Google Launches UPI-Powered Credit Card in India to Expand Digital Payments Ecosystem
Google has entered India’s credit card market with a UPI-linked digital offering, marking a significant step in its push into financial services.
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From UPI to BNPL: Behind the Curtains of India Payment Gateway Revolution
India payment gateway transformation is one of the most significant success stories in global fintech. Boasting an inclusive, fast and efficient digital finance sector, India is a vivid illustration of payment technology development contributing to the economic growth and society’s well-being.
Citi Strengthens Asia FX Leadership With Strategic Talent Push
The global bank Citi is making a major push, bolstering its foreign exchange (FX) business across Asia with a fresh wave of senior hires and renewed focus on corporate and institutional clients.
Why European Retailers Should Pay Close Attention to APAC Payment Methods
New JCB data on rapidly rising cross-border spending reveal the growing popularity of European locations among Asian tourists, while APAC consumers also increase their payment volumes at EU online stores.
PhonePe Partners with OpenAI to Embed ChatGPT into Its Payments Platform
Rather than exposing the full OpenAI ChatGPT interface, PhonePe will embed AI-powered tools tailored to payment-use cases in its consumer and business apps, so that users can ask for help with travel planning, product recommendations, or comparison before making UPI payments.
Razorpay and NPCI International Partner to Bring India’s UPI Payments to Malaysia
Indian travellers can now pay in Malaysia just as easily as they do back home, as Razorpay and NPCI International have joined forces to bring India’s UPI payment system to Malaysian merchants
How Razorpay ACS Enables OTP-Free Biometric Authentication for Online Card Payments in India
Razorpay, in partnership with Yes Bank, has recently launched a biometric-card-authentication system for online card payments, so that instead of entering a PIN/OTP, you can authenticate e-commerce purchases via fingerprint or face ID.
Coinbase Investment Takes CoinDCX Valuation to $2,45B
Coinbase expresses its ongoing commitment to the Indian market by placing additional funding into local crypto exchange CoinCDX, which it has supported since 2020.
Unlimit Secures Dual Token Service Provider Certification from Mastercard and Visa in India
The new certification from both major payment networks in India strengthens Unlimit’s role in the nation’s expanding digital payments market.
Amazon Bets on Family Payments and Wearables with UPI Circle to Deepen Its Fintech Footprint in India
Amazon Pay has introduced the UPI Circle feature, enabling its 100 million UPI user base in India to share payments. Here’s how it could help the tech giant to capture a larger market share in one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech ecosystems.
PhonePe SmartPOD: What Is It and How It Makes Checkout Frictionless?
PhonePe’s new SmartPOD bridges the gap between UPI and card payments, powering India’s next wave of digital commerce.
Biometric Payments Guide: How Fingerprints and Face Recognition Are Changing How We Transact
It is predicted that, as soon as 2030, every one in four people globally will be using biometric tech to secure payments, while digital identity verification will pass traditional identity verification in volume. Why are biometric payments so popular, and why has their adoption accelerated in recent years? This article sheds light on everything you […]
Revolut Targets 20M Users by 2030 as It Enters Indian Market With Payment and Forex Products
Revolut expands into India with ambitious growth plans, ready to invest over $670 million in this prospective market over five years.
India Launches AI-Powered UPI Commerce Payments on ChatGPT, Expanding Agentic Payments to Leading AI Platforms
With a new multilateral pilot AI payment project, ChatGPT users in India are now able to discover products and complete purchases using India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) directly within the ChatGPT experience. Gemini and Claude are next in line for agentic payment testing.
dLocal and XanderPay Join Efforts to Streamline Cross-Border Payments for Hospitality Sectors Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America
As partners, dLocal and XanderPay aim to facilitate cross-border payments for hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) in various markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Global Payments Revenue to Reach $2.4T by 2029
Although annual revenue growth is expected to slow from 8.8% to 4.0% within the next five years, global payments revenue is still forecast to increase to $2.4 trillion by 2029, as agentic AI, digital currencies, and fintech business models boost the growth.
