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NPCI likely to extend volume cap deadline for existing UPI apps
PhonePe, and Google Pay likely to be the beneficiaries
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Recession, climate change, Ukraine war: Kant lists challenges before G20
The former Niti Aayog chief executive said that climate change was another big crisis that the world faced, impacting larger nations, as well as threatening to submerge smaller island nations
 "Recession, climate change, Ukraine war: Kant lists challenges before G20")
Google expands Play Games for PC Beta to eight countries: Know more
Earlier this year, the company announced that Google Play Games would come to PCs as a beta experience to a limited number of players
 "Google expands Play Games for PC Beta to eight countries: Know more")
Centre to not intervene in deciding deadline for payment platforms' 30% cap
PhonePe and Google Pay approached the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) asking for an extension to the December 2022 deadline for at least three years
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Play Store policies: CCI lands second blow, Google fined Rs 936 crore
Regulator suggests eight corrective steps
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PhonePe in talks to raise $700 million at $12 billion valuation
Digital payments firm seeking investors' support to scale up operations and compete with rivals
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Walmart-backed PhonePe asks NPCI to extend the volume cap deadline
With this move, NPCI was aiming to reduce the concentration risk in the system and potentially curb the dominance of two large players while ensuring other players also get a chance to grow
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NPCI eases cap on WhatsApp payments service to expand to 100 mn users
Regulator granted WhatsApp approval in November 2020 to go live on UPI in the multi-bank model in a graded manner.
 "NPCI eases cap on WhatsApp payments service to expand to 100 mn users")
Google Pay launches Tap to Pay for UPI, in collaboration with Pine Labs
The functionality will be available to any UPI user who wants to use their NFC-enabled Android smartphone to transact using any Pine Labs Android POS terminal across the country
 "Google Pay launches Tap to Pay for UPI, in collaboration with Pine Labs")
DMI Finance to provide digital personal loans to Google Pay users
The personal loan programme will disburse up to Rs 1 Lakh per loan, repayable over a maximum of 36 months. The partnership is being launched in over 15,000 pin codes
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Indifi, Google Pay join hands to offer instant credit to small businesses
The collaboration aims to address the problem of meeting the working capital management of MSMEs and to help small merchants thrive in their business journey.
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Underlying digital payments infra must meet upcoming rise: Google Pay exec
Points to the surge the number of UPI transactions, which are nearly doubling each year
 "Underlying digital payments infra must meet upcoming rise: Google Pay exec")
Google Pay to roll out feature to ease digital payment experience
Google Pay said it will launch a 'speech to text feature that allows users to use voice as an input to add account numbers into the app to initiate a payment
Indians spending 20% more time on smartphones: Google India's Sanjay Gupta
He also announced "Google Career Certificates for upskillers'
Google India Digital Services' net profit rises 62% to Rs 53 cr in 2020-21
Google India Digital Services has seen its net profit rise about 62 per cent to Rs 53.22 crore, even as its revenue from operations fell two per cent to Rs 1,497.6 crore in 2020-21
Google halts plans for Google Pay-based banking service: Report
The service was supposed to let users sign up for checking or savings accounts offered by a variety of traditional banks that the user would then manage through the app
The Morning Show, Ep 2: Account aggregators, JioPhone Next, and gold prices
Why should RBI be bothered if Equitas ties up with Google Pay? What to expect from JioPhone Next, the world's cheapest 4G smartphone? Should you invest more in gold? Get answers in this episode
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Delhi HC issues notice to UIDAI on plea against GPay for unauthorised ops
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Unique Identification Authority Of India and others on a petition against Google Pay alleging unauthorised operations under the banking laws.
Epic's win in App Store case toughens fight against Google Play rules
Developers including 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games in the last year took aim at the two biggest mobile app stores, run by Apple and Google
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Flipkart, Amazon, BigBasket witnessing spectacular growth: PhonePe CEO
As the acceptance of digital payments have exploded in the country, Walmart-owned PhonePe is expecting its userbase to grow from 300 million to 900 million by 2026
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