NPCI joins hands with Discover Financial Services
The Reserve Bank of India-backed National Payments Corp. of India Ltd (NPCI), the nodal agency to manage and promote retail electronic payments in India, recently tied-up with US-based Discover Financial Services to launch globally accepted debit cards.

Parliamentary panel for opening bank branches in unbanked areas
In its bid to promote financial inclusion, a Parliamentary committee said banks should open branches in rural and unbanked areas and treat them as “service centre” instead of “profit centre”.

TN residents to soon get delivery status of government services via SMS
Keeping its promise of expanding e-governance initiatives across the country, the Tamil Nadu government is mulling over launching an SMS-based service which will facilitate tracking and delivery of government services for the citizens and the government officials.

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Prof S Sadagopan, Director, IIIT-Bangalore provides a succinct overview of the educational, research and social activities that the IIIT, Bangalore.

Securing Data with Encryption and Control
Dave Hansen, President & CEO, SafeNet has extensive experience leading innovative, global IT software and security initiatives for large, multinational corporations.