Old shopping funnel is gone: Gen Z is rewriting rules of retailGen Z is rapidly reshaping India’s online retail market, forcing brands and platforms to rethink traditional marketing strategies. Nearly h...
18 May, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
Nearly half of India’s online orders are still COD. Why cash on delivery isn’t fading in the UPI eraCash on delivery continues to drive India's online shopping. Many first-time buyers, especially in smaller towns, prefer to pay after recei...
15 May, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
Beyond metros: How small towns are driving the next wave of India’s e-commerceIndia's e-commerce boom is expanding beyond metros, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities now driving significant new demand. Improved internet, di...
15 May, 2026, 06.32 PM IST
IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...
13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
PoS terminal supply squeeze; Skyroot CEO on unicorn flightHappy Friday! The point-of-sale (PoS) supply has dried up in India as the West Asia conflict squeezes imports. This and more in today's ETt...
08 May, 2026, 07.45 AM IST
CashKaro grows 72% to Rs 600 cr, enables over Rs 10,000 cr in sales to partner brandsCashKaro's growth, driven by efficiency and AI, enabled over Rs 10,000 crore in sales for partner brands. The company highlights the growin...
05 May, 2026, 11.10 AM IST
India’s credit card market expands to 119 million, PSU banks gain in spendsIndia's credit card market has surpassed 119 million cards. HDFC Bank, SBI Cards, ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank dominate this sector. HDFC Bank...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.53 AM IST
From swipe to strategy: Your credit card now decides what you buyConsumers now meticulously compare credit card offers before making purchases, turning transactions into value calculations. Credit cards a...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
Akshaya Tritiya jewellery buying turns more prepaid and offer-led, led by tier-2 and tier-3 demandAkshaya Tritiya 2026 saw tier-2 and tier-3 cities lead jewellery sales growth. Prepaid transactions dominated purchases. Consumers favored ...
21 Apr, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
NPCI eyes big-size spends on RuPay UPI credit cardsCurrently users split bills, pay their local vendors, taxi rides and retailers through UPI, the most popular smartphone-based payments mode...
01 Dec, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Debit cards losing out as UPI turns default mode on ecommerceMore and more consumers are using UPI or credit cards for online shopping, with debit card usage having more than halved in the last two ye...
26 Oct, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
India's ecommerce market to reach $150 billion by 2026 fuelled by rise in UPI transactions: reportAs unified payments interface (UPI)-based transactions continue to break all records, India's e-commerce market is projected to grow from $...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Govt notifies incentives for promoting PoS, e-commerce transactions using Rupay, BHIM"This incentive scheme will promote digital payments by incentivising banks to build a robust digital payments ecosystem and to promote RuP...
16 Jan, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
In times of social distancing, most Indians stay away from cash purchases this DiwaliAt leading brick-and-mortar retail chains including Reliance Retail, Tata-owned Croma, Vijay Sales and Sangeetha Mobiles, too, debit and cr...
21 Nov, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
About 60% of spends on etail platforms via digital modesCash on Delivery (COD) has traditionally constituted as much as 70% of all e-commerce transactions.
03 Nov, 2020, 08.08 AM IST
Transaction cap may be doubled to Rs 2 lakh in UPI 2.0UPI 2.0 will be a major upgrade, especially the doubling of the payment limit to Rs 2 lakh will bring in a host of new use cases, one banke...
05 Jul, 2018, 09.14 AM IST
Customers get Bhim App, but aren’t finding avenues for useAbout 400 merchants had signed up for UPI as of last week. NPCI did not have updated data on transactions and merchants.
06 Jan, 2017, 05.34 PM IST