UPI charges from October 15: FAQs on who will pay 0.4% MDR and what consumers, small vendors & large merchants need to knowUPI Payment: UPI transactions up to Rs 2,000 will remain free for all users. A new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will apply to specified mer...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
UPI MDR seen as sustenance fee, not windfall; small merchants remain shieldedA new merchant discount rate will fund UPI's expanding infrastructure costs. Large value person-to-merchant transactions above two thousand...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.34 PM IST
UPI fee: Why govt is putting a price on big merchant paymentsThe National Payments Corporation of India, which operates the UPI network, said the revenue will support investment in infrastructure resi...
16 Sep, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
UPI MDR bonanza: Why Paytm may win bigger, but Pine Labs could gain fasterPaytm and Pine Labs stand to benefit from the new UPI MDR framework, but the impact could differ sharply. Paytm has a larger absolute reven...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.05 AM IST
Paytm shares jump 7% as Jefferies, other brokerages raise target prices and earnings estimates after new UPI chargesPaytm shares surged over 7% after brokerages raised target prices following the introduction of MDR on select UPI transactions above Rs 2,0...
16 Sep, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
Paytm, MobiKwik, Pine Labs shares rally up to 6% after govt announces UPI fees above Rs 2,000. Why brokerages are bullishPaytm, MobiKwik and Pine Labs are likely to remain in focus after the government announced MDR on select UPI transactions above Rs 2,000. F...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.27 AM IST
Amazon Now’s sales surge; govt’s stance on UPI chargesHappy Tuesday! Amazon's quick commerce arm is scaling fast, India head Samir Kumar told us. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatc...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Paytm shares drop 3% after govt shields UPI payments only up to Rs 2,000 from charges. Should you buy the dip?Paytm shares fell after the government directed banks and payment providers not to charge for UPI transactions up to Rs 2,000, raising unce...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
“Whether we leave anyone behind”: Sameer Nigam’s blueprint for PhonePe’s second decadeAt Global Fintech Fest 2026, PhonePe founder‑CEO Sameer Nigam framed the company’s first ten years as the construction of India’s financial...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
UPI MDR notification likely to be out for businesses soon; banks may pocket bulk of 40 bps feeThe issuing bank would retain 40% of the fee, sources said. Third-party application providers such as PhonePe or Google Pay, and the acquir...
11 Sep, 2026, 05.04 PM IST
GFF 2026: FM Sitharaman on India’s tech leap, demographic dividend, AI risks and road to global scaleGlobal Fintech Fest: Sitharaman said that India was experiencing its demographic dividend in real time, with the country’s young population...
11 Sep, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Jefferies' 25% CAGR club: Paytm, Groww among 5 financial stocks that can deliver up to 25% returnsJefferies has identified Paytm, Groww, PB Fintech, AU Small Finance Bank and Poonawalla Fincorp as its 25% CAGR club of Indian financial st...
11 Sep, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
BRICS Business Forum 2026: Piyush Goyal urges nations to open markets, cut trade barriers and link payment systemsCommerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged BRICS nations to open markets and cut non-tariff barriers. He called for linking payment systems to fo...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
GFF 2026: Scindia pitches ‘digital trinity’ of connectivity, compute and trust for AI economyGFF 2026 Scindia: Connectivity, compute, and trust are the new digital trinity for fintech and AI. India's mobile phones and telecom networ...
10 Sep, 2026, 06.28 PM IST
AI's biggest business value lies in solving problems that companies didn't know how to solve: Anthropic India MDArtificial intelligence offers significant business value by solving complex problems. Frontier AI models create the most value when applie...
10 Sep, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
Falcon launches MerlinFX AI agents to automate banking transactions in real-timeFalcon has launched MerlinFX, embedding AI agents directly into banking transaction systems. These agents automate tasks like reconciliatio...
09 Sep, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
BRICS by BRICS: India's journey from seeking reforms to shaping global orderIndia's BRICS engagement has shifted from seeking a voice to offering indigenous solutions. The nation now actively shapes global order wit...
09 Sep, 2026, 12.40 PM IST