Kotak Mahindra, UTI and HDFC mutual funds have halted bulk subscriptions to gold exchange-traded funds ahead of Dussehra and Diwali, amid concerns that seasonal demand could widen India’s import bill and pressure the rupee. Several large Indian mutual fund houses…
South Korea’s NH Nonghyup Card is testing a system that could let AI agents find products, apply purchase conditions and complete payments using stablecoins. NH Nonghyup Card is exploring a system that would let an artificial intelligence agent do the…
A 30-day spending record can expose the gap between financial assumptions and everyday behaviour, provided the system is simple enough to maintain. A first month of budget tracking rarely fails because people cannot do the maths. It usually fails because…
New funding and AI tools are helping Indian drug developers cut the cost of finding promising compounds, but experts warn that weak preclinical and clinical capacity could stall the journey to approved medicines. India is stepping up its push into…
Google is expanding Circle to Search beyond visual lookups, allowing selected Android users to check suspicious texts for signs of fraud before opening links or replying. Google is pushing Circle to Search beyond visual lookup and into scam detection, adding…
Kotak Mahindra, UTI and HDFC mutual funds have paused large subscriptions to gold exchange-traded funds after discussions with SEBI, restricting fresh inflows as demand typically rises during Dussehra and Diwali. Several major Indian mutual funds have paused bulk subscriptions into…
Voice clones, flawless emails and convincing fake websites are making fraud harder to spot, but experts say slowing down, checking requests independently and securing key accounts remain the strongest protections. Artificial intelligence is making everyday fraud harder to spot, but…
India’s unemployment rate was unchanged in September as higher urban joblessness, driven mainly by women, offset broadly steady conditions in rural areas. India’s unemployment rate held at 5.0% in September, unchanged from August, as a slight rise in joblessness in…
The Dow’s share-price weighting gives Goldman Sachs greater influence than Microsoft in the DIA exchange-traded fund, despite Microsoft’s far larger market value. A quirk of the Dow Jones Industrial Average means a company’s influence in one of America’s best-known exchange-traded…
Mutual funds invested nearly ₹6,000 crore in Reliance Industries in September, while strong SIP and small-cap inflows pointed to renewed appetite for growth stocks despite market volatility. Mutual funds turned buyers of Reliance Industries in September, making the energy-to-retail conglomerate…
