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NAMA Digest: Developments at Paytm, PhonePe, Zomato, Oyo, Amazon, IndiaTech and more

A quick roundup of the developments in the Indian and international digital, tech and business ecosystem.  Developments in the digital ecosystem The Telangana Government has launched a digital networking platform called Telangana State GlobalLinker, in partnership with GlobalLinker. This platform will digitize and allow 2.3 million MSMEs in the state to create digital profiles for their businesses, connect with global MSMEs, connect buyers and suppliers and get industry trends and news. Membership to the platform also gives users benefits on travel, legal and financial services from SMEs and corporates. Paytm Payments Bank has launched zero-balance current accounts, reports TechStory with the aim to target 40 million small and medium enterprises in India. The account will be available to individuals, sole proprietors, SMEs, and large corporates, who can deposit money an unlimited number of times for free.  Walmart has tied up with PhonePe to accept payments via PhonePe app and wallet from kirana stores which purchase goods from Walmart’s B2B cash-and-carry stores, per Financial Express. Zomato said that it has a ‘solicitation’ problem on the platform, where influential foodies are incentivised, sometimes for money, to write about restaurants, reports News18. Zomato said that it has acted against 300 users after gathering evidence against them. Zomato has expanded to 40 cities with nearly 80,000 restaurants in 2018, reports the Financial Express. It claimed that 10.5 million users have used its 'book tables' service in 2018. Oyo has now launched private food labels ‘Adraq by Oyo’ and ‘O Biryani by Oyo’ via 20…

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