Making a dollar detour: Why BRICS isn’t breaking up with the dollarThe latest BRICS declaration emphasizes interoperable payment systems and local currency settlement. It explicitly avoids proposing a commo...
14 Sep, 2026, 08.41 PM IST
Coforge row deepens; MDR on UPI coming soonCoforge’s boardroom brouhaha has taken a new turn days after chairman Om Prakash Bhatt’s resignation. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
11 Sep, 2026, 08.01 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
GFF 2026: India's fintech transformation a result of innovation, inclusion & trust coming together, says RBI's Sanjay MalhotraMalhotra said fintech’s potential could translate into meaningful impact only when innovation reached people who were not already well serv...
10 Sep, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
NPCI working on protocols to authorise AI agents on UPI, says chairman Ajay Kumar ChoudharyIndia's NPCI is examining protocols for AI agent identification within the UPI ecosystem. This move aims to enable autonomous payments on t...
10 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Flipkart's new Minutes app; Anthropic employee sounds alarmFlipkart has launched a standalone app for its quick commerce unit Minutes. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
09 Sep, 2026, 08.02 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
Credit card lost, and someone used it; who will cover the lost money - you or the bank?What if a transaction takes place after you lose your card, and you don’t block it before that? Who has the liability then - you or the ban...
09 Sep, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
‘Pulse’ check: How PhonePe is turning transaction data into market intelligenceIn an exclusive conversation with The Economic Times, PhonePe’s Karthik Raghupathy explained how PulsePro was born out of demand for postal...
04 Sep, 2026, 01.08 PM IST
Govt left with a losing hand as offshore RMG sites find a cheat codeMultiple users on social media platforms like X continue to complain that their money is stuck on offshore platforms such as Parimatch, 1Xb...
03 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Cash no king, but don't stash it: India wants a digital economy, but cash still holds the power of choiceDespite government promotion of digital transactions like UPI and e-Rupee, cash remains prevalent, especially in rural areas and for large-...
02 Sep, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
UpGrad completes Unacademy acquisition; Ultrahuman’s $60 million raiseUpGrad has completed its acquisition of Unacademy, marking the close of a major consolidation in India’s edtech sector. This and more in to...
01 Sep, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
India preparing rollout of agentic payments on UPIWhile leading payment companies have launched such frameworks in the U.S., Europe, Singapore and Australia, a rollout on the popular Unifie...
01 Sep, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
No smartphone, no internet, no problem: PhonePe launches UPI 123Pay to let 200 million+ feature phone users make digital payments; here’s how it worksPhonePe has unveiled UPI 123Pay, a new service for feature phone users that enables seamless transactions without an internet connection. T...
31 Aug, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Opinion: The problem with a threshold-based MDRThe ongoing discussions around UPI pricing are shifting towards ensuring system financing while still promoting widespread adoption. Consum...
26 Aug, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
AI, trust, and the future of money: With AI making payments invisible, trust becomes the new currencyArtificial intelligence will shift payments from digital to delegated commerce, enabling machines to transact for consumers. Trust and real...
25 Aug, 2026, 05.58 PM IST