Page 9 - Q&a

Our mobility card may be better than OysterPay: PayCraft's Ambarish Parekh

'We are implementing a mobile-based QR payment in offline mode in one of our upcoming Metro projects', said Parekh

Aviation is not a cash guzzling biz, if done right: Vinay Dube of Akasa Air

'There continues to be a lot of room for efficiency and cost optimisation', says Dube

Sustainability will be the key driver for growth: AIIB's Erik Berglöf

Countries offering decarbonisation opportunities will be more competitive, says AIIB chief economist Erik Berglöf

Gird up for higher volatility in 2022: Edelweiss MF's Trideep Bhattacharya

'We are constructive on mid- and small-caps stocks over the medium term', said Bhattacharya

Protecting customer data is foremost priority: ShareChat & Moj's Mukherjee

Today, Moj has the highest number of monthly active users-160 million amongst Indian short video apps

2021 saw greater collaboration among pharma, govt, academia: Sudarshan Jain

'Diversified supply chain is a fundamental need', said Jain

It's my job to take the best of both firms: Punit Goenka on Zee-Sony merger

CEO and managing director of Zee Entertainment speaks on alliance with Sony India announced on Thursday.

In India you don't have casual payer, you have casual player: Games24x7 CEO

'Gaming came into the limelight during the pandemic, and we also saw a bunch of states passing laws to ban this space'', said Bhavin Pandya

Tepid private consumption holding back investments: Ficci president Mehta

India needs 'virtuous cycle' of demand prompting capital spending that will lead to job creation, he says in an interview.

FIIs expected to return to the Indian equity market in 2022: Abhijit Bhave

The recent FII outflows can also be viewed as a year-end phenomenon and a possible knee-jerk reaction to recent events, Bhave said

Hospitalisations, not total Omicron cases, should concern us: Gautam Menon

'Boosters are certainly in order for the elderly, those health care workers who were vaccinated early on and the immunocompromised', said Menon

PHFI's K Srinath Reddy on the new Covid-variant and booster shots of vaccine

Music & film bring in about half of our business: T-Series' Bhushan Kumar

It took us 10 years to reach 100 million and within two years we have doubled the number, says MD Kumar

India is much more attractive than any other emerging market: Ritu Arora

High-quality equity investments are the best asset class to allocate long-term growth capital, Arora said

We invest for 10-20 years, do not need public listing to exit: Prosus CEO

'Don't get blinded by near term big numbers but think of the decades ahead', said Bob van Dijk

Meta's counter to hate speech: Ten fact checkers in 11 languages

Meta also has people reviewing potentially problematic content in 20 Indian languages

Repayments not an issue, things are back to normal: Karur Vysya Bank CEO

In a Q&A, B Ramesh Babu dwells on the recovery from Covid, implementation of government schemes and the roadmap for the future

Things have improved rapidly, don't need QIP: IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta

'If we project our cash flow for the next two years, it's only rising', said Dutta

Policybazaar IPO minted 70 millionaires, 350 crorepatis: Yashish Dahiya

In a Q&A, the Policybazaar Founder and Chairman talks about how his staff will gain from the listing, and what his parents feel about the IPO

Rates to remain benign, corp credit revival likely in 4-6 months: SBI chief

In a Q&A, the lender's chairman Dinesh Khara says the banking system awaits a restructuring proposal from Vodafone-Idea