NIPL and Uzbekistan's HUMO sign agreement enabling Indian travelers' seamless transactionsNPCI International Payments Ltd. and Uzbekistan's HUMO have signed a commercial agreement. Indian travellers can now use UPI-enabled apps t...
31 Aug, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
PhonePe launches UPI payments for feature phones on 123PayPhonePe has launched a UPI app for feature phones, allowing users to make payments without mobile data. The SMS-based PhonePe UPI 123Pay co...
31 Aug, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
British Virgin Islands seeks dedicated India investment corridorThe British Virgin Islands (BVI) is seeking to deepen its role in India’s cross-border investment ecosystem by proposing a dedicated BVI-In...
26 Aug, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
Golgappa and vegetable sellers far intelligent than Rahul Gandhi: BJP attacks Congress for 'mocking' UPIThe Bharatiya Janata Party criticised the Congress for its past doubts about the Unified Payments Interface. This digital payment system ha...
25 Aug, 2026, 05.05 PM IST
UPI transactions in value terms witnesses more than 4,000 fold jump over the decadeUPI has completed 10 years, with annual transaction value soaring from ₹0.07 lakh crore in FY17 to around ₹314 lakh crore in FY26. Transact...
25 Aug, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
The next 10 years of UPI promise to be bigger and betterNowhere in the world have we witnessed a success story quite like UPI and the credit goes to NPCI, India’s most ambitious fintech
25 Aug, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
UPI completes 10 years: PM Modi calls it a major turning point for India’s digital paymentsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) a "major turning point" in the country's digital paymen...
25 Aug, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
UPI completes 10 years, clocks nearly 13,000-fold rise in transaction volumeUPI has completed a decade of transforming India’s digital payments ecosystem, with annual transactions surging from 1.78 crore in 2016-17 ...
24 Aug, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
The 'trustworthy' changes in the lives of India's middle classDigital payments and tax reforms have significantly altered middle-class spending habits. GST has streamlined consumption taxes, impacting ...
24 Aug, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Pine Labs to step up agentic commerce investments: CEO Amrish RauPine Labs has developed P3P, an autonomous payment protocol built on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), under which buyer and seller age...
21 Aug, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Cross-border payments, India’s global UPI push in focus at GFF 2026The seventh edition of the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 to be held in Mumbai from September 8 to 11, will bring together policymakers, ce...
20 Aug, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
Razorpay launches AI model trained on four billion paymentsRazorpay has launched an AI foundation model to enhance online payment success. This advanced system improves fraud detection and payment r...
18 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Airtel Payments Bank names Shabnam Sinha as chairperson, succeeding Sunil MittalShabnam Sinha will become Airtel Payments Bank chairperson from October 1, 2026. She succeeds Sunil Bharti Mittal, who steps down after ser...
17 Aug, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
Parliamentary panel seeks penalties for banks hosting multiple mule accountsA parliamentary committee suggests penalizing banks for mule accounts and KYC lapses. It also highlighted delays in merchant discount rates...
14 Aug, 2026, 07.24 AM IST
UPI costs Rs 20,700 crore, government allocation just Rs 2,000 crore: Parliament PanelA parliamentary committee suggests a self-reliant revenue model for UPI's financial sustainability. Amendments to the Payment and Settlemen...
13 Aug, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
India is scanning more and withdrawing less as digital payments take overIndia’s payments network is shifting towards software-based channels, with UPI QR codes and online card transactions growing while ATMs and...
11 Aug, 2026, 12.54 AM IST
Impact of MDR’s return; KKR veterans to anchor new fundHappy Thursday! Competition in the payments space may change with merchant fees on UPI potentially making a comeback. This and more in toda...
06 Aug, 2026, 01.50 PM IST