AI in customer service: How businesses are moving from queries to resolutionAI can answer customer queries, retrieve policies and automate routine service tasks. Its greater value emerges when these capabilities wor...
22 Oct, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Rs 77,538 spent from a man's ATM card for shopping in Philippines while he had it with him in India, court orders bank to refund only Rs 41,852Manoj Shukla was in India when Rs 41,852 was debited from his bank account for a department store transaction abroad on December 9, 2016. A...
21 Oct, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
Rs 24 crore cash sales in Form 26AS, Rs 4-crore tax demand: How a five-star hotel cook won his case in Delhi High CourtMr. Lalit, a cook at Hotel Ashoka, received a surprising income tax notice claiming Rs 4 crore. This notice cited Rs 24 crore in cash sales...
20 Oct, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
I4C warns of rising financial fraud involving deepfake PM Modi videos, fake welfare schemes, cashback scamsThe Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre has warned about rising fraudulent advertisements on social media platforms. These deceptive ads...
19 Oct, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Flipkart-backed Super.money’s FY26 revenue triples to Rs 292 crore but loss widens 78%Consumer-facing UPI apps such as Super.money spend heavily on marketing to acquire customers before monetising them through credit and comm...
19 Oct, 2026, 03.33 PM IST
Phone stolen in metro crowd, Rs 57,000 lost within an hour; SIM card used to take money from bank accounts without unlocking the deviceA phone worth Rs 60,000 was reportedly stolen in a metro crowd, followed by a loss of Rs 57,000 from a bank account within 45 minutes. A po...
19 Oct, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Axis Bank's Freecharge gets in-principle RBI nod to operate as payment aggregatorAxis Bank's digital payments platform Freecharge has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India. The approval allows Fre...
17 Oct, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
India’s digital public infrastructure among world’s 10 most effective reforms: ReportIndia's Digital Public Infrastructure has been recognized as one of the top ten effective reforms globally. This infrastructure, particular...
16 Oct, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
UPI MDR deferment gives D2C brands festive-season margin reliefThe new MDR framework on UPI was expected to impact D2C brands operating in low-margin categories such as consumer electronics, fashion and...
15 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
UPI MDR rollout pushed; India’s first quantum computer coming soonHappy Wednesday! The implementation of MDR on select UPI payments has been deferred beyond Diwali. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning ...
14 Oct, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
UPI MDR rollout deferred beyond Diwali; date yet to be notifiedNPCI framework, announced on September 15, was scheduled to take effect on October 15. It prescribed a 0.4% fee on eligible bank account-fu...
13 Oct, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
UPI MDR rollout deferred until after DiwaliUPI MDR charges on eligible merchant transactions above Rs 2,000 have been deferred until after Diwali, with the exact implementation date ...
13 Oct, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Paytm, Pine Labs, Mobikwik shares crash up to 7% as UPI MPR fee rollout delayed beyond DiwaliShares of Paytm, Pine Labs dropped after NPCI delayed the rollout of merchant discount rate (MDR) fees on select UPI transactions beyond Di...
13 Oct, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
IIT-Bombay study bats to cut MDR to 0.08 pc from 0.4 pc, exclude banks from taking bulk shareA report by IIT-Bombay professors recommends reducing the Merchant Discount Rate for UPI transactions to improve the ecosystem. The current...
11 Oct, 2026, 10.10 PM IST
UPI MDR framework needs rationalisation to protect public trust: ReportUPI, a public digital infrastructure, has generated significant convenience for users and productivity gains for the economy, with its long...
11 Oct, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
UPI MDR framework needs rationalisation to protect public trust: IIT Bombay reportThe report cautioned that public trust in UPI could be undermined if the proposed MDR framework is implemented in its present form, stressi...
11 Oct, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Compensation of Rs 100 to Rs 5,000 per day for delay by bank in processing your request in these 5 situationsFrom stuck credit card closure requests to lost property papers, RBI rules require banks to pay you for every day they're late. A customer ...
08 Oct, 2026, 05.52 PM IST