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After $13 billion in deals, a CEO had to cancel his AmEx card

After $13 billion in deals, a CEO had to cancel his AmEx card

1 min read . 19 Jun 2019

An airport lounge offers facilities that make travel easier. Photo: iStock

Airport lounge is your ticket to some relaxation before a flight

4 min read . 11 Dec 2018

Machine learning can help issuers make better sense of the exponentially increasing data (both transactional and behavioural) and more accurately predict spending behaviour. Photo: AP

How credit card issuers can gain from machine learning

5 min read . 26 Oct 2018

The RBI has asked all system providers to ensure that the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them are stored in systems only in India. Photo: Mint

US urges India to soften stance on data localisation

1 min read . 13 Oct 2018

Jewellery designer Nirav Modi. Photo: Mint

SC relief for Nirav Modi firm’s former directors

2 min read . 06 Sep 2018

RBI seeks fortnightly updates from payments firms on data storage

2 min read . 05 Sep 2018

The DLF Emporio mall in Delhi. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

A Michelin-like guide for luxury

2 min read . 31 Aug 2018

Technology firms worry the mandate would hurt their planned investments by raising costs related to setting up new local data centres. Photo: iStock

Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Amex, others plan to fight data localisation plans

3 min read . 18 Aug 2018

In March, Indians clocked up transactions worth $52 billion using their 900 million credit and debit cards, nearly double the amount recorded in November 2016.

India says storing copies of foreign payment firms’ data a likely solution

2 min read . 06 Aug 2018

Virtual assistants and smart speakers are still relatively new technologies, and potentially susceptible to being exploited by cyber criminals. Photo: Reuters.

Alexa, I can trust you with my checkbook, right?

2 min read . 20 Jun 2018

M.N. Srinivasu, co-founder of BillDesk. BillDesk investors TA Associates, General Atlantic, Clearstone Venture and Temasek Holdings are seeking an exit amid increasing interest in the payments market. Photo: Bloomberg

BillDesk eyes sale at up to $2 billion valuation

2 min read . 28 Mar 2018

Mezi was started by entrepreneurs Swapnil Shinde and Snehal Shinde, who had earlier founded music streaming app Dhingana and sold it off to Rdio in March 2014.

American Express acquires chatbot firm Mezi

1 min read . 30 Jan 2018

The survey found that 53% of the respondents would pay a premium of 20-40% in return for better customer service. Photo: Mint (Mint)

42% Indians willing to pay premium for prompt customer service: Report

1 min read . 16 Aug 2017

A file photo of Warren Buffett. Photo: Reuters

Why would Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bulk up on credit cards?

2 min read . 15 Aug 2017

Airlines from India have increased frequencies over the past decade to the US to tap growing traffic. Air India flies non stop to Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Washington and will launch flights to Los Angeles at the end of the year. Photo: Mint

Tech firms driving business travel out of India

2 min read . 10 Aug 2017

Visa, MasterCard and American Express offer tokenization technology in India. Photo: Mint

How tokenization secures digital payments

2 min read . 13 Jul 2017

A sign promoting the play ‘Julius Caesar’ is displayed at New York Central Park’s Delacorte Theater on 12 June. Photo: AFP

To boycott, or not to boycott over Trumpian ‘Julius Caesar’

2 min read . 13 Jun 2017

HDFC Ltd is the only Indian company to be named among the top 10 consumer financial services companies in the world. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

HDFC among top 10 consumer financial services companies globally

1 min read . 25 May 2017

Warren Buffett, whose conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns more than two dozen newspapers, is no doubt aware of the newspaper industry’s reliance on public-notice revenue. Photo: Reuters

Warren Buffett plan to hold American Express shares revealed amid ads

2 min read . 23 May 2017

American Express is hoping customers pay more attention to the new perks, which include $200 a year toward Uber rides and extra rewards for hotel and airline purchases. Photo: AP

Why would you pay $550 for a credit card?

3 min read . 03 Mar 2017