Digital Payments

Rural India's appetite for FMCG grows by 60%; what's behind the surge?

The Kantar and GroupM study highlights a nearly 60 per cent growth in the average FMCG basket size for rural consumers, increasing from 5.8 in 2022 to 9.3 in 2024

ULI will be for lending what UPI is for payments: RBI Dy Guv at BFSI Summit

BS BFSI Summit: RBI is actively working to link UPI with other countries, aiming for global acceptance that would allow Indians abroad to make payments using UPI, said RBI Deputy Governor

At the BS BFSI Summit, experts stress KYC, and tech to curb digital fraud

Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2024: Industry leaders discuss KYC, anti-fraud tech, and user education as essential defences against rising digital financial crime

BS BFSI Summit: Our company culture key to innovation, says Razorpay MD

We have 50 different teams, each pursuing separate goals, which allows us to innovate and launch new products, said Shashank Kumar, co-founder and managing director of Razorpay, at the BFSI Summit

Digital payments double in 3 years, cash transactions fall: RBI report

The study highlights that the share of digital payments more than doubled between 2021 and 2024, with UPI playing a key role in this transformation, particularly for small-value purchases

Women entrepreneurs prefer gold as collateral to secure loans: Survey

The survey found that gold and property are the two most favoured assets when women entrepreneurs seek loans. The trend is most prevalent in Chennai, followed by Mumbai and Delhi

Smart plans and rising use-cases drive small UPI companies' growth

Smaller players on the UPI leaderboard, such as Navi, Groww, and MobiKwik, have shown remarkable year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth

NIPL, Trinidad and Tobago ink agreement to develop UPI-like payments system

The partnership follows a series of recent announcements NIPL has made regarding the global expansion of UPI and associated rails

NPCI inks deal to develop digital payments system for Trinidad and Tobago

Earlier in the year, NIPL had agreed to develop digital payments systems for Peru and Namibia, using UPI as a blueprint

Payoneer to adopt localised approach for expanding user base in India

Cross-border business payment services provider Payoneer looks to leverage its global marketplace partnerships and take a localised approach to expand its reach in India amid "rapid expansion" in the country's service export market. According to Payoneer India Vice-President and Spokesperson Gaurav Shisodia, India is a priority country for Payoneer and holds a strategic position. India's service export market is expanding rapidly and Payoneer looks to capitalise on this expansion, he said, adding that the company primarily caters to outsourcing and service export businesses and small and medium businesses (SMBs). Payoneer is well-positioned to capitalise on this expansion and would strategically respond to the strong surge in businesses in the domains of tech and programming, digital marketing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), e-commerce exporters, and marketplace sellers' sectors, Shisodia said. As part of measures to expand its reach in India, Payoneer looks to leverage its global

Payment aggregators to create 'negative' database to tackle digital fraud

The proposed database, to be made accessible to all licensed payment aggregators, will work as an early warning system to help prevent fraud and reducing risks to merchant and consumers

Google Pay launches UPI Circle, other features at Global Fintech Fest 2024

UPI Circle on Google Pay is a feature designed to help users make digital payments without needing to link their own bank account

Despite operational risks, data shows digital payments cruising ahead

In this context, Business Standard takes a look at how digital payments in India have evolved over the years.

Decoded: Buna-Raast connectivity project between Pakistan-Arab world

Raast is Pakistan's first instant payment system, which operates similarly to India's flagship project: Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

We have seen over 30% improvement using CoPilot: Razorpay's Brahmadesam

In the fintech sector, we focus a lot on feature development. While doing so, specifically in India, the regulation and the market landscape is constantly changing, he says

Widespread adoption of digital payments raises operational risks: RBI DG

The 24/7 availability of online and mobile banking can heighten vulnerabilities, potentially accelerating bank runs and liquidity crises during periods of stress, he said

Go cashless in Paris: JioFinance app forays into international segment

Visa, the official payments partner of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, has partnered with JioFinance for its presence at India House

No evidence of systems being compromised: Cryptocurrency platform WazirX

A 'multisig' or multisignature wallet is a crypto wallet that requires two or more private keys to unlock and withdraw funds

India's retail digital payments set to double to $7 trn by 2030: Report

With digital adoption fast gaining currency, India is likely to see retail digital payments double to USD 7 trillion by 2030 from current levels, a study by Kearney and Amazon Pay said. In the report 'How Urban India Pays', Kearney-Amazon Pay said strong adoption of digital payments in online purchases has potentially led to a permanent shift in consumer behaviours, fueling offline adoption as well. While 90 per cent of the respondents of the survey preferred digital payments when making online purchases, affluent consumers lead the way with the highest Degree of Digital Payment Usage (DDPU), tending to use various modes of digital payment for 80 per cent of their transactions. "Millennials and Gen X are leading in the adoption of all types of digital payment instruments," it said. "Men and women both use digital payments in about 72 per cent of their transactions, indicating gender parity. The research was based on an online survey of over 6,000 consumers along with more than 1,00

Beware! Cashless payments may be making you spend more than you realise

The absence of a physical representation of money might be why people spend more with digital payments