Sameer Nigam says move worked due to presence of long-term investors such as Walmart, Tencent and several balance sheet investors who can take a multi-decade view
The scheme was first announced in FY22 Budget with a financial outlay of Rs 1,300 crore
Complaints relating to digital modes of payment and transactions were the highest, constituting 42.12% during the year
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The central bank had released a discussion paper in August that outlined existing rules for charges, while presenting other options through which these could be levied
The central bank digital currency is unlikely to replace cash and other digital mediums of transactions but could coexist with them
Paytm's stock price dive is the steepest first-year slide globally among IPOs that raised at least the same amount since Spain's Bankia SA's 82% drop in 2012
Autopay helps customers make recurring payments using any UPI application
Merchant subscriptions driving higher payment volumes, says Vijay Shekhar Sharma
The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted digital transactions, with UPI turning out to be the biggest gainer, however, the dependence on cash has not reduced
Technology changing how Indians make payments; trend will help monetary transmission: SBI Research
Better revenue was primarily driven by robust growth across all businesses; contribution margin grew to 88% from 84% the previous year
Those visiting Europe will be able to make payments through UPI as the NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has entered into a partnership with European payment services facilitator Worldline. NIPL is the global arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The partnership between NIPL and Worldline is aimed at expanding acceptance of Indian payment means across Europe, according to a joint release issued on Tuesday. Under the partnership, Worldline's QR code-based mechanism will allow merchants' Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems in Europe to accept UPI payments from Indians using their mobile phones. Later on, the Indian customers will also be able to use their RuPay debit or credit cards to make payments in Europe. This will result in a multitude of customer-related merchant benefits due to an increase in footfall and spending from Indian tourists, NPCI and Worldline said in the release. Currently, Indian customers pay through international card networks when they trav
PayU's expansion plans which it had charted out based on the acquisition have been put on hold for over a year
All businesses, and entities now owned by and consolidated under PhonePe Pvt Ltd-India
The move will breathe life into the RBI's January 3 framework which sought to give a fillip to offline payments and lead to the activation of the One Nation, One Card for on-the-go payments
The upper limit for payments has been set at Rs 200; wallet balance cannot exceed Rs 2,000 at any point
E-commerce firm's units for digital payments and selling cloud service report losses too for FY22
Under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, up to Rs 19,000 crore were transferred directly into bank accounts of 95 million beneficiaries in a single day, he added
Banks pay a switching fee running into hundreds of crores every year for UPI, but have to offer the service for free