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Govt to refund MDR losses to banks on digital payments for FY23

Payment companies like Visa and Mastercard have been seeking a level playing field with RuPay, claiming the government is favouring the latter

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $60 mn funding for Payments tech firm Juspay

Juspay processes 300 mn online transactions a month with gross value of over $5 bn; has highest number of payment SDK (software development kits) installed on 250 mn mobile phones

Jio, WhatsApp signal a deeper embrace in online retail and digital payments

Slated for launch in 2022, JioMart's conversational e-commerce push on WhatsApp will serve up catalogues from merchants and allow users to order essentials both on demand and as subscriptions

Worldline partners with major card networks to launch tokenisation solution

Worldline said that it has developed a fully interoperable plug-and-play solution to enable card on file tokenisation using single integration

Reserve Bank may rationalise some payment charges, says industry

Others say central bank may relook zero merchant discount rate on RuPay, UPI

Fintech unicorn Razorpay aims to achieve $90-bn TPV by the end of 2022

The firm powers payments for over 8 million businesses that include Facebook, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy

Razorpay eyes $90-bn TPV, launches new solutions to enhance experience

Fintech major Razorpay said it has seen strong growth in the number of payments processed on its platform, and it expects its total payment volume to touch $90 billion by end of next year

Discussion paper on charges in digital payments to be out in a month

Experts said at no point in time will customers be charged for payments

We're almost cashless societies, but let's not rush too quickly into future

It isn't the pandemic that's putting this popular means of payment out of existence. All that Covid-19 has done is to accelerate a trend that was already with us

RBI to soon float paper on reasonableness of charges on digital payments

UPI is the single largest retail payment system in the country in terms of volume of transactions

Neo-socialism: State's expanding tech biz

In a country where many state initiatives have been marred by glitches, delays, and corruption, RuPay and the UPI are revolutionary achievements

India reaching out to many nations to leverage stack it has built: NPCI CEO

Speaking at the InFinity Forum, Dilip Asbe said there has to be a local or domestic stack because every country has its own complexities and diversities

Credit card spend crosses Rs 1 trillion first time in a month: RBI

Among major credit card players, ICICI Bank has been the most aggressive

First 'Buy' report on Paytm sees firm turning profitable by 2026

Dolat Capital Market has set a target price of Rs 2,500, which is 16% higher than the company's issue price

Covid-19 caused permanent shift to digital payments, says Visa CEO

People are choosing not to get cash to shop but actually using their debit cards to shop now, he said

Online frauds: The precaution we should take to protect ourselves

The country's march towards a digital economy gathered pace in the last two years. At the same time, the country witnessed a jump in online payment frauds. Here's how we can protect ourselves online

Digital transactions up 52% in festival season, says report

PayU registered a record high of 8 million transactions on a single day on October 3

Underlying digital payments infra must meet upcoming rise: Google Pay exec

Points to the surge the number of UPI transactions, which are nearly doubling each year

Currency in circulation remains unchanged during Diwali week: SBI Research

The currency in circulation stood at Rs 43,900 cr during the Diwali week in 2021, more or less stagnant compared to the Rs 43,800 cr in the year ago period

TMS, Ep 42: Haryana's job quota, RBI-RD cheme, Ather CEO Q&A, and e-RUPI

Will Haryana's new job quota rule hurt MSMEs? Can RBI-RD scheme spur retail interest in bonds? How does Ather Energy CEO Tarun Mehta plan to take on competition in the EV space? Answers here