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News

DBS Bank India to Enhance Financial Solutions for MSMEs

DBS Bank India partnered with the eSamudaay network to offer better cash management solutions to MSMEs which conduct business through Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

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Mastercard and Obopay to Launch Prepaid Card in Rural India

Mastercard partnered with mobile money platform Obopay to launch a financial inclusion prepaid card for smallholder farmers and rural communities in India

Fintech & Ecommerce

Agri-Fintech: What It Is and Why It’s on the Rise

Last year brought a steady rise in socially responsible fintech products that are specifically designed for the needs of the agricultural sector. Agri-fintech is a very promising segment of financial technologies, so we’re going to discuss it in detail

Finance & Economics

Amazon and Google Get Payments Clearance in India

Google and Amazon have received permission to expand the scope of their online payment systems in India.

News

India & Singapore to Officially Link Payment Systems

Central bank institutions of Singapore and India will link their real-time payment systems next week to enhance cross-border payment connectivity

News

PhonePe Raises $100 Million

The Indian digital payments platform PhonePe attracted investments for $100 million.

Blockchain & Crypto

India’s Retail Giant Trials CBDC

Reliance Retail – India’s largest retailer – takes part in the large-scale trial of digital rupee CBDC. The network will start accepting the new payment instrument at its Freshpik store

News

BharatX Partners Snitch for BNPL Services

The partnership allowed Indian clothing brand Snitch to enable the white-label BNPL option provided by BharatX on its checkout page

News

Walmart Readies $2.5 Billion Investment in India’s E-Commerce and Payments

Walmart plans to invest more than $2.5 billion to develop its e-commerce and payments business in India.

News

PhonePe’s Valuation Doubles Over $12BN

The valuation of the Indian fintech giant PhonePe has more than doubled and exceeded $12 billion in a new round of financing.

Countries

First UAE Fintech to Launch India UPI Payment Integration

Last week, India decided to open its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment gateway for NRIS (non-resident Indians).

News

Delhi Buses to Get Contactless Ticketing

The Department of Transport of the Government of the Indian District of Delhi announced a tender for the development and implementation of a digital ticket sales system in buses.

Finance & Economics

Axis Bank Partners OPEN for Fully Digital Current Business Account

One of the largest private sector banks in India – Axis Bank – partnered with the digital banking enterprise, OPEN, to provide a fully native digital current account for its business customers

Finance & Economics

Indian Bank Introduces QR Code Bill Payment System for CESC

The new bill payment system enables customers to pay by scanning the dynamic QR code linked to the unified payments interface (UPI)

Finance & Economics

Are Startups Going Out of Fashion?

Tech startups across the globe are now facing a massive drain of funding from the segment. The total number of startups has also significantly declined. Why does it happen, and what to expect next?