By 2026, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has done something no private fintech ever managed: turned a domestic public infrastructure into a quietly expanding international standard. Here’s what’s happening — and where Indians can already pay with UPI abroad.
A viral headline promised tax relief for 150 million Indian crypto users. The reality of Budget 2026-27 delivered something else entirely — tighter compliance, steeper penalties, and silence where reform was supposed to be.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ecosystem in India is being upgraded to allow biometric authentication for transactions of up to ₹5,000. Users can now authorize payments using fingerprint or facial recognition on their devices, providing a faster and more convenient alternative to the traditional UPI PIN.
PhonePe, one of India’s leading digital payments platforms, has introduced new AI‑powered voice and text features that allow users to interact with the app in a more natural, conversational way to make payments and complete other tasks.
US imposes 10% temporary import surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act effective today, impacting India, EU, Canada, Mexico, Japan, UK, and other major trading partners. Legal updates, supply chain impacts, and economic risks explained here.
Revolut might reportedly be entering the UAE as early as Q1 2026, marking its second non-European market after Mexico. The company has ramped up hiring and team operations, with future plans for additional banking licences in international markets including the US.
India has temporarily broadened access to UPI One World for international visitors this month but the implications for global rollout may be more modest than headlines suggest.
Cashfree Payments, one of India’s leading payments and API banking firms, is accelerating its push into AI-driven commerce following the launch of its new in-chat payments solution, Cashfree Here, unveiled at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
The ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) 2026 wrapped up on 14 February 2026 after two days of high-level discussion on the future of technology, geopolitics, business resilience, innovation and global cooperation. Hosted by The Times Group under the theme “A Decade of Disruption. A Century of Change,” the ninth edition of the summit brought […]
The latest research on crypto market sentiment released by CryptoNinjas proves that global interest in crypto is shifting from historically affluent economies to emerging markets where bullish sentiment is booming.
The United States and India have reached a landmark agreement to slash tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of goods, easing months of trade tensions and opening the door to stronger economic and strategic cooperation between the two countries.
South Asia’s definitive thought leadership dialogue, The Times Group’s ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026 co-powered by Spark Capital and Bennett University, is back.
Global gold demand hits record high in 2025 despite falling jewellery consumption: paradox explained.
In FY 2026, the global payments industry will be watching Japan closely. That’s when India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is expected to begin a trial rollout in the country, marking one of the most significant cross-border expansions of the world’s largest real-time payment system.
Razorpay has received the Reserve Bank of India’s Payment Aggregator – Physical (PA-P) licence, marking a significant step in strengthening compliant, scalable in-store payments for merchants nationwide.
HSBC’s latest regional economic forecast projects that GDP growth in the Asia ex-Japan region will moderate to around 4.5% in 2026, down from an estimated 4.9% expansion in 2025, with slower activity anticipated across several major economies. This outlook reflects concerns about weakening export demand and uncertainties around the contribution of artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment […]
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