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WhatsApp launched a catalogue feature towards the end of 2019, where businesses can list images of their products. Businesses can also add prices and a link to take customers to the website where the product is being sold. According to WhatsApp, more than 3 million users in India view a business catalogue on WhatsApp each … Read more

Consumers who have grown frustrated with their existing banks are low-hanging fruit ripe for neo and digital banks’ picking. Traditionally, bank processes and approvals have been slow and tedious. As banks make money on the spread between what they pay depositors and what they charge borrowers, they have been known to focus on big-ticket corporate … Read more

Krasnov also claims that more than 50% of Filipinos with bank accounts are dissatisfied with existing services. Neobanks have a huge potential of stealing those banked customers. That’s why incumbents have no choice but to defend their turf. International bank groups CIMB of Malaysia and ING of the Netherlands were the first to launch digital … Read more

“Computer accessories products grow consistently year-over-year. Keyboards, mouse and webcams—sales for these products don’t go down. It might be 10-15% growth per year, it’s still a very big market. When exclusivity is a bigger number game with a bigger player, why not be exclusive?,” a senior executive at an Accelerator brand said, declining to be … Read more

Big brands, though, have moved away from this. “When OnePlus says they will launch on Amazon, they are also saying it will be on OnePlus stores and its site; no longer do you have the exclusivity you had earlier,” said Faisal Kawoosa, founder of tech analysis firm TechARC. That’s one of the reasons companies like … Read more