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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

Krafton plans ₹6,000 crore fund for Asian tech firms, India in focus

Krafton's investment in the form of the new investment fund comes at a time when the company is accelerating its presence in the region

Fintech firm Google Pay plans to add more co-branded card issuers

Google Pay has launched its co-branded credit card with Axis Bank on RuPay, enabling UPI linkage, and said it will add more issuers to widen reach across user segments

Payments to be most-used service on YONO 2.0, says SBI chairman C S Setty

According to SBI, with the new YONO app and internet banking now operating on a unified backend architecture and sharing the same user interface, customers will experience seamless omnichannel

Messi's India outing: Laser-lit skylines, packed stadiums, frenzied fans

Delhi braces for Argentina superstar's arrival as memories of Kolkata linger and football fever grips the country

The 'delusional' optimist: Harshil Mathur on Razorpay's journey, challenges

Lunch with BS: Mathur takes Ajinkya Kawale and Shivani Shinde through the payment aggregator's journey, its challenges, his vision for it, and where his optimism comes from

As trade routes shift, demand for translation services will surge: RWS CEO

RWS CEO Benjamin Faes said translation demand will rise as firms expand into non-English markets, with India growing 20 per cent annually and local headcount likely to rise to 2,000

Infibeam Avenues to rebrand as AvenuesAI, elevates Vishwas Patel as CEO

Vishwas Patel elevated to MD & CEO as fintech major shifts strategy to integrate AI across its digital infrastructure

Fintech firm Fibe raises $35 million from IFC in Series F funding

The Series F investment comes about 18 months after the Pune-based company raised $90 million in a Series E funding round led by TR Capital, Trifecta Capital, and Amara Partners

Fintech Skydo set to expand to US after $10 million Series A round

The Bengaluru-based company is targeting US-based small and medium businesses (SMBs) as part of its expansion plan

Purchase of digital gold contracts via UPI contracts 47% in November

The value of digital gold investments fell sharply in November after Sebi's caution, though transaction volumes rose slightly, signaling small-ticket buying continues