an alternative.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Aakriti Bhalla |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Rohin Dharmakumar
A bunch of startups are not entering the booming Indian e-bus ecosystem and becoming overnight successes. Just take the case of EKA mobility. Before 2023, EKA was barely a company. It was more the R&D wing of Pinnacle Industries, which is a major manufacturer of seating and interiors for legacy automakers like Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. But when the government launched the PM E-Drive subsidy back in September, everything changed for Eka Mobility.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Shristi Achar
Move beyond cliched presents this holiday season. Instead, gift something that fuels intellect and inspires change. Share the joy of knowledge with your dear ones. Gift Now Dang, you’re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You’ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Not now, thanks.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
A couple years ago, quick commerce platforms were the place to be for up and coming brands across the country. Just a little sliver of real estate on a rapid delivery app was enough to put them on the map. But now, many of these brands are very quickly realising that success on a Blinkit or a Zepto is a double edged sword. With it comes high commissions, marketing fees, and the constant pressure to never run out of inventory. Some brands have now had enough. How did it get here?
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
Hurun India began curating rich lists a decade ago. Now, it has moved up ahead of ranking giants like Bloomberg and Forbes with 17 lists so far. It has a Global 500 list, similar to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. In fact, at this point, it’s safe to say that it has replaced Forbes as the most trusted choice for bankers and wealth managers. Hurun has managed to turn showing it off into a cultural trend despite the fact that wealth is often wrapped in secrecy in a country like India.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rounak Kumar Gunjan
Major tax cuts will likely remain elusive A weekly newsletter about how finance is getting supercharged by tech in India, and how you can make money work for you. Subscribe here Good morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%], The Union Budget is less than two weeks away and the usual list of expectations, wishlists, and predictions have started pouring in.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rounak Kumar Gunjan
Is there a middle ground with the best of all worlds? A weekly newsletter about how finance is getting supercharged by tech in India, and how you can make money work for you. Subscribe here Good morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%], I hope you’re having a great new year so far. Mine’s been the usual. I’ve already broken a couple of resolutions, and I’m well over the “new year, new me” fad.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rohin Dharmakumar |Nuha Bubere |Aakriti Bhalla |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
In 2023, two-wheelers and three-wheelers in India experienced growth of around 37% and 66%. Electric four-wheelers also promised to go down the same path because in that same year, there was a significant increase in sales of electric four-wheelers, 113%. Now, of course, this is from a lower base, but the signs were clear. The conventional wisdom or the narrative has been petrol and diesel cars are going to become a relic of the past.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Anand Kalyanaraman |Aakriti Bhalla
At the end of 2024, Indigo, India’s largest airline, was voted as the airline of the year by Centre for Aviation (CAPA) at the 2024 Global Aviation Awards for Excellence. And then just a couple of weeks later, the airline was in for a rude shock when a survey by a German consumer-rights group ranked it among the worst 10 airlines in the world. Indigo, of course, refuted the findings of the survey and cast doubts on the credibility of the agency that released it.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Nuha Bubere |Nathan Narde |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
The sexual wellness industry has long been shrouded in taboo. But now, thanks to quick commerce, getting a stamina supplement or a massage wand has become as effortless as ordering a packet of milk. In the process, the long standing dominance of the old guard – the likes of Durex, Manforce and Score – has also been challenged. That’s because these quick commerce platforms shone a light on the many upstarts that have entered the market in the last few years.
