Digital

e-RUPI: India’s new cashless payment medium

This will function similarly to a prepaid gift card, redeemable at designated accepted locations without the use of a credit or debit card, a smartphone app, or internet banking.

India wants the data stored at home. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Panorama

Sorry, no mastercard? Digital trade needs rules

Md Shah Jalal, credit analyst. Sketch/TBS

Thoughts

Go digital or go bankrupt

Bangladesh

Dhaka north aims to sell 1 lakh sacrificial animals on Digital Haat

South Asia

Sundar Pichai comments on India’s new digital rules

Bangladesh govt started online GD service in 2010. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS

Panorama

Why do I need a print out if I register online?

Thoughts

To what extent would digital yuan contribute to its internationalisation

The market for digital art reached a breathtaking high when this JPG sold for $69 million. Photo: Bloomberg

Panorama

What are NFTs and how are artists making millions selling them?

Brett King, Founder and Executive Chairman of neo-bank Moven. Illustration; TBS

Panorama

‘If you are not a digital business, you will be a dead business’

Md Kafi Khan, company secretary, City Bank Ltd. Sketch/TBS

Thoughts

Absence of digital maturity threatens survival of banks

Corporates

IT, informal sector, and start-ups vital for growth in the digital economy

Interoperable digital currencies in your e-wallet may make Bitcoin ATMs like this one in Marseille a quaint relic. Photographer: Bloomberg/AFP/Getty

Panorama

The future of money is digital, but is it Bitcoin?

First Anniversary