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Sunday, April 5, 2026
TopicMobile digital payments

Topic: Mobile digital payments

Paytm launches ‘Card Soundbox’ to let merchants accept both UPI & card payments

The launch of the payment device, with instant audio payment alerts, comes as rival Pine Labs announced a similar device at one-third of the cost.

Prosus-backed PayU to acquire payment gateway company BillDesk for Rs 345 bn

BillDesk, backed by Visa, was one of the pioneers of online payments in India alongside larger rival Paytm. Its services are common especially among retailers in the country.

Bill Gates praises India’s digital finance policies as a model for the world

Citing India's platforms for universal identification and digital payments, Gates said the policies drastically reduced the cost and friction of distributing aid to the poor.

50 nations promised cash to fight Covid. Few, like India and Bangladesh, are doing it right

India’s trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, and mobile communications — or JAM — can work wonders if it is used extensively to reform citizen–state engagement.

Indian company, not Chinese, can dominate global payments: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

‘India’s payments leader will build a low-cost, highly scalable model in an extremely competitive environment. The winner here can go win anywhere.’

PayTM helping SoftBank wade into Japan’s crowded digital payments space

Dozens of employees of the Indian startup are said to be working in Tokyo on getting the service up and running.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.