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Don't leave your crease: ICICI Bank asks UPI users to follow cricket strategy to stay safe from frauds
ICICI Bank issued a warning about rising fake UPI payment scams, urging caution through social media. They shared a video advising users to verify unexpected UPI notifications carefully to avoid scams where scammers claim to have sent too much money and pressure victims to return excess amounts urgently. This alert coincides with a significant increase in digital payment fraud cases reported by the RBI. ICICI Bank encourages prompt reporting of cybercrimes and offers tips to protect against fraudulent transactions.
Flipkart launches beta version of its new fintech venture, Super.Money
Ecommerce major Flipkart launched a beta version of their financial app, Super .Money, on the Google Play Store. This app aims to be a one-stop shop for digital financial needs, offering features like payments, credit, and deposits.
India, Cambodia discuss investment treaty, UPI collaboration
India and Cambodia are in talks to collaborate on UPI-based digital payments to boost trade and tourism, according to the Indian commerce ministry. The discussions, held on Wednesday, also focused on diversifying the trade basket with new products, establishing a bilateral investment treaty, recognizing Indian pharmacopoeia, and collaborating in the pharmaceutical sector.
A report shows, India's non-cash payments on ecommerce platforms surge to 58.1% from 20.4% six years ago
India has seen the fastest jump in alternative payment share for ecommerce payments in the Asia Pacific region from 20.4% in 2018 to 58.1% in 2023 says a report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company. The report showed that such alternative payments are already popular in countries like China and India and are gaining traction in other APAC markets.
Credit on UPI: How to make payments using credit on UPI, how to enable on your UPI ID, who can use
With the help of credit on UPI, people and companies can obtain bank credit lines that have already been approved. Now customers can scan to use their credit on UPI with ICICI Bank mobile app’s PayLater option.
UPI integration gives a fillip to RuPay credit cards distribution
RuPay credit cards are seeing a growth in usage after linking with UPI, with its issuance at 30%, up from a mere 5% in 2022-23. The shift towards UPI-based credit cards on third-party apps like Google Pay and PhonePe poses a challenge for banks, raising concerns about customer retention and cross-selling. Fintech startup Fibe, led by Ashish Goyal, foresees a potential share struggle among top UPI apps.
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Fino Payments Bank eyes tripling digital banking revenue share by FY25
Fino Payments Bank sees an opportunity in the digital banking space after Paytm Payments Bank's exit. To capitalise on this, they're ramping up their digital offerings, aiming to grow their digital revenue share from 5-6% in FY24 to 15% this fiscal year. Since December, Fino has deployed around 14,000 QR codes which reported 300,000 transactions valued at Rs 33 crore.
New UPI scam: Fraudsters send you 'Rs 200.00' and ask to return Rs 20,000; how to protect yourself from UPI overpayment scam
UPI overpayment scam: You should be careful before sending or accepting any UPI collect money request especiallly from unknown numbers or IDs. This is because scamsters have now become more sophisticated and specifically targetting various tricks to make sure you stay distracted enough to not notice the scam. Read here how a individual got saved from this scam and what you can do.
Now autofill your UPI Lite wallet: You will soon get option to have auto debit mandate to maintain UPI Lite balance
UPI Lite: The Reserve Bank of India announced that now UPI Lite wallet is to be integrated with the e-mandate framework. This will help in auto-replenishment of the UPI Lite balance. If the balance in UPI Lite balance goes below a threshold amount, funds will be automatically added. Read here to know more about this feature of UPI Lite.
IPOs of Flipkart, PhonePe could take couple of years: Walmart executive
Walmart's Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could have IPOs in the next couple of years, as stated by Walmart's executive, Dan Bartlett.
Inadequate tech at banks to blame for UPI downtimes
RBI governor Shaktinata Das mentioned that downtime in the UPI payment system is primarily due to weak technology on the banks' side rather than issues from NPCI. The volume of UPI transactions per day exceeds 450 million, with several instances of downtime reported in May 2024. The central bank has been working to reduce downtime instances to less than 1%.
Paytm reports almost flat growth in UPI payments in May
After RBI restricted Paytm Payments Bank, the UPI transactions on the Paytm app fell. This is the first month the fall has been arrested since February. In terms of the share of UPI payments by volume, Paytm stood at around 8.1% in May — almost at the same level as the previous month.
