Digital Payments: Page 5

Finance

How the Industry is coping with the CBDT Mandate for Businesses to Accept Digital Payments

The move to promote the adoption of digital payment modes among the huge merchant base in India was driven by the government's march towards achieving the digital economy and becoming a less-cash economy

Technology

How a Charge Card Is the Ultimate Asset For Small Businesses

To get the most out of a card with no pre-set spending limit, it's important to understand how the concept works.

Finance

This Indian Start-Up Wants To Bring More Customers To the Digital Payments Landscape

Bengaluru-based Cashfree has grown steadily over the last few years and with profitability on its side, expects payments volumes on its platform to triple by the end of the calendar year.

News and Trends

UPI Maintains its Growth, Achieves New High with 1.32 Billion Transactions

The number of transactions in February grew by 1.4 per cent from 1.30 billion transactions in January

News and Trends

In Boost For Start-Ups, RBI Plans Alternative Retail Payments System

India's central bank has proposed a draft framework to set up an alternative digital retail payments entity, along the lines of the not-for-profit NPCI.

News and Trends

WhatsApp Pay To Fully Launch In India Soon, Says Zuckerberg

This comes months after the country's central bank reportedly blocked a full-fledged launch of the service citing data localization norms.

News and Trends

UPI's Growth Curve Continues To Move Up, Transaction Value Falls

Transactions using UPI grew six per cent month-over-month in November, while the total value of transactions fell to INR 1.89 lakh crore.

Entrepreneurs

The Incredibles: Behind the Kunal Shah You Know

After exiting FreeCharge, Shah dabbled into various things, but the entrepreneurial itch made him come back and create CRED. He believes if one has built and created all his life, the idea of not creating does not work.

Finance

Chinese Banks Could Lose $61 Billion In Payments Revenue By 2025 - Study

Global payments revenue in markets surveyed by Accenture is expected to grow to over $2 trillion by 2025, and banks can capture at least $500 billion of that, the study added

News and Trends

What Other Messaging Apps Can Learn From WhatsApp's Troubles in India

Apps such as Hike and Telegram stand a good chance of attracting a chunk of WhatsApp's user base as controversies pile up for the US-based company.

Growth Strategies

6 Ways India's payment landscape is Reshaping: Cash and Digital

A look at the present scenario and how the payment landscape of our country is transforming

Finance

GrabPay, Touch n' Go among Malaysia's Most Used e-Wallets, Study Shows

The study comes on the heels of Malaysia's 2020 budget report where the government outlined its initiative to stimulate e-wallets and e-payments systems in a bid to move to a cashless economy

News and Trends

E-Commerce, Ridehailing led Southeast Asia's $100 billion Internet Economy in 2019

Online travel and digital payments are on the rise as well, a joint study by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co showed

Technology

Singapore Startup Fractal Inks Deal with Filipino Fintech to Serve the Country's Unbanked Population

The tie-up would solve a big problem for 45 per cent adults in the Philippines, who say documentation requirements are a major barrier to opening bank accounts

Technology

'Pay Later' Service Provider Simpl Partners with ICICI Bank, Looks To Expand Footprint

The Bengaluru-based start-up is now looking to partner with banking institutions as it targets expansion across channels and may enter international markets next year