India scrambles to curb PhonePe and Google’s dominance in mobile payments

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the governing body overseeing the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mobile payment system, is set to engage with various fintech startups this month to develop a strategy to address the growing market dominance of PhonePe and Google Pay in the UPI ecosystem. NPCI executives plan to …

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UPI tap and pay expected to go live by Jan 31 next year: Report

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has started the process to deploy ‘UPI Tap and Pay’ across digital payment providers soon after the apex body released details on the feature’s roll out, reported Business Standard.  Unified Payments Interface (UPI) members can go live with the UPI Tap and Pay functionality by January 31, 2024, …

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UCO Bank: Government to meet RBI, NPCI and TRAI after UCO Bank incident: What caused ‘Rs 820 crore technical glitch’ at the bank

The Finance ministry has taken a serious notice of the recent major issue at UCO Bank and the rising cases of bank frauds in the country. The ministry and the parliamentary panel on ICT have decided to look into and tackle the matter. Financial services secretary Vivek Joshi will hold key consultations on the matter …

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Attention UPI ID holders! Govt has this important message for you

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued the guidelines on November 7, 2023, regarding the deactivation of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) IDs, UPI numbers, and phone numbers of Customers who have not performed any financial or non-financial transactions (balance inquiry, PIN change, etc.) for one year from any Third Party Application Providers (TPAPs) or PSP …

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SBI Card allows RuPay credit cards on UPI. Here is how to link

SBI Card, India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer, and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have announced the linking of SBI credit cards on the RuPay platform with UPI. Starting 10 August 2023, SBI Card customers will be able to make UPI transactions through their credit cards issued on RuPay. The functionality can be availed …

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