Online Payment

A year after RBI notified PA-CB norms, only four entities receive licence

PAs-CB are entities that enable cross-border payment transactions for import and export

Unauthorised fintechs, compliance changes pose major risks for sector

Organisations assess other challenges, such as talent, transparency, and grievance redressal, as negligible risks in their operations

Indian tech eyes $25 billion goldmine in embedded finance: Report

Large user bases make platforms ideal for integrating the financial services. The industry lending category is the one with highest relevance for integrating financial services

UPI transactions volume increases 52% to 78.97 bn in Jan-Jun: Report

Indian instant payment system Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transaction volumes recorded a 52 per cent year-on-year surge to 78.97 billion in the first six months of 2024, according to a report. In its India Digital Payments Report for the first half of 2024 (January to June), payment technology service provider Worldline said on Thursday that UPI continues to rule the payment market and is rapidly expanding its reach. "The number of UPI transactions rose significantly from 8.03 billion in January 2023 to 13.9 billion by June 2024. This growth in volume was matched by an increase in transaction value, which climbed from Rs 12.98 trillion in January 2023 to an impressive Rs 20.07 trillion in June 2024. "When comparing H1 2024 to the same period in 2023, UPI transaction volume saw a substantial increase of 52 per cent, rising from 51.9 billion to 78.97 billion," the report said. The value of transactions grew 40 per cent, increasing from Rs 83.16 trillion to Rs 116.63 trillion. In

Over 40% consumers use digital payment daily in Tier 3-6 cities: Report

More than 40 per cent of consumers in Tier 3 to 6 cities use digital payment on a daily basis, while 45 per cent claimed to use it once in two days, a new survey report has said. "This reflects the frequent usage of digital payments by consumers, even in Tier 3 to 6 locations of the country," said a report by Chase India on The State of Digital Payments in India. The report identifies the key challenges faced by merchants and consumers in the adoption of digital payment services at the grassroots level. According to the report, nearly half of the merchants who are not using digital payments in rural India are unaware of the service. In contrast, a staggering 94 per cent of consumers who are not using digital payments are aware of it but still don't use it, as they face issues like lack of internet connectivity, limited knowledge, mistrust in online payments and service-related problems. The report added that around 74 per cent of consumers claimed to be using digital payment serv

Amazon Pay UPI surpasses 100 million customers, marking a major milestone

Amazon Pay UPI has become a significant success, said the company, streamlining transactions both on the Amazon.in shopping app and across a wide range of external platforms

Well-regulated, mkt-based mechanism necessary for UPI MDR: Sharath Bulusu

Bulusu explains the rationale behind the need for merchant discount rate (MDR) for UPI, the company's focus on Indian languages, and credit strategy

Gaining momentum: UPI transactions top Rs 20 trn for third straight month

NPCI's data shows that the average daily transaction count on UPI in July was 466 million, amounting to Rs 66,590 crore

Paytm sees no impact of reduced UPI incentives on path to profitability

Company announced launch of first NFC card soundbox

India, Zimbabwe likely to ink pact for cooperation in fast payments system

India and Zimbabwe have agreed to explore an opportunity to ink a pact for regulatory cooperation in tele-medicines, rough diamonds, and fast payments system, an official statement said on Wednesday. It was agreed during the third session of India-Zimbabwe Joint Trade Committee (JTC), which was held here on May 13 and 14. They also agreed to make concerted efforts towards enhancing bilateral trade. "Both sides agreed to explore signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) for regulatory cooperation in digital transformation solutions, tele-medicines, rough diamonds, fast payments system and traditional medicine among others," the commerce ministry said. They also identified several areas of focus for enhancing bilateral cooperation in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, machinery, vehicles, electrical machinery, mineral fuels, iron and steel, agriculture and food processing, and renewable energy, it added. The two countries "agreed on closer collaboration between the Investment Promotio

PhonePe, Google Pay creating a duopoly in India's UPI space? NPCI to check

Google Pay and PhonePe, together account for 86% of UPI transactions by volume in India and are also expanding to offer UPI services abroad

Amazon Pay to ramp up Smart Stores service partnership to 150 brands

The company has launched 18,000 Smart Stores in India since its inception in 2019

Zomato receives RBI approval to operate as online payment aggregator

The Gurugram-based food delivery major had, last year, announced a partnership with ICICI Bank to launch its own payments business, Zomato Pay

UPI transactions up 118% in semi-urban, rural retail stores in 2023: Study

UPI is a driving force in the overall growth of digital payments in India, says government separately

RBI hikes UPI limit for hospital, educational payments: What does it mean?

RBI MPC: In another key announcement related to digital payments, Governor Shaktikanta Das proposed to hike the e-mandate for recurring payments to Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 15,000

Razorpay's POS business clocks 60% growth after Ezetap acquisition

Ezetap was Razorpay's sixth acquisition

Why it is time for a single QR code for all the payments in the world

There is a lot of work to be done. Consolidating the labels in a single repository doesn't always solve the problem of multiple contractual relationships, each of which comes with its own accounting

Consumers disapprovingly pay convenience fees on online platforms: Survey

Around 83 per cent of consumers disapprovingly pay convenience fees online platforms for booking tickets or any other service, online survey firm LocalCircles said on Tuesday. According to the survey, 84 per cent of respondents want the government and its public sector units (PSUs) like IRCTC to stop charging convenience fees or service charges and promote Digital India. LocalCircles claims to have received over 32,000 responses from consumers in 319 districts of India in response to the survey conducted between June 16 and October 19, while the number of feedback to each question varied. "On an aggregate basis, 79 per cent of consumers surveyed claim they are being charged convenience fees for services they have booked online," the survey said. According to the report on convenience fees, when services like tickets are procured digitally, the supplier or seller is able to lower the cost of manpower and facilities and instead spend more on the deployment of user interfaces and back

NPCI Int'l to develop UAE's domestic card scheme in partnership deal

Scheduled to launch in early 2024, the DCS will aim to facilitate the growth of e-commerce and digital transactions in the United Arab Emirates

E-commerce firms scale up tech efforts for upcoming festive season

Online retailers, startups are scaling up their tech and innovation efforts to handle demand from shoppers during festive season and make their shopping and payment experience seamless