PhonePe had integrated the AA service into its consumer app, allowing users to create an interoperable AA handle and access bank statements through the "check balance" feature at no cost
Account aggregators are non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) that deliver a user's financial data from financial information providers (FIPs) to financial information users (FIUs)
The apex payments body recorded 16.73 billion transactions in December 2024. UPI registered over 172 billion transactions in 2024 alone
The Maha Kumbh Mela, expected to commence on January 13, 2025, and continue till February 26, 2025, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
This is the first time in many months that a firm outside the top three has achieved this
The mandate, which was to take effect from the end of 2024, will now kick in at the end of December 2026
At present, the overall user base of PhonePe is over 500 million. Of these, its merchant base is over 40 million
The move will allow the Walmart-backed fintech firm to offer an integrated payment flow-from transaction origination to final settlement-to the merchants it services
At present, the overall user base of PhonePe is over 500 million. Of these, its merchant base is over 40 million
In January this year, Bansal also stepped down from Flipkart's board. He had been on the PhonePe board since 2016, when the Flipkart group acquired the payments firm
Artificial intelligence (AI) has played a pivotal role in enabling PhonePe to streamline operations that previously required human intervention
About 10 per cent of company's revenue comes from government subsidies on digital payments
The plan can be purchased on the PhonePe app and provides coverage to families by insuring up to four family members, including the user, their spouse, and up to two children
The company's worry continues to be the regulatory market cap in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments ecosystem. Market cap is not the right solution, said Rahul Chari
PhonePe's market share on UPI is pegged at 49 per cent, with the second-largest player Google Pay processing about 38 per cent of the total transaction volumes in the country
Delhi Police also probing alleged involvement of social media influencers
NPCI is considering increasing the allowable market share to to over 40% from the previously proposed 30% cap