In a Q&A, the CEO of Mecklai Financial Services dwells on issues such as rupee internationisation, stronger FDI flows and RBI's role in keeping the Indian currency stable
Paytm UPI LITE brings single-click payments that never fail even when banks have success rate issues during peak transaction hours
The offline unorganised segment will drive merchant payment digitisation with QR codes and sound boxes - devices with speakers that display alerts for merchants when transactions are processed
According to NPCI, users will receive a daily transaction history of all the payments made through UPI LITE as an SMS from their banks.
Paytm Payments Bank Limited has gone live with UPI LITE, a feature enabled by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for multiple small-value UPI transactions, thus empowering its users
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The objective of the mission, as part of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023, is to make every citizen in the country opt for digital payments
Indian policy makers believe that the UPI and allied elements of what it calls "digital public infrastructure" are one of their biggest recent innovations
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday launched Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and 'Swadhan-e-pension-Gov' services for Kangra Central Cooperative Bank. He said that the introduction of these services would benefit thousands of account holders of the bank. The introduction of UPI service would make the bank transactions easier and quicker, especially for the elderly and those living in the remote areas. Sukhu lauded the efforts of the Kangra Central Cooperative Bank for the initiative and assured them of all possible help from the State Government. The Chief Minister also released the annual calendar of the Bank on the occasion.
Finance Minister also said that she is grateful for the USA and UK, who were very supportive of the global coordination framework, particularly on the crypto
Speaking about India's central bank digital currency (CBDC, also known as e-rupee), Sankar said the RBI was looking to expand the use cases for wholesale CBDC
India-Singapore link is an encouraging first step
India, Singapore cross-border retail payments & remittances amount to over $1 billion annually
The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has urged Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the city-state to use the PayNow-UPI linkage for business dealings with India for ease of payment. SICCI Chairman Neil Parekh, while welcoming the launch of the linkage of India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore's PayNow on Tuesday, also emphasised that the SMEs stand to benefit from the launch of the cross-border real-time digital payment system. The launch is timely as both countries have resumed normalcy, and Singapore continues to see a steady and high influx of Indian entrepreneurs coming to Singapore for business delegation meetings with their counterparts and our Chamber, Parekh said. Small and medium enterprises stand to gain with this launch of real-time payment, and SICCI strongly urges SMEs who have business dealings with India to use the scheme for ease of payment, Parekh told PTI. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Indian counterpa
On Tuesday, India and Singapore linked their digital payment systems, United Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow, to enable real-time money transfers
UPI-PayNow linkage world's first to feature cloud-based infra
Even delegates from G20 countries would be able to avail this facility at various meeting venues
In assessing Narendra Modi's success with many schemes, Manmohan Singh's fundamental work should not be ignored
The RBI on Tuesday said travellers from G-20 countries arriving at Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi international airports can get Prepaid Payment Instruments wallets linked to UPI for making payments to over five crore merchant outlets across India. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank made an announcement regarding allowing access to UPI to foreign nationals and NRIs visiting India. To start with, the RBI said, the facility is available to travellers from G-20 countries, at select international airports (Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi). Eligible travellers would be issued Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) wallets linked to UPI for making payments at merchant outlets. "Delegates from G20 countries can also avail of this facility at various meeting venues," the RBI said. Initially, ICICI Bank, IDFC First Bank and two non-bank PPI issuers, Pine Labs Private Limited and Transcorp International Limited will issue UPI-linked wallets. "Travellers visiting India can now experience the
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday said the linkage between India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore's PayNow will allow people in the two countries to undertake faster and cost-efficient digital transfers, and exuded hope that this "strong partnership" will continue to spawn innovative technology solutions. Prime Minister Lee and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi witnessed the launch of the cross-border connectivity of real-time digital payment systems via video conferencing. "I am very happy to join you (Narendra Modi) virtually for the launch of the real-time retail payment systems linkage between Singapore's PayNow and India's UPI (Unified Payments Interface)," Lee said. The launch was attended by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon. Das and Menon carried out the first transaction of the cross-border system as well. "The PayNow-UPI linkage will offer cheape