NPCI, Peru central bank ink pact to build UPI-like payments system
The partnership makes Peru the first South American nation to adopt NPCI’s technology. It will enable BCRP to facilitate instant payments between individuals and businesses within Peru, and expand the usage of digital payments among the country’s large unbanked population.
Cashfree Payments appoints Abhaya Hota as independent director
Abhaya Hota has previously served as an Independent Director at Federal Bank, NSE Clearing, Protean e-Gov Technologies and RBI Innovation Hub. Cashfree Payments plans to leverage Hota's experience and expertise to develop innovative products and services.
UPI transactions scale 14 billion peak in May
The record high transactions come after a month-on-month dip in volumes in April to 13.3 billion, with the network dropping 1% from 13.44 billion in March. In May, the average daily transaction value was Rs 65,966 crore with average daily volumes at 453 million. UPI is the fastest growing digital payments channel in the country.
Jio Financial Services launches app to take on its fintech rivals
Jio Finance will offer UPI payments, bill payments, insurance advisory and digital banking. Eventually Jio Financial Services will offer credit products like loans against mutual funds, home loans and others to its customers through the app.
New PoS deployment grows at slowest pace since demonetisation: RBI data
Industry insiders told us that while new PoS terminals are still being deployed, it’s mostly in organised and large format retail, which offer all payment forms. However, grocery shops, smaller stores and eateries are tilting towards QR code-based UPI transactions.
Jupiter Money launches new savings feature for millennial users
Magic Spends allows investment of a predetermined amount every time a user of the company’s eponymous mobile app makes a transaction. The investment goes into digital gold and mutual funds.
UPI growth 2.0: Efforts on to crack DBT code
UPI user base has been hovering around 300 million for some time; RBI, banks are trying to push up this number.
Zeta launches new stack for banks to power credit transactions on UPI
Zeta, led by Bhavin Turakhia, aims for $1 trillion UPI credit disbursals by 2030. The fintech startup launches a new tech stack for UPI transactions, targeting global break-even and strategic partnerships.
NPCI to delay payments market cap, helping Walmart-backed PhonePe, Google Pay
India delays market share caps for digital payments, benefiting PhonePe and Google Pay. NPCI extends UPI market share cap deadline. PhonePe's UPI share increases to 48.3%, while Google Pay's decreases. Total transactions volume reaches 11.5 billion.
Brazilian payment company Ebanx set to start India operations with Yes Bank
Ebanx helps nearly 300 brands process payments in multiple countries across Latin America and Africa. It now wants to enter India, which will be its first market in Asia. It will offer payments infrastructure for global brands looking to sell to Indian consumers, who can use Ebanx to pay through the local currency and by using local payment methods.
Cred launches offline QR code-based ‘scan and pay’ payments
Peak XV-backed startup Cred has been pushing its UPI payments feature aggressively. The fintech wants its customers to use the app to scan QR codes at premium retail outlets.
Razorpay launches UPI switch in partnership with Airtel Payments Bank
Razorpay said this infrastructure can handle up to 10,000 transactions per second, at any given time, and enable five times faster access to UPI innovations for businesses.
Paytm unveils Made-in-India soundboxes for UPI and credit card on UPI payments
The need for these hybrid soundboxes was felt in the backdrop of a high-noise environment in India, Sharma said describing the evolution of the company's soundbox offerings as 'legitimate India innovations'.
Paytm secures NPCI nod for migrating its users to other banks
The four banks which will be working with Paytm for UPI payments are State Bank of India, Yes Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank.
NPCI pushing new UPI players to offer incentives to expand market share
NPCI encourages new UPI apps to invest for user growth. Uncertainty looms over market share deadline extensions, hindering significant capital investment by smaller players like Cred amid concerns about reducing market leaders' share.
Razorpay sees surge in credit card-linked UPI payments: report
Overall, credit card-linked UPI payments and cross-border merchant payments are two major sectors which will drive growth in digital payments in the coming years, the Bengaluru-based payment aggregator said.
Paytm UPI payments drop further in March; PhonePe, Google Pay show gains
Paytm processed around 1.2 billion UPI transactions in March. This is below 1.3 billion transactions in February and 1.4 billion in January. Overall, UPI payments rose to 13.4 billion in March compared to 12 billion in February, per NPCI data.
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