Unified Payment Interface
Finance
Mastercard, Visa losing out to UPI, RuPay: Finance minister Arun Jaitley
India’s finance minister said on Thursday that Mastercard and Visa were losing market share to domestic payments networks, months after ......
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Despite Google's entry, India's digital payments tournament wide open
Search giant Google became the latest entrant into India's burgeoning digital payments market on Monday, launching its own Unified Payment ......
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Messaging app Hike rolls out payment wallet
Instant messaging platform Hike Ltd has launched India’s first in-app payment wallet, as it seeks to gain an early-mover advantage ......
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Paytm Payments Bank set to go live on UPI
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd, a unit of One97 Communications Ltd, has said it will soon go live on the unified ......
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Ola adds UPI as additional payment option
Cab aggregator Ola has integrated unified payment interface (UPI) on its platform, allowing its customers to use their UPI IDs ......
General
Why state-run banks must make room for an alternative banking system
Thanks to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor’s intervention last year, the Indian banking system’s woes are, finally, understood ......
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Why payment bank aspirants are getting cold feet
When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last year granted in-principle approval to 11 entities to start payment banks, the ......