PPFAS Mutual Fund introduces choti SIP in Parag Parikh Flexi Cap, Large Cap and 3 other schemesPPFAS Mutual Fund introduced the Rs 250 choti SIP facility across five schemes to encourage first-time investors and improve financial incl...
23 May, 2026, 01.27 PM IST
Payments companies see PoS pause on war-related imports squeezeIndia's digital payments sector faces a critical shortage of new point-of-sale (PoS) terminals due to disruptions in imports from China and...
08 May, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
Digital gold sector takes shine to govt’s formal framework signalIndia's burgeoning digital gold sector is on the cusp of formal regulation as the government explores an oversight framework. Fintech found...
01 May, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Inside AI-led digital storefronts; Lalit Keshre’s big ET Awards winHappy Monday! Digital platforms and brands are building their own AI storefronts. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
27 Apr, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Platforms, brands accelerate agentic commerce push as fintechs plug payment gapsIndian ecommerce giants like Flipkart and Bigbasket are building AI storefronts to enable agentic commerce, allowing AI to shop autonomousl...
27 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
India's digital currency push targets its leaky welfare systemWhile India's early efforts are modest compared with those of China, where more than 200 million people use the e-yuan, the world's most po...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.48 AM IST
India's digital currency push targets its leaky welfare systemIndia is piloting its digital rupee, the e-rupee, for welfare payments. This initiative aims to improve efficiency and reduce corruption in...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.29 AM IST
No two-factor authentication needed for payment up to Rs 15,000 through e-mandate; higher recurring limit for these transactionsThe Reserve Bank of India introduces a new e-mandate framework for digital payments effective 2026. As per new rules, all recurring transac...
22 Apr, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
Banks, asset management firms, stock brokers set to be shareholders in SahamatiBanks, NBFCs, brokers and fintechs are investing in Sahamati, with major lenders and platforms taking nearly 2–8.5% stakes. The move aligns...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
Jio, Bank of Baroda tie up for enabling banking access from feature phonesBank of Baroda and Reliance Jio are shaking up the mobile banking landscape by rolling out services tailored for feature phone users. Their...
13 Apr, 2026, 10.37 PM 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
UPI achieves nearly 23 billion transactions in March: DFSTransaction through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) touched a record high of 22.64 billion in volume terms in March. In volume terms, ...
02 Apr, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
UPI cleanup drive: Govt asks banks, NPCI to curb failures, boost success ratesWith the digital payment landscape in India experiencing rapid growth, there is a growing call for banks to partner with the National Payme...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Major changes in UPI 2023: Increase in transaction limits, UPI Lite X, NPS contributions, other big changes madeWith more and more people using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make payments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced various us...
30 Dec, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
Google Pay introduces UPI Lite for small-value transactionsGoogle Pay allows users to create a UPI Lite wallet which can be loaded up to a maximum of Rs 4,000 a day.
13 Jul, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
UPI-PayNow launched: Who can use, daily limit, how it will benefit youUPI PayNow: Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow, the two countries' respective rapid payment systems, were used to establish cross-...
22 Feb, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
Difference between UPI123 and UPI LiteCustomers will be able to utilise their feature phones for almost all transactions using UPI123Pay, with the exception of scan and pay. UPI...
26 Sep, 2022, 11.40 AM IST