Flipkart vies for voice-powered shopping with Liv.ai acquisition
Indian e-commerce firm thinks voice will become a preferred interface.
Flipkart
Top fintech stories this week – 11 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Walmart buys $16bn share in Flipkart
Becomes largest shareholder in Indian e-commerce marketplace.
Google Gets into Digital Payments Fray in India
Google is expected to launch a mobile payments app in India next week. Google Tez, which means “fast” in Hindi will reportedly support Android Pay as well as the government-backed Unified Payments Interface and other consumer payment services including Paytm and MobiKwik.
India Payments Roundup: Paytm, Amazon and Flipkart
The battle for e-commerce and payments domination is on in India. Paytm, an e-payment/e-commerce brand and payments bank, is bringing the QR code scanning habit to the Indian masses, while rival Flipkart has raised $2.5 billion from Japan’s SoftBank and Amazon has launched its digital wallet.
