India received remittances worth $120 billion in 2023, supported by strong labour markets in the United States and Europe
The latest partnership will provide the Zomato-led quick commerce platform's customers with a credit line, at no additional cost to merchants
India and South East Asian nation Cambodia are negotiating collaboration in UPI-based digital payment to promote trade and tourism, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. Both sides also deliberated upon diversification of the trade basket by identifying new products, bilateral investment treaty, recognition of Indian pharmacopoeia and collaboration in the pharma sector. These issues among others were discussed during the second meeting of the India-Cambodia Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment (JWGTI) here on Wednesday. Pharmacopoeia is a set of standards and quality specifications for ingredients, preparation and dosage forms of medicines manufactured, sold, consumed and exported in a country. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which sets standards for all drugs that are manufactured, sold and consumed in India. "The meeting discussed the progress of the ongoing efforts for collaboration in .
To encourage wider adoption of UPI Lite, the RBI today proposed to bring it under the e-mandate framework.
Data shared by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Saturday said that the May figures were 49 per cent up in volume and 39 per cent up in value compared to the same month in 2023
The app's future plans include broadening the loan offerings, initially focusing on mutual fund loans and eventually branching out to include home loans
Customers will continue receiving email for all UPI transactions, says lender
The private lender notified its customers via email and SMS that they will continue to receive email alerts for all UPI transactions
The Adani Group plans to offer new services through its consumer app, Adani One, which was launched in late 2022. The app currently offers travel services such as flight and hotel bookings
The settlement concludes five-year-long legal disputes across multiple courts
Around 7-9% of Apple's sales in its two company-owned stores were cash transactions, compared to less than 1 per cent or even none at all observed in its stores in the US or Europe
PhonePe on Wednesday announced a partnership with LankaPay to allow its users to pay using UPI across Sri Lanka. At an event to mark the collaboration, PhonePe said its app users travelling to Sri Lanka can make payments using UPI across LankaPay QR merchants. The transactions will be facilitated by the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and LankaPay National Payment Network. Users can scan LankaQR code to make secure and quick payments without carrying cash or calculating currency conversions. The amount will be debited in INR, showing the currency exchange rate. PhonePe's CEO, International Payments, Ritesh Pai, said the collaboration with LankaPay offers unparalleled convenience to Indian tourists who can now use a familiar and secure payment method while travelling and paying across LankaQR merchant points. "We are excited about the potential of this collaboration that would enhance payment experience to Indian tourists and business travellers during their stay in Sri Lanka and
Eight months left for the implementation deadline, the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) may be favouring growth over concerns about market domination
UPI transaction volumes rose 54% in March, as compared to 60% a year ago
Paytm's UPI market share plummets; Google Pay and PhonePe continue to dominate digital payments in India
However, the Noida-based company has continued to retain its spot as the third largest player in the ecosystem because other players are considerably smaller in comparison to the fintech major
Fasting, IMPS and Apes transactions decline too in the month
At present, there is no interchange fee defined by the NPCI for the credit line on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) service
Invest India forecasts India's e-commerce to soar to $325 billion by 2030, fueled by 500 million shoppers and a robust, low-cost internet penetration
Razorpay plans to offer the service to more banks in the future, the company's chief executive officer (CEO), Harshil Mathur said