DoT introduces 'Financial Fraud Risk Indicator' to fight cyber fraudThe Telecom Department's 'Financial Fraud Risk Indicator' (FRI) enhances intelligence sharing with financial institutions to combat cyber f...
21 May, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Slow start: Why UPI Lite, wallet-based payments are yet to take off?New payment features like UPI Lite, UPI Circle, and wallet-based UPI payments are yet to gain traction as zero-MDR policy hampers fintech i...
16 May, 2025, 11.35 AM IST
Now more WhatsApp users will be able to use UPI; NPCI has removed the limit of UPI user onboarding for WhatsApp PayWhatsApp UPI: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has lifted the UPI user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay. This essentially...
03 Jan, 2025, 07.06 PM IST
PhonePe revenue bump; NPCI’s Bhim makeoverDigital payments major PhonePe has reported a 74% jump in revenue for FY24. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
26 Aug, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
Mukesh Ambani's fintech juggernaut starts rolling: The road aheadAmbani's latest fintech business under Jio Financial Servics Ltd (JFSL) aims to ride on extensive consumer network as well the data Relianc...
31 May, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
PharmEasy devaluation: Thyrocare founder invokes anti-dilution; Flipkart employees to receive esop payoutHappy Friday! Arokiaswamy Velumani, founder of Thyrocare, which was acquired by PharmEasy in 2021, had secured anti-dilution rights when he...
07 Jul, 2023, 07.44 AM IST
Invested $2 billion in Neu, app revamp paid off-Tata Digital CEO; VCs chase deep tech, climate tech, AI dealsTata Sons breathed new life into its super app Tata Neu just before the latest Indian Premier League (IPL), a bet that paid off for the com...
05 Jun, 2023, 07.57 AM IST
ZestMoney founders to exit troubled fintech; Amazon hikes seller fee, lays off staff in IndiaCapping months of twists and turns at the troubled fintech startup ZestMoney, its founders Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Ananthar...
16 May, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
Mukesh Bansal steps back at Tata Neu; Cred stops using Paytm QR codes on its placardsMyntra cofounder Mukesh Bansal, who joined Tata Digital as its president in June 2021, has withdrawn from Tata Neu’s day-to-day operations ...
03 Jan, 2023, 07.31 AM IST
Flipkart and PhonePe separate; deal to bring windfall for Flipkart employeesSix years after Flipkart acquired PhonePe in 2016, the two companies announced today they are going their separate ways, having concluded a...
23 Dec, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Cred launches ‘Scan & Pay’ feature as it enters offline payments spaceThe feature can also be used to make peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, either by scanning a quick response (QR) code or by feeding in the be...
01 Oct, 2022, 06.01 AM IST
WhatsApp Pay plans significant investments in next six monthsIn the last several weeks, WhatsApp introduced India-specific features on WhatsApp Pay, including adding ₹ (rupee) symbol in its chat compo...
29 Nov, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
ETtech Evening Briefing on Mar. 5, 2021: SC says OTT rules lack teethTwitter wants to on board as many Android users as possible to its Spaces platform. Blume Ventures is raising Rs 350 crore for a new second...
05 Mar, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
India allows WhatsApp Pay to go live on UPIThe NPCI’s approval came on the same day it limited the transactions a third-party app like WhatsApp Pay can carry out to 30% of the total ...
06 Nov, 2020, 03.54 PM IST
Ecommerce provides big push to digital payments during Covid pandemicMost retail payment channels, including the Unified Payments Interface, clocked record volumes in July and August.
01 Oct, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
Helpline fraud: Why an online search may be the best way to lose moneyTwo developments have created an enabling environment for fraud- the explosion of smartphones with internet and modes of payment via apps. ...
13 Nov, 2019, 11.40 AM IST
Google Pay sharing payment data with group companies: Paytm to NPCI"This is a clear disregard for a consumer's need for privacy," Paytm said in a recent letter to the National Payments Corporation of India ...
21 Sep, 2018, 12.05 AM IST