India must leverage its digital verification architecture to evolve into a trust-based economyIndia faces a low-trust economy with high friction, exemplified by complex KYC norms. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted this ...
07 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Rewiring payments for the AI era: Inside PayU’s transformation playPayU is ramping up its AI-led payments push, building infrastructure for agentic commerce as UPI volumes surge and digital transactions sca...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licenceIn a release, the central bank said Paytm Payments Bank can no longer conduct banking business under the Banking Regulation Act.
24 Apr, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
RBI brings cross border transactions under e-mandate rules, allows customer to opt out anytimeThe Reserve Bank of India is enhancing digital fraud prevention. Cross-border recurring electronic payments via cards, prepaid instruments,...
21 Apr, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.12 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
India's tech hiring chills; Polymarket's IPL betHappy Tuesday! The tech sector is seeing a slowdown in hiring driven by internal cost controls. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dis...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
Digital onboarding to ease KYC for foreigners using UPI for paymentsThe National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is in the final leg of simplifying the KYC process for its UPI One World service, which i...
03 Mar, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
Samsung Wallet to support UPI-linked small transactions by using biometrics on devicesGet ready for a seamless payment experience with Samsung Wallet, as it will soon enable users to complete small UPI transactions effortless...
30 Oct, 2025, 11.15 PM 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
Cashfree Payments’ UPI Switch to help small businesses reduce risk and create space for innovationThe tool allows merchants to access new UPI versions and features as they are launched, along with improved fraud prevention capabilities.
30 Oct, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
Cashfree receives NPCI certification for its own UPI switchCashfree can offer settlement of around 12,000 transactions per second with this certification. Cashfree has built this switch in partnersh...
15 Oct, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
UPI growth 2.0: Efforts on to crack DBT codeUPI user base has been hovering around 300 million for some time; RBI, banks are trying to push up this number.
15 May, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
How Google Pay users can use Aadhaar for UPI activationUsers can now register for UPI with Aadhaar and set their UPI PIN without requiring a debit card through the National Payments Corporation ...
12 Jun, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Google Pay rolls out Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activationOn Google Pay, users have the option to select between Debit card or Aadhaar based UPI onboarding. If they select Aadhaar, then users will ...
07 Jun, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
NRIs will soon get to use international mobile no.s for UPI payments"We have been receiving requirements from ecosystem with regard to NRI accounts and other permissible accounts having international numbers...
12 Jan, 2023, 06.22 AM IST
Banks wake up to digital reality, chase small vendorsSince UPI allows direct transfer of funds within bank accounts, it is seen scoring over mobile wallets.
25 Nov, 2016, 01.23 AM IST