Can you use UPI abroad? Here’s what Indian travellers must know about charges, limits and security risksIndian travellers are increasingly using UPI abroad for convenient payments, but understanding its limitations and risks is crucial. While ...
29 May, 2026, 01.08 PM IST
Free Aadhaar update deadline extended by one year: Check new due date for UID update on myAadhaar portalThe Unique Identification Authority of India has extended the free Aadhaar document update service on the myAadhaar portal. Aadhaar holders...
18 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...
13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
RBI cancels Paytm bank license, to approach high courtThe Reserve Bank of India has taken decisive action against Paytm Payments Bank by cancelling its banking licence. This means that the bank...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.41 AM IST
From Rs 20 chai transactions to Rs 285 lakh crore flows; UPI marks a decade of India's payments revolutionIn the last 10 years, UPI has registered a 12,000-fold surge in volume and over 4,000 times increase in value — that's 17.86 million transa...
11 Apr, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
From Indian temples and bazaars to taxis: German traveller amazed by India’s ‘ting ting’ payment system, calls it pure magicA German tourist was impressed by India's seamless digital payment system, where QR codes enable quick, cashless transactions for everythin...
05 Apr, 2026, 07.05 AM IST
Auto driver tells techie to pay less than meter after learning about his stipend, says “Bhaiya, aap 400 hi kardo”An auto-rickshaw driver surprised a techie by offering to accept less than the meter fare after learning about his internship stipend. The ...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.19 PM IST
Techie tells auto driver his salary. What happens next will shock youAn IT intern's modest stipend surprised an auto-rickshaw driver, who then offered to accept a lower fare. The driver's unexpected act of ge...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
No more international UPI transactions via QR share & pay, says NPCINPCI has recently disabled QR-based international share and pay UPI transactions, impacting P2M payments starting April 4, 2025. This chang...
11 Apr, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
ONDC launches interoperable QR code to connect sellers with customers online and offlineIn its alpha phase, this tool allows sellers to generate a unique QR code that customers can scan using ONDC-registered buyer apps like Mag...
30 Jul, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
View: It’s time for a single QR code for all the world’s paymentsThe major economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines —...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.52 AM IST
Stop Discrimination Against RuPayThe government abolished MDR on transactions using RuPay debit cards and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from January 1, 2020. But banks w...
15 Nov, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
Why the QR code become ubiquitous in IndiaStamped on the walls of kirana shops and Covid-19 vaccination certificates, QR codes have become a part of our daily lives, with almost eve...
24 Oct, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
RBI sets up panel to study use of QR codes for contactless transaction in pandemicThe committee – comprising academicians, scientists and industry executives -- has been asked to figure out the economics of QR deployment ...
15 Jul, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
QR Codes help payment firms up offline playOut of the transactions seen on the BharatPe platform, PhonePe had over 54% share in UPI transactions, while Google Pay had 30% and Paytm 1...
29 Jul, 2019, 10.12 AM IST
BharatQR launched by Visa, Billdesk across 50 utility service providersThis partnership would enable a major shift towards pushing of bill payments into digital mode especially through QR codes and also give a ...
06 Sep, 2017, 03.01 PM IST