Google Pay to Roll Out SoundPod With Audio Alerts to Merchants in India After Year-Long Pilot

Google Pay to Roll Out SoundPod With Audio Alerts to Merchants in India After Year-Long Pilot

Google is rolling out the SoundPod — the company’s wireless speaker that can verify payments received over the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) instant payment system — to small merchants in India, the company announced on Thursday. The company started testing the device as part of a limited trial last year and…

EPFO to Halt Claims Made via Paytm Payments Bank Following RBI Restrictions

EPFO to Halt Claims Made via Paytm Payments Bank Following RBI Restrictions

India’s state-run social security fund will halt claims made via Paytm Payments Bank accounts from Feb. 23, as the country’s central bank imposed restrictions on the payments bank due to persistent irregularities, a government order said. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has asked its officers to refrain from accepting…

WhatsApp to Offer Card Payments, Services From Rival Digital Payment Providers in India

WhatsApp to Offer Card Payments, Services From Rival Digital Payment Providers in India

WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. WhatsApp has more than 500 million users in India, though regulators there…

Paytm Disbursed Over Rs. 5,500 Crore in Loans; While UPI Crosses 10 Billion Transactions in August

Paytm Disbursed Over Rs. 5,500 Crore in Loans; While UPI Crosses 10 Billion Transactions in August

Fintech major Paytm on Tuesday said it disbursed $667 million (Rs. 5,517 crore) loans through its platform and deployed 87 lakh devices for offline payments in August.  The Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led fintech platform said in a regulatory filing that on an average 9.4 crore users transacted through Paytm monthly during…

Google, Apple Representatives to Meet Parliamentary Panel to Discuss Cyber Security

Google, Apple Representatives to Meet Parliamentary Panel to Discuss Cyber Security

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has called representatives of several banks such as the Punjab National Bank as well as global and national tech majors, including Google, Apple and Paytm, next week to discuss issues related to cyber security and rising cases of cyber crimes. The committee, headed by…

ONDC Framing Mechanism to Ensure Rule Compliance by Entities Involved

ONDC Framing Mechanism to Ensure Rule Compliance by Entities Involved

Government-promoted Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is framing a mechanism to ensure compliance with its rules by entities involved in online retail trading, a senior official said on Thursday. The ONDC aims to promote an open platform for all aspects of e-commerce retail. It would help small retailers expand…

Paytm Wins RBI Extension for Payment Aggregator Licence Application: Details

Paytm Wins RBI Extension for Payment Aggregator Licence Application: Details

Indian financial technology company Paytm Payments Services has received an extension from the country’s banking regulator to apply for a payment aggregator licence and aims to reapply in about 15 days, the company said on Sunday. Paytm Payments Services, in the meantime, can continue with the online payment aggregation business for…