WhatsApp rolls out a new bill-payment feature in India. It allows users to manage and pay a range of household and other recurring bills directly through the messaging app. The feature is gradually introduced across the country for Android and iOS users.
India’s card payments market is expected to maintain steady growth in the coming years as financial inclusion expands, digital infrastructure improves and consumers increasingly shift away from cash. While debit cards continue to dominate the market, growing demand for credit cards and new use cases linked to India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) are expected to […]
AI agents can soon pay your grocery order, your electricity bill, or your monthly subscription, without you tapping a single button. India may be about to make that real for hundreds of millions of people who use UPI.
If you’re a US or UK company hiring your first employees in India, you’ve probably narrowed the field to a handful of names. Deel and Remote show up on every “best global EOR” list. Rippling shows up if you’re already running US HR and IT through it. Kaamwork shows up if someone on your team […]
Razorpay has launched Vulcan, an artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model designed specifically for payments specifics of the Indian market. The company describes Vulcan as India’s first transformer-based AI foundation model for payments, beyond using separate AI tools for individual tasks such as fraud detection or payment routing.
Global payments company Payfuture has launched a new integration with Shopify that enables merchants to accept popular local payment methods in India through a single connection. This system is aimed at streamlining payment processing in this growing market.
Account-to-account (A2A) payment systems are spearheading a fundamental shift in global payment infrastructure. They change the familiar payment patterns through the use of direct bank transfers that bypass card networks altogether. Three examples of this rapid evolution occurred in late 2025 and early 2026.
Indian fintech company Cashfree Payments said it recorded revenue of around ₹1,000 crore in FY26 and achieved EBITDA profitability in March 2026. The company is now targeting full-year EBITDA profitability in FY27.
On- and off-chain payment provider Unlimit said Indian fintech infrastructure company Decentro has integrated its paytech stack to expand cross-border payment access for businesses operating in India.
The online gaming industry across South Asia and Southeast Asia has experienced explosive growth over the past three years. Markets like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, and the Philippines now represent billions of dollars in annual transaction volume. With mobile internet penetration reaching record highs and smartphone adoption accelerating in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, the addressable […]
India’s Unified Payments Interface has long been celebrated as one of the most successful real-time payment infrastructures ever built. Meanwhile, many countries across the globe are noticing the convenience of Credit Line on UPI framework, which allows banks to extend pre-approved credit directly through the UPI stack, letting consumers spend borrowed funds as seamlessly as […]
AI news roundup, April 2026: Razorpay launches agentic payments, SpaceX partners with Cursor, National Security Agency works with Anthropic, Amex introduces agentic commerce stack, while Google expands Gemini, and OpenAI attracts top talent.
Higher-value transactions have always been the ones to face limited netbanking experiences, but Banking Connect through Decentro offers to eliminate most of those limitations, creating smooth money flows and a simplified integration experience.
India is handling its CBDC project cautiously but in a curious, exploratory way, seeking to find the best fit scenarios for the e₹ (e-rupee) in already thriving digital financial ecosystem. Will the blockchain-based currency substitute popular payment methods like digital wallets for fiat? Let’s analyze it thoroughly.
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) marked its tenth anniversary on 11 April 2026. Today, we want to share some numbers behind the milestone which are frankly speaking extraordinary. The world’s most widely used instant payment system now processes transactions at nearly twice the rate per user as UK debit cards and is on course to […]
Following the cooperation on India’s first AI agent-powered conversational payment experience, Razorpay and OpenAI introduce a new intriguing joint initiative helping developers finally monetize their AI product development without friction.
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