NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) on Thursday executed a definitive agreement with digital payments infrastructure provider PPRO to offer Indian customers a platform for hassle-free e-commerce payments globally. The agreement aims at expanding RuPay card and UPI acceptance across PPRO’s global clients, such as payment service providers (PSPs) and global merchant acquirers, a joint statement … Read more
Walmart-owned Indian payments firm PhonePe on Wednesday said it had raised an additional $100 million (roughly Rs. 820 crores) from General Atlantic and other investors as part of its ongoing $1 billion (roughly Rs. 82,063 crores) fundraising to expand into the lucrative lending space. With the latest round, PhonePe, India’s most valuable payments firm with … Read more
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement. NPCI has permitted … Read more
India’s sprawling digital public infrastructure received a glowing endorsement from billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday as he praised the country’s “great” digital network, reliable and low-cost connectivity, and said this will be the cheapest 5G market. Under the G20 presidency of India, a session on ‘Building resilient and inclusive economies — the Promise of Digital … Read more
India’s homegrown Paytm Payments Bank is currently the only platform to exclusively offer UPI Lite payments, which enables faster real-time transactions with a single tap on the Paytm app. Paytm UPI Lite will never fail even during peak transaction hours, even when banks have success rate issues, according to a Paytm’s statement released on Friday. Paytm UPI … Read more
PhonePe, Indian digital payments and financial technology company, has launched support for cross-border UPI payments, under UPI International. The apps’ users can now use their Indian bank accounts to pay at merchant outlets in the UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan, The Bhutan Live reported. Earlier, Indian users had to use either foreign currency in … Read more
The Reserve Bank on Friday issued instructions permitting travellers from G20 nations to use the mobile-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make payments while in India. UPI is a system that bunches multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application, merging several banking features, seamless fund routing and merchant payments under a common platform. On … Read more
The government will roll out digital credit service this year which will enable even small street vendors to avail credit from large banks, Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Speaking at ‘Digital Payments Utsav’, Vaishnaw said it will be rolled out like UPI service and will be a big achievement under Prime … Read more