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NPCI, SBI Payments join hands to launch "RuPay SoftPoS" for merchants

It will enable the merchants to turn their smartphones into a PoS machine

India Post, Nabard, 4 PSU banks part of two consortia vying for NUE licence

One group is led by top payment solutions firm Financial Software and Systems, the other by FIS, which provided tech solutions for merchants, banks, and capital markets firms globally

UPI registers 2.29 billion transactions worth Rs 4.25 trillion in Feb

This is up 73% by volume and 90% by value YoY; FASTag touches all-time high by both volume and value

NPCI apologises to investors, starts exclusive clearing system for MFs

Last week, several MF investors had faced glitches in payments via UPI, which NPCI attributed to 'migration of systems'

PhonePe retains top position with 42% UPI market share in January

In January, on a month-on-month (MoM) basis, PhonePe saw its transactions go up by a little over 7 per cent and their value nearly 5 per cent

RBI working committee in favour of setting up NPCI-type agency for fintechs

RBI panel favours new structure for better supervision

Gap between PMJDY scheme beneficiaries and RuPay cards issued widens

RuPay, operated by the National Payments Corpo­ra­tion of India (NPCI), is India's homegrown card network

WhatsApp Pay is easy to use, but take a few extra security measures

Make sure you guard against fraudsters who may try to trick you into sending them money

Snapdeal partners NPCI to enable doorstep QR Code payments for orders

Snapdeal said it has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to allow shoppers to make QR-based digital payments at the time of accepting delivery of their orders

Major toll plazas in Mumbai now on FASTag platform, Dahisar to go live soon

Currently, more than 720 toll plazas across the country are live on the FASTag platform

Google Pay, PhonePe account for 82% of UPI market by volume in Nov

New entrant into the market WhatsApp Pay had done 300,000 transactions in November, worth Rs 13.87 crore

UPI records over 2 bn transactions for second time in a row in November

Launched in 2016, UPI crossed 1 bn transactions for the first time in Oct 2019. While it took UPI three years to reach a billion transactions in a month, the next billion came in just a year

NPCI diversifies its ownership with share allotment to 19 new entities

Completes private placement of 4.63 per cent equity shares worth Rs 82 cr; number of shareholders rises to 67

Promote competition

Govt is turning anti-consumer in digital payments

Push Rupay as first option, seed accounts with Aadhaar by Dec: FM to banks

Retired bank employees should not be forgotten; bankers should be a cohesive family such as in defence, says Sitharaman

WhatsApp makes a move towards e-commerce, rolls out a shopping button

The WhatsApp button will let users browse through a catalogue offered by a business

Google, Walmart hit by India's move to limit some digital payments players

More than 2.07 billion UPI transactions were processed in October, according to NPCI, with Walmart's PhonePe accounting for just over 40% of those transactions

After NPCI nod, WhatsApp Pay set for a first come, first served plan

WhatsApp is working on the integration of its payment option with Jio Mart's e-commerce platform.

UPI firms say volume cap to hit biz; NPCI calls it a bid to curb dominance

Industry insiders suggest that this is aimed at bringing a balance in the UPI ecosystem, which is dominated by a few large players

Capping mkt share of UPI players to impact users, may hit adoption: Experts

Google Pay, Walmart's PhonePe and Paytm are among the TPAP players in the fast-growing UPI ecosystem, amid the sustained push for boosting digital payments in the country