PhonePe UPI Circle Feature With Seamless Payment Authorisation Launched in India

PhonePe UPI Circle Feature With Seamless Payment Authorisation Launched in India

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates PhonePe UPI Circle was launched in India on Tuesday, as a feature that allows a primary user to authorise secondary users to make payments without their own bank account. Developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), UPI Circle is designed to…

UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’

UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates A major outage on Saturday morning caused Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services to stop working across India, affecting thousands of customers. The UPI services on multiple platforms, like Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay, Bhim, and more, were disrupted due to this outage. Moreover, it…

PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India

PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates PhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Xiaomi India announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday. With this collaboration, the homegrown Android app marketplace will now come pre-installed in all Xiaomi devices in India. As a result, the Chinese consumer tech brand’s own Android marketplace GetApps will…

India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay

India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates India on Tuesday delayed the implementation of market share caps for a popular digital payments method by two years, a move that will benefit Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not…

India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay

Google Pay, PhonePe Other Payment Firms Seek to Join RBI’s CBDC Pilot, Said to Offer eRupee Transactions

GooglePay, Walmart-backed PhonePe and AmazonPay are among five payment firms seeking to join the Indian central bank’s digital currency pilot by offering transactions via the eRupee, three sources directly involved in the discussions said. Indian fintech firms Cred and Mobikwik are the other two that have applied to join the…

Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive

Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive

Initial public offerings of Walmart’s Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could take a couple of years, a Walmart executive said. “This is something we’re looking at over the next couple of years,” Walmart’s executive vice president for corporate affairs, Dan Bartlett, said on the sidelines of the company’s…

Government to Delay Digital Payments Market Share Cap, Helping Walmart-Backed PhonePe, Google Pay

Government to Delay Digital Payments Market Share Cap, Helping Walmart-Backed PhonePe, Google Pay

India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the quasi-regulator, will extend by as much as two…

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…

PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India

PhonePe Launches Indus Appstore in India, Will Not Charge App Listing Fee for the First Year

PhonePe launched its Android-based mobile app marketplace, Indus Appstore, in India on Wednesday, February 21. The app store was launched by the Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during a hybrid event. The Walmart-owned fintech firm said its new app storefront intends to solve the major pain point…