You will necessarily need a FASTag for your car if you are on a road trip and crossing the toll plazas on Indian National Roads, as of January 1. This confirmation comes from the Union Minister of Transport for Road, Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari, who has said that FASTags …
Read More »NPCI allows payment banks and fintechs to be shareholders
The retail payments body, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), said on Thursday that it has completed the private placement of 4.63% of its equity shares. ₹Rs 81.64 crore, allowing small finance and payment banks as well as fintechs to be shareholders in the organization. NPCI had made an offer …
Read More »Issue only Rupay cards, seed all accounts with Aadhar before December: FM to banks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told bankers on Tuesday to only issue Rupay cards as the first choice for customers, and also to deposit all bank accounts with the Aadhar number and, when necessary, with the pan card for December this year. “Rupay should be the only card you should promote,” …
Read More »WhatsApp Pay, UPI’s double hit limit for payment companies
A day after the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced a 30% market capitalization for digital payments companies in UPI, market leader Google Pay said it could affect further UPI adoption in the country. The cap comes at a time when WhatsApp Pay launched in India on Friday after …
Read More »UPI transaction limit for Google Pay, WhatsApp Pay, PhonePe, and others, but should you be concerned?
The digital payments space in India, specifically UPI payments services, is about to undergo a major restructuring. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has made it official that a new limit will apply as of January 1, 2021 requiring that no third party application provider (TPAP) can exceed more …
Read More »WhatsApp payments are activated in India
‘We are working with five leading banks in India: ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Jio Payments Bank. People can send money on WhatsApp to anyone using a UPI-compliant app, ‘according to a blog post Following the approval of the National Payments Corporation of India …
Read More »Here’s how to set up WhatsApp Pay, make payments, and more
The digital payments space in India is about to get a bit more exciting, with WhatsApp Pay finally implemented for WhatsApp now available for iPhone and WhatsApp for Android users in India. Of course, you will need to have the latest version of WhatsApp installed on your phone for the …
Read More »WhatsApp Pay from Facebook to start in India. How you can revolutionize the payment market
Facebook has been testing WhatsApp payments in India for years India allowed Facebook Inc. to start operating its WhatsApp payments service in the world’s largest open technology market. WhatsApp Pay can be activated through the homegrown multi-bank unified payments interface, the National Payments Corporation of India said in a statement …
Read More »NPCI Announces 30 Percent Limit For Third Party UPI Apps Like Google Pay, PhonePe
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has set a 30% limit on the total volume of UPI transactions processed by third party application providers (TPA), which will take effect from January 2021. UPI, The unified payments interface has surpassed two billion transactions, according to the NPCI, and TPAs such …
Read More »Google Pay is still unavailable on iPhone and there are no in-app warnings about potential payment issues
The Google Pay digital payments app is not yet available to Apple iPhone users in India. The Google Pay app, formerly known as Google Tez, was not listed on the Apple App Store yesterday and is not yet available. Google confirmed yesterday that the app wasn’t on the list to …
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