This will make RuPay one of the few international payment systems to be active in Russia. Moscow has faced a number of sanctions by Western countries since the war with Ukraine.
Apart from reporting on water stress in India, global media also predicts a digital payments boom in the country, with WhatsApp given free run by National Payments Corporation of India.
Unlocking the rich and diverse information from digital and online sources could be a game changer for the generation, collation, and production of official data.
While facial recognition technology isn’t new, facial recognition payment technology is—and it’s growing very quickly. About 495 million Chinese shoppers used it in 2021.
The license, granted by the country's payments authority, came as Paytm Payments Bank will cease to operate on 15 March, following regulatory action due to non-compliance with certain norms.
The high transaction cost on remittances amounts to an additional tax on cross-border movement of incomes. For 2023, roughly $41 billion was spent on just transaction costs.
This is the first such for the South Asian nation that is the world's biggest recipient of remittances. Transfer of funds will now be possible using just mobile phones.
All payment methods available in MobiKwik: credit cards, debit cards, UPI, Net banking, MobiKwik ZIP - Pay Later give you a perfect replacement for cash.
Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
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