Feature to send money through WhatsApp not yet available in India
Technology | February 12, 2018 12:42 ISTThere will be an official announcement when the feature finally goes live in India
There will be an official announcement when the feature finally goes live in India
Users can pay their mobile, landline telephone, electricity, gas, water and DTH bills using the feature which is facilitated by the National Payments Corporation of India's (NPCI) Bharat Bill Payments System (BBPS).
The government could withdraw the cheque book facility to push debit and credit card transactions, a senior trade body official said.
The debit and credit card transactions have jumped to Rs 74,090 crore in September this year, up a hefty 84 per cent as compared to the same month last year when it stood at Rs 40,130 crore.
Global payment solutions company Visa today said there is a high inclination among Indian consumers to embrace new forms of payments, according to a study.
At launch, Indian consumers can use PayPal to shop online at some of India's most popular businesses.
Mobile wallet interoperability will allow a Paytm user to transfer and receive funds from a FreeCharge or MobiKwik user.
Even though 65 % of rail passengers prefer digital payments while buying a ticket, 50 % of the train tickets are still bought in cash.
Airtel Payments Bank on Sunday said it has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform
India has been categorised under the "break out" segment among 60 countries that have relatively lower absolute levels of digital advancement, yet remain poised for growth
There has been an increase of 584 per cent in digital transactions done through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) since demonetisation in November last year, said an official release on Thursday.
Money lost due to fraudulent transactions as a result of theft, burglary, loss of device or unauthorized access of user’s Paytm wallet will now be refunded
Brian Acton, co-founder of popular messaging app WhatsApp, on Friday called on IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to discuss ways in which the company can contribute to India's vision for digital commerce.
In a scheme under Niti Aayog to promote digital payments, more than 8 lakh people have been awarded a total of Rs 133 crore in the last one and a half months. The prizes were
South Korean tech giant Samsung is planning to launch its mobile payment wallet in India in the first half of 2017, media reports said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India would continue moving towards digital transactions to make the country a less cash society -- an initiative following the ban of old Rs 500 and 1,000 currency
In an attempt to encourage poor and illiterate people in rural areas to make digital payments, the government is promoting Aadhaar Pay which ensures financial transactions by just using fingerprint.
Over Rs 60 crore worth of prize money has been distributed to over four lakh winners of NITI Aayog's Lucky Draw Schemes for consumers and merchants to promote digital transactions.
In the latest in its bid to consolidate its position and retain its usage as the government pushes its citizens for a less-cash economy, digital payments platform Paytm has now made it easier and more
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