AMAZON Volanews

Indian Flipkart, Amazon Get Notices over Non-Compliance of Country of Origin Rule The government in June had mandated that all ecommerce entities must follow the rules for displaying country of origin as per the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rule, 2011.

by techcircle

2020-10-21

INDIA Startups Acko

Bengaluru-Based Insurtech Startup ACKO Raises $60M Led by Munich Re Ventures It claims to provide frictionless insurance to the ‘digitally savvy’ through an intuitive purchase experience, zero-paperwork, and stress-free claims process.

by YourStory

2020-09-17

INDIA GIANTS INDUSTRY REPORT

Indian Amazon Outpaces Flipkart as Online Sales Revive Smartphone Demand in Q2 Amazon surpassed Flipkart with a share of 47% in all online sales, while Flipkart had a 42% share.

by Inc42

2020-08-18

INDONESIA GIANT POLICY

Indonesia Imposes 10% VAT on Amazon, Google And Netflix Under the new rules, non-resident foreign firms which sell digital products and services in Indonesia worth at least 600 million rupiah ($41,667) a year.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-09

INDIA LOGISTICS AMAZON

Amazon Signals Entry into Alcohol Delivery in Indian Eastern State Alibaba-backed Indian grocery venture BigBasket has also won approval to deliver alcohol in the state.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-06-22

United Arab Emirates Payfort Initiative

Payfort Launches $272,000 Initiative to Support Startups Payfort, a subsidiary of retail giant Amazon, has launched a $272,000 initiative in the UAE aimed at supporting startups and small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB).

by wamda

2020-06-05

INDIA FINTECH BankBazaar

Sequoia-backed BankBazaar Bags $6m to Build out Contactless Financing Capabilities BankBazaar’s marketplace provides customized offers on loans, credit cards, mutual funds, and insurance products. Users can search, compare, and apply for financial products on the startup’s website or mobile app.

by TechinAsia

2020-06-03

INDIA Financial Services Capital Float

India-based Online Lender Capital Float Raises $15M Investment from Existing Investors Participants in the round included Ribbit Capital, Amazon, SAIF Partners, and Sequoia Capital India.

by YourStory

2020-04-14

INDIA Financial Services BankBazaar

India-based Online Financial Services Marketplace BankBazaar raises Rs 29 Cr from Amazon, Sequoia Capital, others In November 2019, PolicyBazaar raised close to $150 million in funding from Chinese Tencent Holdings at a valuation little more than $1.5 billion.

by YourStory

2020-04-13

INDIA New Energy Vehicle AMAZON

Amazon To Adopt 10K Electric Vehicles Made By Indian OEMs The electric rickshaws will operate in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and other cities by 2025.

by Inc42

2020-01-21

US CLOUD SERVICE AMAZON

Amazon AWS proposes AI to help NASA predict super solar storms NASA is working with Amazon’s cloud computing services service AWS and Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab on a project to use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide early warning of supersolar storms.

by smalltechnews

2020-01-21

INDIA E-COMMERCE AMAZON

Amazon Will Invest $1 Bn In India To Digitise SMBs: Jeff Bezos Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made the announcement at the Amazon Smbhav event.

by Inc42

2020-01-16

INDIA New Energy Vehicle AMAZON

Amazon Launches Echo Auto In India; Brings Alexa To Rivian EVs Amazon has also partnered with Lamborghini for smart car functionality

by Inc42

2020-01-08

INDIA E-COMMERCE AMAZON

Amazon India inks long-term deals with Future Retail, FCL This comes after Amazon agreed to buy 49 percent stake in Future Coupons Ltd that in turn holds a stake in Future Retail Ltd (FRL).

by YourStory

2020-01-07

US AMAZON E-COMMERCE

Amazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their hands The system could someday be used in Amazon Go or Whole Foods stores.

by vox

2019-12-30

US APPLE 5G

Dish reportedly looks to partner with Apple, Google or Amazon to build its 5G network Apple would be an interesting partner for Dish because it appears as though the iPhone manufacturer is looking at ways to bypass the traditional carriers and send data directly to iPhone units via satellite.

by phonearena

2019-12-26

INDIA AMAZON Audible Suno

Amazon launches free audio streaming app Audible Suno for India Amazon has tied up homegrown digital content creators to bring original audio shows in English and Hindi for Indian listeners on the Audible Suno app.

by YourStory

2019-12-16

ISRAEL AMAZON US

Amazon Lowers Shekel Conversion Fees for Online Purchases The commission went down to as low as 2.2% of the total purchase sum, a significantly lower rate than that offered by most Israeli credit card companies.

by CalcalisTech

2019-12-10

INDIA AMAZON GIANTS

Amazon India Plots Private Label Expansion With Accelerator Programme Amazon Accelerator will help etailers expand into labels.

by Inc42

2019-11-14

INDIA AMAZON Dineout Services

Amazon, Dineout Co-Create Marketplace For Restaurants’ Inventory Management Amazon is looking to launch its food delivery services in December.

by Inc42

2019-11-14