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Sunday, September 7, 2025
TopicDigital payment

Topic: Digital payment

Rs 580 cr lost to digital payment frauds in last 5 yrs, only 43% recovered—govt to Parliament

Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi & Tamil Nadu top the chart when it comes to these frauds. Together, they account for 69% of the total reported frauds, according to FinMin data.

Assam is wary of digital payments. It’s stalling the growth of MSMEs

Data from a recent survey on MSMEs in Assam shows a paradox. While most MSMEs have adopted digital payment systems, a large share of their customers still prefer to pay in cash.

Center Fruit’s ‘Laplapalap’ has a new voice. It’s coming from a Paytm soundbox

The commercial shows how the Paytm voicenote, which is heard after every successful payment, gets a Center Fruit twisṭ̣ adding fun to routine purchases.

Paytm & its payments bank discontinue inter-company agreements to reduce dependencies

Paytm didn't say what agreements were being terminated. Payments bank agreed to simplify shareholders’ agreement to 'support Paytm Payments Bank‘s governance, independent of shareholders'.

Why Africa is the future of mobile and digital banking

Today, 48% of Africa’s population uses banking services, according to the African Digital Banking Transformation Report 2023.

How the pandemic can help make digital currencies truly global

We know that digital cash will be a direct claim on a central bank, just like its physical counterpart. But there the similarity ends.

India betting on 30% cap on digital transactions to avoid tech monopolies like in the West

India’s approach to avoid monopolies is to decree limits on fintech competitors from the start: No single player can grab more than 30% of total transactions.

Coronavirus succeeds where demonetisation failed as Indians dump cash for digital payments

Value of UPI transactions reached all-time high June as people feared handling banknotes amid the pandemic. Electronic fund transfers have also rebounded.

No data breach in BHIM, says national payments body after web sleuths claim lakhs ‘exposed’

vpnMentor, a site that reviews virtual private network services, said Sunday that data of ‘millions of BHIM users’, including Aadhaar details, had been left exposed to the public.

India has a long way to go to squeeze cash out of the economy & become digital

Despite open model & multitude of competitors in digital payments, 72% of India’s consumer transactions take place in cash, double the rate in China.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?