SBI unveils pre-paid cards on mChq platform

State Bank of India jointly with Visa International launched pre-paid cards on the mChq platform, which is a mobile-to-mobile payment option. It will enable students, faculty and staff of IIT and those living in nearby areas to pay for their purchases with their Airtel mobile phones. Here is how the systems works: The service will [...]

KBC 2 gets record 10 cr Calls and SMS

Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 has managed to garner a total of 10 crore calls and SMSes in 65 episodes, through partner telcos BSNL and Airtel. KBC2 has beaten its own record of 9 crore calls in 309 episodes in 2000. Of the total 10 crore figure, SMSes accounted for 15 per cent. BSNL contributed about [...]

Gujarat Venture Finance invests in ConvergeLabs

GVFL’s investment in ConvergeLabs will be in the form of equity and equity linked instruments. Earlier investors in ConvergeLabs include Anthellion, Global Catalyst Partners and Walden International. ConvergeLabs had recently launched its patent pending m-commerce solution “M-Bay

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