Indian fintech payment firms may not have significant data advantages over banks: Report

As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred Paytm from taking on new customers for its Payments Bank, a new report on Thursday said that fintech platforms' dominance in digital payments may not result in a significant data advantage over banks. https://ift.tt/wj24Fob

Sources: Alibaba and Tencent are planning to cut tens of thousands of jobs combined this year as companies try to cope with China's regulatory crackdown (Reuters)

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Sources: Alibaba and Tencent are planning to cut tens of thousands of jobs combined this year as companies try to cope with China's regulatory crackdown  —  Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) are preparing to cut tens of thousands of jobs combined this year …

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iUNU, whose LUNA robot moves on greenhouse roofs and uses AI to detect problems with plants and find spots that are ready to harvest, raises a $24M Series B (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
iUNU, whose LUNA robot moves on greenhouse roofs and uses AI to detect problems with plants and find spots that are ready to harvest, raises a $24M Series B  —  Not going to lie, iUNU (pronounced “you knew") is not the easiest name (further confusing matters is the presence of a robot called “LUNA").

Wasoko, formerly Sokowatch, a Kenya-based B2B marketplace that offers a BNPL service to retailers, raises a $125M Series B, source says at a $625M valuation (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

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Wasoko, formerly Sokowatch, a Kenya-based B2B marketplace that offers a BNPL service to retailers, raises a $125M Series B, source says at a $625M valuation  —  Informal retail is king in Africa, with hundreds of billions of dollars of consumer goods are sold through its channels yearly.

iQoo Wireless Sport Neckband earphones launched, priced at Rs 1,799

iQoo launched its latest mid-range smartphone iQoo Z6 5G in India today (March 16). Along with the new smartphone, the company has also launched its first wireless neckband earphone in India. The Chinese smartphone maker has launched the iQoo Wireless Sport Neckband earphones in the country. The Bluetooth earphones come with a water-resistant design and promise to offer powerful bass output. The wireless earphones promise to deliver up to 18 hours of battery backup on a single charge. https://ift.tt/7xn1CLD