DUBLIN (Reuters) – Mastercard Inc (MA.N) plans to hire 1,500 more staff at its global technology hub in Dublin over the next three to five years, more than trebling the size of its workforce in Ireland’s first major multinational jobs announcement of 2020. The U.S. credit card issuer has had a presence in Dublin since […]
Archives for 2020
The One Meeting Close: Reducing Business Development Costs By Restructuring The Advisory Firm’s Sales Process
Executive Summary For most financial advisory firms that seek to grow, it takes a significant commitment of time to market to, attract, and ultimately close prospective new clients. But as advisory firms grow, the cost of that time it takes to attract clients through marketing efforts and close them through sales efforts becomes commensurately more […]
Carey Pensions is relaunched as Options
Carey Pensions, the SIPP firm bought out last year after being hit by a major court case, has been relaunched under a new name, Options. Options range of services will including SIPPs, SSAS, commercial property, workplace pensions, auto-enrolment and third party administration. It will also provides specialist commercial property services for individual SIPP, SSAS and […]
Court restrains Club Factory from using trade secrets of Snapdeal
A Gurgaon court has restrained Club Factory and one of its employees from sharing, divulging, using or utilising Snapdeal‘s trade secrets, financial data and confidential information. Civil Judge Suyasha Jawa also directed Club Factory and its employee, who earlier worked for Snapdeal, to refrain from using Snapdeal’s trade secrets in approaching, contacting, soliciting, enticing, inducing […]
eSIM is all about business growth and digital experience
SPONSORED INTERVIEW Yuval Mayron is general manager for Internet of Things (IoT) at Amdocs and has worked extensively to create the company’s comprehensive eSIM offerings. He explains to George Malim how exploiting the full benefits and opportunities of eSIM necessitates a holistic approach that brings together the technical solution, with the device makers, network operators, […]
What is the Maximum Income Tax You can Save (FY 2019-20)?
What is the Maximum Income Tax I can save for this Year (FY 2019-20)? A question I am often asked. Tax laws keep changing year on year especially in Budget. We publish eBook every year after budget which tells you about all tax saving options that are available to an individual (both salaried & business). In this post […]
E-payments industry counts the costs after zero MDR jolt
The year 2019 was an important one for the growth of digital payments in India. In October, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the country’s instant payment system, clocked up over 1 billion transactions for the first time. Since then, it has done so every month. Its growing popularity has benefited home-grown startups such as Paytm and […]
Cheap content marketing ideas for small business
Running a small business – or getting one off the round – is a titanic task. It’s also immensely costly. One of the most important aspects of continued business success is your content marketing activity strategy. To peek above the heads of your competition you need to outspend them, right? Not so fast. So come […]
Netflix introduces offer for new users: Pay just Rs 5 for the first month
Netflix is reportedly testing a new introductory offer whereby subscribers need to pay only Rs 5 for the first month. Old users will not be able to avail this offer. An obvious attempt to entice new users into taking out a subscription, Netflix, rolled out this plan to some users on February 21. The company […]
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma reveals road to profitability; may take 2 years to come out of red
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Digitial payment giant Paytm expects to turn profitable after two years as it is monetising the existing customer base and eyes financial services as its next major frontier for growth, its founder CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said. Noida-based firm, which had an astonishing rise after infamous demonetisation in 2016, is betting on […]