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Navi Mumbai airport registers 100,000 footfall as operations scale up

Between December 25 and January 12, the airport handled a total of 1,09,917 passengers

Credgenics forays into consumer segment with FixMyScore.ai platform

Credgenics has entered the consumer segment with the launch of FixMyScore.ai, targeting credit score improvement and repayment solutions for retail borrowers

NPCI BHIM Services set to provide Canara Bank with UPI payments tech

Bank will integrate NBSL's bank plugins to host latest UPI features and upgrades on its app, aiming to improve security and scalability while lowering the cost of maintaining an independent interface

RBI may introduce licensing regime for corporate business correspondents

Currently, fintechs operating in the segment are not directly regulated by the RBI, with partner banks assuming responsibility for the actions of the companies they contract

Polygon Labs set to acquire two crypto firms for over $250 million

These acquisitions come at a time of a favourable regulatory environment for the sector in the United States (US), with further plans to scale in markets where regulations are favourable

Liquidnitro Games raises $19.1 mn in Series A led by Northpoint Capital

The Hyderabad-based game production firm said the funding will help scale its AI-enabled production platform, expand partnerships through co-investments and grow its footprint across India

Finops platform Bluecopa raises $7.5 million in Series A funding round

Finops startup Bluecopa raised $7.5 million in a Series A round led by Analog Partners to expand its AI-native autonomous finance platform globally

Navi Mumbai airport seeks telecom charges in line with Mumbai airport

Navi Mumbai airport has proposed charging telcos for in-building telecom infrastructure at rates benchmarked to Mumbai airport, amid an ongoing right-of-way dispute

Post-DPDP, info collected by banks needs to be revisited: RBI official

Banks must reassess the amount of customer data they collect under the DPDP Rules, while continuing to innovate responsibly with AI, an RBI official said

Skydo receives final RBI authorisation for cross-border payments

Skydo's PA-CB-I licence enables it to process cross-border payments, specifically for facilitating inward transactions

Digital Gold: Value of purchases via UPI rebounds after declining in Nov

The value of digital gold was recorded at ₹2,079.31 crore across 183.32 million transactions in December

Amazon Pay partners with 7 financial entities for fixed deposits

The company said it had partnered with two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), Shriram Finance and Bajaj Finance, along with five banks

NPCI authorised fewer new third-party UPI apps in 2025 after April outage

NPCI approved 13 third-party UPI apps in 2025, with five limited to closed user groups, as tighter due diligence and new safety controls followed an April system outage, sources said

NPCI sets up unit to scale up digital infrastructure beyond payments

NTSL will not be a section 8 company which is similar to the other three subsidiary structures that NPCI currently has

Commercial flights begin at Navi Mumbai Airport, airlines plan to scale-up

Domestic services are expected to be operated by Indian carriers such as Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo and Star Air with a plan of 24 scheduled departures daily

India's startups build humanoids with local code, globally sourced hardware

Indian robotics startups are developing humanoid and quadruped robots using locally built software while relying on global supply chains for critical hardware, as deployments steadily rise

Routine jobs will be lost as new tech gains ground: Narayana Murthy

Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy said AI and other new technologies will eliminate routine work, but productivity gains can create jobs if workers learn to use and master these tools

Paytm to enter Indonesia and Luxembourg; brings Alabbar SPV into UAE unit

Paytm is setting up wholly owned subsidiaries in Indonesia and Luxembourg and is restructuring its UAE unit by bringing in an SPV of Emaar founder Mohamed Alabbar as a 49% shareholder

AAHL will either have an IPO or demerger between 2027 and 2030: Jeet Adani

Navi Mumbai International Airport will begin commercial operations on December 25, with Adani Airports outlining traffic targets, capex plans and long-term expansion

Adani group plans to invest ₹1 trn in airports, infra facilities in 5 years

At present, AAHL operates seven airports in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur and Guwahati. The NMIA would be its eighth airport