Google Pay had 67 million users in India as of September 19
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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
NPCI allowed WhatsApp to start its payments service in the country in a "graded" manner, starting with a maximum registered user base of 20 million in UPI
No fee will be charged when sending money via WhatsApp, said Facebook CEO Zuckerberg following the nod by National Payments Corporation of India for WhatsApp to go live on UPI in the multi-bank model
Walmart-owned digital payments firm hits $277-billion annual TPV run-rate
Paytm suggested the global tech giant's move as hypocritical as Google, too, regularly runs similar scratch card campaigns in India under its Google Pay app
Defending the move, bankers said that the charges have been introduced in a bid to prevent frivolous transactions from putting a load on the system
The IIT-Bombay report further said UPI as a digital payments platform increases efficiency towards tax compliance, and provides overall convenience for public good
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The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to further amplify the reach of digital payments with people terrified of using cash
These contributions have been allowed as per Section 46(1)(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005
The petitioner approached the high court after Google Pay did not allow him to contribute to the PM CARES Fund, without making another VPA or UPI ID on its own app.
The value of IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) transactions in April fell to about Rs 1.21 trillion in April, from about Rs 2.02 trillion in March
Payment gateways, says the latest guidelines, will be considered as technology providers or outsourcing partners of banks or non-banks, as the case may be.
"Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) today (Friday) announced that they are restricting transaction settlements, including UPI, into Yes Bank accounts to safeguard their users' money," PPBL said in a state
Its entry will increase competition especially when WhatsApp too has received approvals to launch payments
SBI Cards expects competition to intensify in future
The index, according to people in the know, will help the regulator understand the impact and spread of digital payments in rural, urban, and semi-urban areas
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in the last Budget that no charge would be levied on UPI and Rupay transactions