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India’s Paytm curbing low-value personal loans spells bad news for the industry

December 7, 2023

Indian financial services firm Paytm sent shockwaves through the industry on Wednesday after it disclosed that it plans to issue fewer personal loans under 50,000 Indian rupees ($600) in a move that has already started to rattle many fintech investors. Paytm’s move followed the RBI recently tightening norms for consumer loans and publicly expressing concerns […]

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Commercial companies to collaborate for DARPA’s new lunar economy study

December 6, 2023

Establishing commercial markets on the moon is going to require thinking a little differently. That’s DARPA’s hunch, anyway. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is the U.S. Department of Defense’s R&D arm, which has just selected fourteen companies to participate in a new study to develop technological frameworks for a lunar future. “The next decade […]

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