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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicDigital payments

Topic: Digital payments

Google plans to expand digital payments in India with Spot

Alphabet Inc.’s push for digital payments in India ties in with the Modi govt's efforts to use mobile technology to connect rural residents to the banking infrastructure.

RBI says all data processed outside India will have to be brought back within 24 hours

The RBI said in its FAQs that after processing, data regarding payments shall be stored only in India & the complete end-to-end transaction details should be included.

Smartphones are the new credit cards as digital payments give cash a run for its money

More Indians are using their smartphones to make payments than swiping their debit and credit cards at stores.

We didn’t deserve to be hit by a 1,100-volt Demo shock just to switch to digital payments

The change in demonetisation discourse, from dirty to digital cash, is a tribute to the prime minister's communication skills and his magisterial control over public opinion.

Criticised for protectionism, India set to review e-commerce policy draft

The draft addressed data localisation to antitrust rules in e-commerce regulation in India.

Modi govt doesn’t want to annoy voters, puts off plan to levy security fee on e-payments

Govt planned to use the cess to build digital security infrastructure to curb growing number of cyber fraud cases.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son explained in his own words. About 3,03,513 of them

Ahead of Q1 results, an analysis of Son's comments from previous briefings to see how his focus has changed and what may lie ahead.

In just two years UPI gets the upper hand hand against Mastercard, Visa in India

Transactions using UPI reached almost half the value of debit and credit cards swiped at stores last month

A year after demonetisation: Still a cash economy, but mobile payments heating up in India

The spike in digital payments settled down, but growth has continued across the board and that is even after the cash returned to the economy.

Safe Digital India cess? Govt considers ‘security fee’ for every digital payment

An expert said that the cess could be used to create a fund to battle the growing number of cases of online fraud in digital payments.

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GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.