Platforms, brands accelerate agentic commerce push as fintechs plug payment gapsIndian ecommerce giants like Flipkart and Bigbasket are building AI storefronts to enable agentic commerce, allowing AI to shop autonomousl...
27 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Pine Labs acquires ecommerce enabler Shopflo for Rs 88 croreDigital payments major Pine Labs has acquired ecommerce enabler Shopflo Technologies for Rs 88 crore, aiming to strengthen its online merch...
25 Apr, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
PhonePe adds ‘Bolt’ for faster, safer Visa, Mastercard paymentsPhonePe Payment Gateway has introduced 'PhonePe PG Bolt' for Visa and Mastercard card transactions. This new feature uses device tokenizati...
10 Jan, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
ET Explainer: OpenAI’s direct shopping via ChatGPT puts ecomm on noticeOpenAI has launched “Instant Checkout” in ChatGPT, letting US users complete purchases directly in-app, starting with Etsy and soon Shopify...
01 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Online preventive health check-ups set to grow 50% in January-March tax saving season: SimplStarting January, millions of salaried employees across India make their investment and expense declarations to save on taxes.
26 Feb, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
Payments firm Cashfree posts 75% jump in FY23 revenue, losses bloat to Rs 133 croreTotal expenses for Cashfree more than doubled to Rs 750 crore during the year, mainly on account of employee costs jumping to Rs 198 crore ...
04 Jan, 2024, 08.08 PM IST
Swiggy integrates Simpl’s one-tap checkout featureThe partnership comes ahead of the year-end holiday season when demand for Swiggy’s on-demand services increases multifold, particularly du...
21 Dec, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Simpl to expand operations, leases 50,000 sq ft office space in BengaluruThe new facility has more than 500 workstations and nearly 30 small, medium and large meeting cum conference halls, offering a premium work...
17 Oct, 2023, 02.36 PM IST
GoKwik partners with Cred to drive higher conversions for D2C brandsThis tie-up marks a step towards enhancing the online shopping experience and enabling trust for D2C merchants on the GoKwik checkout platf...
21 Jun, 2023, 01.25 PM IST
Paytm launches UPI SDK to enable customers pay directly within the merchant appPaytm's UPI SDK is part of the existing UPI acquiring arrangement between Paytm Payments Services Ltd. and Paytm Payments Bank, under which...
23 May, 2023, 01.06 PM IST
Cashfree Payments acquires Zecpe in latest acquisitionThe latest acquisition is expected to help Cashfree enhance its offerings for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands as it looks to help businesse...
28 Feb, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Tokenisation: Is there a limit on number of cards that can be tokenised?RBI has directed the payment aggregators, wallets and online merchants (entities in card transaction/payment chain other than card issuers/...
01 Oct, 2022, 12.32 PM IST
Fintech unicorn Slice wants to diversify beyond its credit card offeringAlong with diversification into UPI, Slice will also push direct merchant checkouts as well as NFC- based payments ( contactless payments) ...
18 May, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
Tiger Global goes seed-stage, invests in ecommerce enablement startup Shopflo’s $2.6 million roundWith this Shopflo becomes one of the only Indian startups at a pre-product stage, which has received seed funding from Tiger Global. While ...
11 May, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Exclusive: RBI against dropping card data storage clause in new rulesNew norms will prohibit merchants from storing card details and payment operators from offering one-click checkout service.
20 Aug, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
Fintech startup EarlySalary buys CashCare to growEarlySalary, which is in the business of short-term loans for young people without any borrowing history, is planning to expand into the co...
22 May, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
- Google's `half-baked' Paypal rival's out
After months of speculations and leaked screenshots, Checkout, Google's rival to eBay's well-entrenched online payment system Paypal, has f...
12 Aug, 2006, 06.31 PM IST