Upi

NPCI BHIM Services set to provide Canara Bank with UPI payments tech

Bank will integrate NBSL's bank plugins to host latest UPI features and upgrades on its app, aiming to improve security and scalability while lowering the cost of maintaining an independent interface

Aim to expand UPI's footprint with East Asia push: DFS secy M Nagaraju

Nagaraju further said UPI transactions crossed more than 21 billion in December 2025, underlining the rapid adoption of digital payments in the country

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

UPI ends 2025 strong with record 21.63 bn transactions worth ₹27.97 trn

India's UPI processed a record 21.63 billion transactions worth ₹27.97 trillion in December, helping the platform close 2025 with its strongest-ever annual volumes and values

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

India can offer a blueprint for universal, trustworthy AI agents at scale

India should provide every citizen a free, privacy-first AI agent, built on digital public infrastructure, to ensure safe, inclusive access to information, services and decision-making tools

Amazon Pay rolls out biometric authentication for UPI payments in India

Amazon Pay now lets Android users approve eligible UPI transactions with fingerprint or facial recognition, reducing PIN friction for payments up to ₹5,000, the company said

India talking to 8 more nations for UPI acceptance: Financial services secy

India is talking to about eight countries, including those in East Asia, to make UPI payments acceptable, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said on Friday. Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is currently accepted in eight countries -- Bhutan, Singapore, Qatar, Mauritius, Nepal, UAE, Sri Lanka and France. Acceptability of India's digital payment network overseas enables Indian tourists to make UPI payments for transactions abroad. "We are now talking to about 7-8 countries, including many in East Asia, to have UPI transactions," Nagaraju said at a conference on Harnessing AI and digital public infrastructure for Viksit Bharat. Nagaraju also said that India is including a track on UPI in some of the trade negotiations with countries. "Some of the trade negotiations we are doing with some of the countries now, we are trying to have a track on UPI so that the fintech industry which is deeply involved in UPI also have a foot in the financial sector where we have the cost, scale ...

Strengthening investor protection key priority for regulator: Sebi chief

Markets regulator Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday stressed the need to strengthen investor protection, warning that unregistered advisory groups continue to lure individuals into unsafe trading channels and that dabba trading keeps resurfacing in new digital forms. Addressing a regional investor awareness seminar organised by the BSE in Coimbatore, Pandey said the challenge has intensified in an age where misinformation spreads faster than facts. Fraudulent trading apps look convincing, digital profiles mimic legitimacy, and guaranteed-return schemes promise what no regulated market can offer. Reiterating the seriousness of the threat, he noted that such "unregistered advisory groups lure individuals into unsafe trading channels, and dabba trading continues to reappear in new digital disguises". Such unregistered advisory groups and disguised dabba operations are not isolated incidents, but coordinated attempts to exploit investor trust, curiosity and aspiration. This .

Navi aims to become a major UPI player as it scales credit line offerings

Rajiv Naresh, MD and CEO, Navi, says the fintech aims to capture a significant share of the UPI ecosystem by investing in credit line products, strengthening tech infra, and customer awareness

BHIM launches full delegation feature for UPI Circle to net more users

BHIM has enabled full delegated payments under UPI Circle, allowing primary users to authorise trusted secondary contacts to make payments of up to ₹15,000 a month

UPI set to interlink with European instant payment system TIPS: RBI

UPI will be linked with Europe's tips system to enable faster, low-cost cross-border payments between India and the Euro area, with RBI and ECB starting work on technical integration

Why CBDC when we have UPI?: T Rabi Sankar explains the future of digital currency

Why CBDC when we have UPI?: T Rabi Sankar explains the future of digital currency

Chhattisgarh allows credit, debit and UPI payments for GST filing

The initiative aims to make tax payments simpler, faster, and more transparent for traders and businesses, a state government spokesperson said

Paytm unveils all-new app with AI features to enhance payment experience

Paytm (One 97 Communications Ltd), India's full-stack merchant payments leader serving MSMEs and enterprises, has launched a fully redesigned version of its flagship app, integrating artificial intelligence-driven features to streamline and personalise everyday transactions for its users. The update introduces a cleaner user interface alongside over 15 new features that seek to make payments faster and smarter for customers across the country, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in 12 countries. One of the standout innovations is the launch of "Gold Coins," a first-of-its-kind initiative that rewards users with digital gold on every payment, adding a valuable savings dimension to regular transactions. The revamped app is built around AI, allowing it to understand spending patterns, automatically organise transactions, and provide personalised insights. Features such as the reimagined balance history with AI tags help users quickly gauge their total balance across UPI-linked bank

UPI hits record high in Oct; PSBs eye global scale, tech upgrades

UPI hits record high in Oct; PSBs eye global scale, tech upgrades

Your credit is easier to steal than your money: How online lending works

A simple 'Buy now, pay later' click can trigger a full loan without consent. Weak verification, no alerts, and instant disbursals are fuelling identity fraud in India's digital lending ecosystem

Festival season brings UPI boom, transactions hit record Rs 27 trn in Oct

Volume was up by 5 per cent and value by 10 per cent in October versus September this year

Post-UPI, Indian payments players look to foreign shores | BFSI Summit 2025 | Online payment

In the past decade, India has become the blueprint for digital payments innovation, and the government has taken the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) beyond Indian shores and into other countries