PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.53 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
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
Peru to roll out UPI-like payment system by next year: EnvoyPeru will soon adopt a UPI-like digital payments system aiming to bring real-time transactions to the country. It will be the first South A...
19 Nov, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
Adoption of UPI in France leads to 40% rise in Indian touristsThe growing adoption of India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in France has not only enhanced the convenience of digital transactions fo...
11 Oct, 2025, 02.48 PM IST
UPI achieves 15,547 crore transactions worth Rs 223 lakh crore from January to NovemberIndia's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed a staggering 15,547 crore transactions worth Rs 223 lakh crore between January and Novem...
14 Dec, 2024, 01.56 PM IST
NPCI International to help launch UPI-like payments platform in Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago is the first Caribbean nation to adopt India’s popular instant payments platform UPI. Countries like Bhutan, Sri Lanka,...
27 Sep, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman urges banks to leverage UPI for growthFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised the potential of Indian banks leveraging UPI's digital footprints to expand their balance sh...
20 Sep, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
RBI Governor Das advocates for fintech self-regulation to ensure balanced innovation with integrityAt the Global Fintech Fest 2024, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das highlighted the importance of self-regulation in India's fintech sector, whic...
29 Aug, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
HDFC Bank's netbanking services will not be available for several hours on 9th and 16th June. Check detailsHDFC Bank announces scheduled maintenance for online services on June 9 and 16, affecting netbanking, mobile app services, and transactions...
06 Jun, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
List of countries where Indians can use UPI to make payments; how to activate, make payments using UPI InternationalOver the past two years, many countries have started accepting payments through UPI apps. Here is a list of countries where Indians can use...
15 Feb, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
Pay via UPI to see Eiffel Tower in France now; here's howIndian tourists can now purchase tickets for the iconic Eiffel Tower and pay through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), said NPCI Intern...
03 Feb, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
PM Modi- Emmanuel Macron summit to focus on fintechUPI, an instant payments system, introduced by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016. It has since become a game change...
20 Jan, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
India and Sri Lanka working together to link UPI and Lanka Pay: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that the governments of both India and Sri Lanka are working together on fintech sector ...
14 Oct, 2023, 12.47 PM IST
NPCI is building voice bots for UPI Payments; to go live in a couple of monthsUPI transactions will soon be enabled through conversations with AI voice bots, which will enable people from all walks of life to use UPI ...
10 Aug, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
UPI records 9.96 billion transactions in July worth Rs 15.34 lakh croreThis shows a 6.6% jump in the number of transactions via UPI from 9.34 billion in June. The value of transactions in the same period rose 4...
01 Aug, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
France may adopt UPI, announcement likely during PM Modi's visit: ReportIn 2022, the National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation that offers UPI services, signed an MoU with France's...
13 Jul, 2023, 02.46 PM IST