Reliance Jio has cut three equity deals with three major investors in three weeks. First came the $5.7 billion stake sale to Facebook, making it the largest minority shareholder in Jio, followed by another 1.15 percent dilution to Silver Lake…
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3 Deals In 3 weeks: Vista Equity Now Invests $1.5 Billion In Reliance Jio
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has been able to attract the third big investor - Vista Equity Partners - which is the world’s largest tech fund following its landmark deal with Facebook. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound research…
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Vista Stake Caps $8 Billion Deal Run for Asia’s Richest Man
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is a man on a mission: to dominate India’s consumer Internet market -- from online retail to digital payments. He just sealed three deals in as many weeks to raise a combined $8 billion, including from Facebook…
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Silver Lake Checks Into Jio Platforms, Snaps Up 1.15% For Over Rs 5,600 cr
Reliance Jio Platforms (Jio Platforms), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), is selling 1.15 per cent stake to private equity (PE) firm Silver Lake for Rs 5,655.75 crore. The investment — the second in a fortnight - highlights its focus…
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PE Giant Silver Lake That Backed Alibaba, Airbnb, Others Takes Reliance Jio Closer To IPO
American private equity giant Silver Lake Partners' investment in Reliance Jio comes in less than two weeks of the Facebook deal. Silver Lake has paid a 12.5 percent premium over Facebook. Its $750 million infusion in Jio Platforms takes the…
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Silver Lake Investment A Shot In The Arm For Jio Platforms
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Reliance Jio Connects With Facebook For $5.7 Billion Equity Deal
Facebook and Reliance Jio hit the headlines early Wednesday morning, in a break from the daily lockdown news. Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post that the technology giant will acquire a 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) through a fresh issue of shares worth…
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Facebook-Reliance Deal To Boost JioMart, Open Door For Small Businesses
India’s small and medium businesses (SMBs), which are struggling due to the covid-19 pandemic, got a shot in the arm on Wednesday with social media giant Facebook announcing a $5.7-billion investment in Jio Platforms Ltd, which is owned by Reliance…
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Facebook Investment In Jio Is Deeper Than It Appears
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PSB Consolidation May Shrink IT Firms’ Business
Technology companies offering niche services to banks face a challenge as public sector lenders consolidate, with issues around shrinking revenue, reduced clients and heightened competition, industry experts have said. Banks may consider changing their technology infrastructure, analysts said. This means,…
New-Age Internet Companies Are Going Big On Soft-Skill Training
New-age internet companies across the eCommerce, food-tech and fintech sectors are increasingly using soft-skill providers to train their workforce. These human resource development programmes have traditionally been used by the manufacturing and automobile industries for their staff. “Even larger companies…
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Banks May Take 3 Years For Tech Merger
Banks may take 2-3 years to standardise core technology, products and customer applications after the government proposed to merge some prominent public sector lenders last week, analysts said. “The integration process would take 24-36 months. Website, mobile apps, IVR —…
Mukesh Ambani Sets Out To Dominate Digital India
For all the publicity blitz accompanying Mukesh Ambani’s $30bn charge into the digital economy, the details of his long-term strategy remain a closely guarded secret. Mr Ambani’s Reliance Jio venture has upended India’s telecom sector, devastating the profits of incumbent operators…
India Has Added Two New Tech Unicorns In Just The Last Month
2019 is turning out to be great for Indian internet ventures. It’s not even mid-way into the year, and the country has already seen two internet firms achieve unicorn valuations, and at least one more is close to the milestone.…
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Who Wins And Who Loses If India’s Draft eCommerce Rules Are Implemented
In proposing to tighten the rules around e-commerce, India is both offering respite and ruffling feathers in equal measure. The draft e-commerce policy released by the Modi government on Feb. 23 is poised to shake up the country’s nearly $40 billion (around Rs2.8 lakh crore) online…
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E-commerce Policy Draft: DPIIT Digs Heels On Data Localisation
Following the ‘data is oil’ argument often used by businesses, the latest e-commerce policy draft focuses on different aspects of data localisation, while also seeking to establish data as an economic resource, said experts. The government has made its intent to regulate…
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Visa, Mastercard, Amex In Breach As Deadline For Data Localisation Passes
As the deadline for payment companies to comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data localisation rule ran out, major payment network players, including Visa and Mastercard, were in breach. While there was no official word on the status…
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Digging Deeper – Data localisation: RBI deadline ends
The RBI's deadline of 15 October for all payment system operators to comply with the central bank’s data localisation norms just went by. Companies like Visa, American Express, Facebook, PayPal, Mastercard, Google and WhatsApp are required, as per the Reserve…
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Visa, Mastercard, Amex In Breach As Deadline For Data Localisation Passes
As the deadline for payment companies to comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data localisation rule ran out, major payment network players, including Visa and Mastercard, were in breach. While there was no official word on the status…
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RBI Unlikely To Extend Oct 15 Deadline On Data Localisation
The Reserve Bank of India is unlikely to extend the October 15 deadline for the payments ecosystem players to set up a facility to store transaction-related data in India. Those players that do not comply with the central bank’s April…
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Why Indian Startups Are Worried About GDPR Complaince
Indian companies, including startups, have been trying to make sense of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, while taking initial steps to inform their customers about the new law and protecting…
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Hybrid IT Expected To Help Deliver On The Digital Transformation Promise
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