Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The RBI has introduced the Unified Payment Interface that is expected to change the way the current payment systems especially over mobile wallets change…hopefully for the better. NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India) has released the details of the architecture … Continue reading →

True Caller is a reasonably popular mobile App which many mobile users in India have downloaded and installed. When the user receives a call from another True Caller user, though his name may not be in the contact list of … Continue reading →

Software is a unique industry where from Operating Systems to applications, programs are released for public use, without any real commitment from the software developers as to whether the program is free from vulnerabilities. In fact, vulnerabilities give raise to … Continue reading →

The recently reported fraud in Kolkata where five engineering students were arrested for a Bank Wallet fraud involving Rs 8.6 crores is an incident to ponder. (See the report in TOI here). According to the report, the persons arrested were … Continue reading →

In an interesting development of how even tech savvy CEOs often become victims of Cyber Crimes, it is reported (See the Report here) that Flipkart CEO’s E mail was hacked and two mails were sent from it to the company’s … Continue reading →

In a bid to check fraudulent practices by sellers, Flipkart has instituted a “Mystery Shopping” team and found several malpractices including, a) Supply of substandard products b) Selling of Counterfeit products c) Buying out competitor’s products and returning them d) … Continue reading →