New platform to thwart fraud in e-commerce
The commerce ministry yesterday launched a Central Complaint Management System (CCMS) in order to protect consumers from fraud while purchasing goods and services from e-commerce firms.
Central complaint management system to prevent e-commerce fraud
The CCMS platform will act as a bridge between the consumers, regulators and the e-commerce stakeholders
E-orange founder, her relatives bought assets with customers’ money
She took advance payment from customers luring them with hefty discounts and then purchased a plot and flat with over Tk 9 crore. Her relatives also purchased property with the customers’ money.
Daraz to invest Tk 1,000 crore in Bangladesh in 4 years
Daraz intends to invest Tk 1,000 crore in Bangladesh in the next 3-4 years to ramp up its operation by building infrastructure and ecosystem, the Alibaba Group-backed e-commerce venture said today.
5,867 complaints against E-orange, only 33 settled so far
Only 33 out of the 5,867 complaints filed against controversial e-commerce platform E-orange as of June this year have so far been settled.
Pran-RFL, upay sign deal for salary disbursement, merchant payment
Mobile financial service provider upay today signed an agreement with Pran-RFL Group to facilitate salary disbursement and merchant payment.
“Missing server password holding up payments to Evaly customers, merchants”
A missing server password is holding up any and all meaningful methods of paying back Evaly customers and merchants – and there is seemingly no way to retrieve this password.
Give loans against digital business ID
E-commerce entrepreneurs yesterday urged the government to provide them with bank loans by taking into account their digital business identification (DBID) in place of trade licences.
E-commerce sites want bank loans against digital business ID
E-commerce entrepreneurs today urged the government to provide them with bank loans by taking into account their digital business identification (DBID) in place of trade licences.
Pran-RFL, upay sign deal for salary disbursement, merchant payment
Mobile financial service provider upay today signed an agreement with Pran-RFL Group to facilitate salary disbursement and merchant payment.
Two panels reject e-CAB poll results
“The two panels of Oikko and Changemakers have not accepted the results,” Abdul Aziz, leader of Oikko, and Waseem Alim, leader of The Change Makers, made the comment in a joint statement.
e-CAB elects new exec committee
Members of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) yesterday elected an executive committee comprising nine members for a two-year term.
e-CAB polls end, 76.6% votes cast
Out of 795 voters, around 609 votes or 76.6 per cent of the total were cast, said AHM Bazlur Rahman, a member of the commission formed to hold the election.
Shakib’s Monarch Mart will sell products of Shwapno
Ace Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan’s e-commerce platform Monarch Mart will now sell products of leading Bangladeshi retail chain Shwapno.
E-commerce recovery: Card purchases cross Tk 900cr in March
E-commerce purchases through cards bounced back in March as the total transaction value crossed Tk 900 crore for the first time since July last year, when a number of scams were unearthed in the sector.
Digital sales take off as Eid nears
Sales on digital platforms have picked up in Bangladesh as people in droves are purchasing products online as part of their preparations to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.