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  Make UPI payments without PIN coming soon to Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm

  Technology | October 09, 2025 18:12 IST

  The new biometric UPI feature by NPCI and RBI will let users pay using facial or fingerprint recognition instead of a PIN, with a Rs 5,000 limit per transaction. It will be available soon on Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm, making everyday digital payments in India faster, safer, and PIN-free.

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  Big UPI changes from today: New rules for autopay, balance checks and others you must know

  Business | August 01, 2025 9:08 IST

  The new changes are likely to make UPI more user-friendly, ensuring its dependability, seamlessness, and free of disruptions, especially during peak hours.

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  How India’s UPI became the world’s most used digital payment system

  Technology | July 24, 2025 15:40 IST

  India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has emerged as the world’s most-used real-time digital payment system, powering over 50% of global instant transactions, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). With 18 billion monthly transactions and over Rs 24 lakh crore processed in June 2025.

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  New UPI Rule From July 15: Users to get immediate refunds after transaction failure - Check Details

  June 25, 2025 18:01 IST

  Moreover, the NPCI has made some changes in the methods of payment through UPI. Earlier, the payments were processed in 30 seconds. The new rule has come into force from 16 June 2025.

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  Good News For UPI users: Response time to be 10-15 seconds for payments - Here's what it means

  June 16, 2025 18:11 IST

  Effective from today, the time taken in a UPI payment to validate the address will take just 10 seconds, as compared to 15 seconds earlier.

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  Will UPI transactions be costly? Govt may consider charges on payment above THIS amount - Details

  Business | June 12, 2025 12:07 IST

  The Payments Council of India (PCI) has suggested a 0.3 per cent MDR for big merchants. Currently, credit and debit cards have an MDR of 0.9 per cent to 2 per cent, but RuPay cards are exempt from this.

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  Paytm makes special preparations for Mahakumbh, launches Bhavya Mahakumbh QR

  Technology | January 15, 2025 18:38 IST

  Paytm has implemented various measures to simplify digital payments during the Maha Kumbh. The company has now introduced the Bhavya Mahakumbh QR.

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  UPI users alert: Staggering Rs 485 crore lost to fraud in the first half of 2024-25

  Technology | November 28, 2024 6:49 IST

  With the rise of internet usage, most people now make digital payments. However, in the last six months, there have been about Rs 485 crore in fraud cases involving UPI.

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  RBI increases UPI Lite, UPI 123PAY transaction limits to boost 'digital payments'

  Business | October 09, 2024 11:54 IST

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the transaction limits for UPI Lite and UPI 123PAY, increasing accessibility to digital payments. The UPI Lite limit has risen from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000, while UPI 123PAY limits have doubled to Rs 10,000.

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  Peru becomes first South American country to adopt UPI technology, signs agreement with NPCI

  Business | June 05, 2024 18:50 IST

  Julio Velarde, Governor of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru calls it a significant step towards strengthening and modernising the Peruvian payments system by expanding access to digital payments.

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  RBI issues draft guidelines on payment aggregators | Check details

  Business | April 17, 2024 10:41 IST

  The draft said non-banks providing PA-P services should have a minimum networth of Rs 15 crore at the time of submitting an application to the RBI for authorisation and a minimum networth of Rs 25 crore by March 31, 2028.

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  Amazon Pay receives RBI's nod as payment aggregator: Full list of all authorised online aggregators

  Business | February 28, 2024 14:06 IST

  Amazon Pay, a leading digital payments platform under Amazon India, has received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator (PA). This accreditation allows Amazon Pay to join a prestigious group of companies, including Zomato, Google Pay, Zoho, and others.

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  UPI fraud ALERT: You may face 4-hour delay for transactions above Rs 2,000 | Check details

  Technology | November 29, 2023 17:08 IST

  At present, a user can send up to Rs 5,000 within a 24-hour period after creating a new UPI account. Once the account is activated, NEFT users have the flexibility to transact a maximum amount of Rs 50,000 within the span of 24 hours, whether in a single transaction or through multiple instalments.

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  Australian Dy PM plays 'gully cricket', relishes Delhi street food and experiences UPI Pay I VIDEO

  World | November 20, 2023 17:13 IST

  Marles, who witnessed the historic India-Australia Cricket World Cup in Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemadabad, was joined by the 14-18-year-old young cricket players on the stadium premises. Also, he relished several street foods and paid the payment digitally via UPI method.

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  'Amazed': Netherlands PM after making payment through UPI at tea stall on Bengaluru's Church Street

  Trending | September 12, 2023 19:38 IST

  The Netherlands and India have wide-ranging economic ties and over 350 Dutch companies do business here, said Netherlands PM.

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  IDEMIA, Airtel Payments Bank, and HMD Global's initiative for Digital Rupee on feature phones

  Technology | September 07, 2023 12:54 IST

  The collaboration intends to strengthen financial inclusion and digital payments by making it possible to transact in digital currency even without a smartphone or internet connectivity, whether temporarily or due to limited network coverage, as per their joint statement.

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  Apple Pay making headway in India, talks with NPCI underway: Know details

  Technology | June 24, 2023 16:50 IST

  Apple Pay service will enable iPhone users to scan QR codes and make payments using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), similar to Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe, and other digital payment apps.

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  UPI to account for 90% of retail digital payments by 2026-27: Report

  Business | May 28, 2023 16:54 IST

  UPI transactions are likely to reach 1 billion per day by 2026-27, accounting for 90 per cent of the retail digital payments in the country, said a PwC India report.

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  Airtel Payments Bank and National Payments Corporation of India collaborates for face authentication

  Technology | May 05, 2023 13:58 IST

  Earlier, It was the Adhaar number by which the transactions were authenticated and the Iris or fingerprint match in the UIDAI records. The new service will enable the user to validate the transaction by taking on face authentication along with the Aadhaar number.

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  Har Payment Digital: RBI launches mission to make every citizen a user of digital payment

  March 06, 2023 21:30 IST

  Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das, launched the "Har Payment Digital" mission as part of Digital Payments Awareness Week 2023. The goal of the mission is to make every Indian citizen a user of digital payments.