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Microsoft saves $500 million with AI while cutting jobs

Microsoft saves $500 million with AI while cutting jobs

10 Jul 2025, 21:58 PM

This comes a week after Microsoft said it is laying off 9,000, or 4% of its workforce, its biggest since it laid off 10,000 workers in 2023.

What led Google-backed DotPe to shut down its lending unit

What led Google-backed DotPe to shut down its lending unit

23 May 2025, 03:35 AM

DotPe’s ambitious foray into financial services has come to a halt barely a year after launch, following a rapid build-up of lending volumes…

Exclusive: Paytm’s payment aggregator unit fires all senior executives

Exclusive: Paytm’s payment aggregator unit fires all senior executives

04 Apr 2025, 15:08 PM

Nearly 10-15 senior executives—at the AVP, VP, and SVP levels—have been let go from Paytm Payments Services Limited, which is still awaiting its final PA licence from the RBI.

[Update]: LazyPay clarifies buy-now-pay-later service halt to merchants

[Update]: LazyPay clarifies buy-now-pay-later service halt to merchants

13 Nov 2024, 15:26 PM

A source claims LazyPay recently received a letter from the RBI flagging issues in its customer onboarding process, but the company strongly denies receiving any such communication.

PayU lays off close to 100 employees from credit team: sources

PayU lays off close to 100 employees from credit team: sources

27 Sep 2024, 12:37 PM

Of the total employees asked to leave, 30 were from its Gurugram office and the remaining from its Mumbai and Bengaluru teams.

Fintech Highlights

  1. BharatPe partners with Unity Small Finance Bank for EMI-driven credit card

  2. Stock broker Groww gets Sebi nod for $1 billion IPO

  3. PCI Security Standards Council sets up first India-South Asia regional engagement board

  4. Aye Finance net profit halves to Rs 30 crore in June quarter

  5. TransBnk raises $25 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Reliance launches AI unit, strikes separate partnerships with Meta, Google Cloud

  2. Google to invest additional $9 billion to expand Virginia data center network through 2026

  3. OpenAI's evaluation shows rival Anthropic' Claude models less hallucinatory

  4. Elon Musk’s xAI, X sue Apple and OpenAI over antitrust claims

  5. OpenAI appoints ex Coursera exec Raghav Gupta as education vertical head for India, APAC
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  1. Jio’s third attempt at payments: Can Mukesh Ambani finally crack the merchant code?

  2. Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

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