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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicDigital payments

Topic: Digital payments

India’s UPI & Singapore’s PayNow launch a real-time link for cross-border payments

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.

Make recharge and bill payments easier via MobiKwik

All payment methods available in MobiKwik: credit cards, debit cards, UPI, Net banking, MobiKwik ZIP - Pay Later give you a perfect replacement for cash.

India must re-think the zero-charge regime for digital transactions. Try this tiered approach

The current cross-subsidy disincentives quality of service and will impact ease of living in the longer term.

Indian rural women aren’t waiting passively for help. Digital payments are working

Making businesses digital is helping rural women merchants cope better with the current crisis and tap into new economic opportunities.

Amid digital payment boom, 42% Indians faced financial fraud, 74% didn’t get money back

Survey by LocalCircles found that 'bank account frauds' topped the list, followed by 'fraud by eCommerce sites'.

RBI rush for tokenisation in digital payments can hurt both merchants and consumers

Since it requires fundamental changes to the way cards are processed, the transition requires continuous monitoring. The 30 June deadline won't work.

Before RBI launches digital rupee, it must clear for Indians what the incentives are

RBI should be mindful of four key aspects as it lays the foundation for a digital rupee architecture.

RBI allows digital payments without internet, up to Rs 200 per transaction

Under the offline mode, payments can be carried out face-to-face (proximity mode) using any channel or instrument like cards, wallets, and mobile devices.

Collect payments hassle-free with PeachPay, an all-in-one tool to manage a freelance business

Generate invoices, receive payments and build a continuous income stream with the one-stop freelance business management platform, PeachPay.

Union Cabinet approves Rs 1,300-crore incentive scheme to promote digital payment

Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the govt will reimburse transaction charges levied on digital payments made by persons as part of the merchant discount rate.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.