digital payments

Apple Rolls Out 'Tap to Pay' Feature On iPhone; How It Works And Which Platforms Offer This Service- Details

Apple Tap to Pay Feature: Tap to Pay on iPhone works with Apple Pay, other digital wallets, and contactless credit and debit cards from major payment networks.  

Dec 10, 2025, 11:52 AM IST

Digital Payments Make Up 99.8% Of All Transactions In H1 2025: RBI

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues to dominate the digital ecosystem, accounting for 85 per cent of transactions by volume and 9 per cent by value in the first six months of the year.

Oct 23, 2025, 20:39 PM IST

UPI Payments In Japan? NPCI International Partners With NTT DATA To Simplify Transactions For Indian Travellers

Indian tourists visiting Japan may soon be able to pay using UPI, following a new partnership between NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) and NTT DATA Japan. Under the agreement, UPI will be accepted at merchant locations managed by NTT DATA, allowing travellers to make payments by simply scanning QR codes with their UPI apps.

Oct 14, 2025, 17:43 PM IST

Digital Payments Rise 10.7 Per Cent On POS Terminals, UPI, Internet Banking

 UPI now powers around 85 per cent of all digital transactions in India and nearly 50 per cent of all real-time digital payments across the world. 

Jul 29, 2025, 17:22 PM IST

Union Minister Piyush Goyal Meets Paytm Founder, Discuss Making India Digital Payments Powerhouse

Paytm continues to drive technology-led growth with an unwavering focus on empowering small merchants, expanding UPI innovation, and contributing to India's digital economy goals.

May 26, 2025, 20:56 PM IST

BHIM 3.0 UPI App Launched In India With New Features; Check What’s New For Customers And Merchants

BHIM 3.0 UPI App New Features: The app has been optimized to function efficiently in areas with low or unstable internet connectivity, ensuring seamless transactions even in remote locations. 

Mar 25, 2025, 19:20 PM IST

UPI Transactions See 33 Per Cent YoY Volume Growth In Feb, Value Up 20 Per Cent

Meanwhile, the Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) transactions stood at 405 million. In value terms, this was Rs 5.63 crore. 

Mar 01, 2025, 10:42 AM IST

Digital Payments Record Double-Digit Jump Year-On-Year: RBI

The increase in the RBI-DPI index was driven by growth in payment infrastructure and payment performance across the country over the period, the RBI said. 

Jan 30, 2025, 17:23 PM IST

Why Paytm Outperforms: Bernstein's Take On Future Of Indian Fintech

Bernstein concludes that Paytm is at the forefront of India’s transition from payment disruption to a monetisation-focused model. With its diversified revenue streams, operational efficiency, and forward-looking innovations, Paytm is shaping the future of Indian fintech. As Bernstein notes, Paytm is poised to maintain its leadership position and drive sustainable growth in one of the world’s most dynamic payments ecosystems.

Jan 09, 2025, 17:27 PM IST

India's Digital Payments Record Double-Digit Growth: RBI Data

The RBI-DPI comprises 5 broad parameters that enable the measurement of penetration of digital payments in the country over different time periods.

Jul 26, 2024, 21:06 PM IST

Sent Money By Mistake Or Fell Prey To Fraudsters? Soon You Can Revert Transactions Over Rs 2,000 Within 4 Hours: Reports

However, experts raised alarm over the move saying that this may lead to fraud from buyers and may affect digital payments negatively as shopkeepers may become wary of taking payments digitally for amounts exceeding Rs 2,000

Nov 29, 2023, 18:42 PM IST

From Humble Beginnings To India's Fintech Giant: How Vijay Shekhar Sharma Created Paytm

Vijay Shekhar Sharma:  This is the story of Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma's inspirational journey from humble beginnings to India's Fintech giant.

   

Aug 08, 2023, 21:10 PM IST

6 years of demonetisation: Digital payments boom after demonetisation

The biggest decision related to the Indian economy was taken 6 years ago. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an address to the nation on 8 November 2022 at 9 pm, under which the old notes of 500-1000 rupees were announced to be discontinued.

Nov 08, 2022, 12:16 PM IST

'No more toffees instead of chhuttas': UPI attributed for killing candy business in India

Giving toffees in lieu of the loose cash was a key strategy by the shopkeepers.

Oct 14, 2022, 12:43 PM IST

Mobcoder Is Unifying Uk High Streets With A Fintech App - Voilo

Voilo is a smartphone app that connects small businesses and charities with their consumers, allows them to accept payments from anywhere, and saves them up to 90% on transaction costs. 

May 27, 2022, 12:17 PM IST

Maan Ki Baat: Online payments are developing a digital economy, says PM Narendra Modi

“Now even in small towns and in most villages people are transacting through UPI itself. A culture is also being born in the country from Digital Economy,” PM Modi said. 

Apr 24, 2022, 11:41 AM IST

FM Nirmala Sitharaman vouches to regulate crypto at global level to check money laundering, terror funding

Finance Minister said that as long as the non-governmental activity of the crypto assets was through unhosted wallets, the regulation was going to be very difficult.

Apr 19, 2022, 20:52 PM IST

PM Modi hails India in Pixels for explaining UPI, digital payments via data sonification

PM Modi praised India in Pixels for using data sonification to covey the sound of money transacted via UPI and Digital Payments. 

Apr 13, 2022, 19:16 PM IST

RBI releases framework for geo-tagging of payment system touch points

RBI has released the framework for geo-tagging of payment system touch points to ensure proper monitoring of the availability of payment acceptance infrastructure.

Mar 26, 2022, 23:22 PM IST

Digital payments record 40% annual growth at Sep-end 2021: RBI data

The newly constituted RBI's digital payment index (RBI-DPI) stood at 304.06 during September 2021.

Jan 19, 2022, 22:18 PM IST