Ajinkya Kawale

The focus is on user protection, mapping actual risks from potential liabilities when agents go rogue, and governance standards around evolving technologies like these

New UPI features enable tap-to-pay at PoS terminals and a unified transaction view, while Bharat Connect adds multicurrency capabilities for forex transactions

The fintech major has secured two licences from the Central Bank of the UAE to offer consumer payment instruments and e-payment acceptance infrastructure to merchants.

Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur said AI could lower personalisation costs and help startups target niches such as Gen Z payments, HNI wealth management and multilingual platforms.

Gautam Aggarwal explains the opportunity for credit cards in the country, elucidates his strategy on services, and addresses his thoughts on a potential linkage to home grown payments network UPI

Suresh Sethi, who took charge as Visa's group country manager for India & South Asia in April this year, addresses the growth challenge for cards amid the growing dominance of UPI

Paytm, Pine Labs, Razorpay, Cashfree and Juspay are deploying AI agents across merchant and internal workflows, but monetisation remains nascent as most offerings are still being tested

The Bharat Connect-powered feature gives users access to 22,722 billers across 30 categories and supports payments through UPI, credit cards and debit cards

Karthik will lead operations and merchant experiences across India and international markets as Pine Labs looks to build a unified operational model globally

Breeze Universal connects brands' product catalogues with AI interfaces, allowing shoppers to discover, compare and purchase products within a single conversation

Nepal's Embassy asks Indian donors to activate UPI International for contributions to the PM Disaster Relief Fund, taking the payment rail beyond its tourism use case

PE/VC investments rose 3 per cent YoY and 52 per cent sequentially to $4.1 billion in July, while exits fell 83 per cent YoY to $1.6 billion, IVCA-EY data shows

Cashfree is targeting Rs 20,000 crore in lost GMV through AI agents that can follow up on abandoned carts, retry failed payments and manage disputes

The demand is likely to draw resistance, as payment aggregators are not direct members of the UPI network run by the NPCI

'Our target group has been young middle class. Over the years, we have graduated to a slightly higher ticket size doing about Rs 1.5 lakh in average ticket size in unsecured credit or personal loans;

A 2017 RBI rule barring merchants from passing debit card MDR to customers could guide safeguards against similar charges on UPI payments

There is a paradigm shift happening in the cybersecurity domain as entry barriers for attacks have reduced because of artificial intelligence, says 63SATS Cybertech's joint MD & joint CEO

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, including a CCI nod, and comes as the Bengaluru-based fintech prepares for a potential initial public offering

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, including a CCI nod, and comes as the Bengaluru-based fintech prepares for a potential initial public offering

The fintech firm has shifted its digital lending operations to MDSPL after RBI approval and expects quarterly disbursals of more than Rs 1,000 crore.