consumer finance

July retail inflation eases to 5-month low

Regulate ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ just as being done for consumer finance loans: Home Credit

Consumer finance major Home Credit India partners with Pine Labs to strengthen retail network

Ninjacart ties up with Avanti Fin for easy credit access

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‘Amendments in e-commerce rules being proposed to safeguard consumer rights’

Prohibition on certain kinds of back-to-back flash sales have been proposed

Indian-American financial expert Rohit Chopra to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm Chopra to be the head of the federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers shows increase of 1.1 points for July

Y-o-Y inflation at 5.27% against 5.33 per cent during July 2020

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

Weekly Rupee View: Rupee sways to and fro in a range

The price band of 79 – 79.80 remains valid

LIC may offer a smoother ride for investors going ahead

Sustained improvement in APE growth, but retail market share needs monitoring

Index Outlook: Sensex and Nifty 50 nearing an inflection point

Strong resistances with potential to trigger a reversal are coming up that has potential to trigger a reversal

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up