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IIM Bangalore Online Course: This six-week online programme, hosted on SWAYAM, the Ministry of Education's online learning platform, aims to deepen learners' comprehension of contemporary business models.
IIM Bangalore has introduced a fresh course titled 'New Age Business Models' through IIMBx, its digital learning platform. This...
The pedagogy is a combination of video lectures, case studies, quizzes, self-assessment, and discussion forums and will help learners understand nuances about business models, and how new-age companies operate and succeed.
Travel credit card startup Scapia, founded by Flipkart's former Senior Vice-President Anil Goteti, has raised $23 million, or about Rs 190 crore, to further scale its fintech products targeted at young travellers. The funding round was led by Elevation Capital and Flipkart Co-Founder Binny Bansal's fund, 3STATE Ventures. The round also saw participation from its existing investors, Matrix Partners India and Tanglin Venture Partners.
The digital lending sector in India is experiencing an inflection point after years of challenges. Industry-level NPAs are decreasing, credit demand is increasing, and investors are showing interest in the sector again. Fintechs have dominated the unsecured lending space, with the market share of fintech lenders in the personal loans sector increasing from 13% in 2018 to 47% in 2023.