Speed, scale, security: How FSS keeps digital payments safe

In this businessline podacst, Anupama Alok Ghosh speaks with Vishal Maru, Global Processing Head at Financial Software and Systems (FSS), to explore how India’s payment ecosystem is tackling rising financial crime. Drawing insights from the latest Kroll financial crime report, the conversation dives into emerging fraud trends, insider threats, and how FSS maintains real-time fraud…

Instagram accounts of Babar Azam, Rizwan and many other Pakistani cricketers blocked in India

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam along with Mohammad Rizwan. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India on Friday (May 2, 2025) blocked Instagram accounts of leading current and former Pakistani cricketers including Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Wasim Akram, intensifying its digital crackdown on influential personalities across the border in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack….

Germany defends extremist classification after Rubio slams ‘tyranny in disguise’

Germany’s Foreign Office has defended a decision to classify the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as right-wing extremist, after sharp criticism from the White House. US Vice-President JD Vance accused “bureaucrats” of rebuilding the Berlin Wall, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed the designation as “tyranny in disguise”. In an unusual move, the foreign…

PM Modi disappointed people of Andhra Pradesh yet again: Congress leader Shivaji

A.P. Congress Committee vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji on Friday (May 2, 2025) alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Vijayawada to re-launch Amaravati capital works, left people of the State disappointed again. Also read: PM Modi in Andhra Pradesh highlights…

Kashmiris being unfairly targeted in massive crackdown, families being torn apart: Mirwaiz

Chief cleric of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Hurriyat chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday sermon at the Jama Masjid in Srinagar, said Kashmiris were being targeted over the Pahalgam terror attack despite unanimous condemnation of the incident. Describing the killings of 26 civilians in the Pahalgam…

Judge strikes down Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie | Donald Trump News

A United States district judge has struck down an executive order from President Donald Trump that targeted the law firm Perkins Coie over its representation of his Democratic election rival Hillary Clinton. On Friday in Washington, DC, Judge Beryl A Howell issued a five-page order declaring the executive order unconstitutional. “Executive Order 14230 is unlawful,…

A.P. Minister Kandula Durgesh takes part in ceremonial enshrinement of Buddha’s relics in Vietnam

Minister for Tourism and Culture Kandula Durgesh and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju during the ceremonial enshrinement of the sacred relics of Lord Buddha at Vietnam Buddhist University. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement VIJAYAWADA Andhra Pradesh Minister for Tourism and Culture Kandula Durgesh, along with the Union Minister of Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju,…