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UPI payments via ChatGPT soon: Razorpay showcases pilot at GFF 2025
Technology | Oct 11, 2025, 03:44 PM ISTYou will soon be able to make UPI payments through ChatGPT and other AI platforms, as NPCI has begun preparations to integrate UPI features directly into AI apps.
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UPI payments are now possible using wearable smart glasses without needing PIN: Here's how
Technology | Oct 08, 2025, 12:07 PM ISTUPI users can now make payments using their wearable smart glasses and voice commands. This facility is currently available for UPI Lite transactions.
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UPI users: Forgot your UPI PIN? You can now reset it using your face, no need for ATM card
Technology | Oct 08, 2025, 07:49 AM ISTUPI launched this facility to enhance the user experience and provide an additional authentication method. This will especially benefit users who don't have access to their ATM cards.
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Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm users: Now use your face or fingerprint for UPI payments
Technology | Oct 08, 2025, 07:49 AM ISTUPI has introduced new features that enhance the customer experience, allowing users to make PIN-less payments authenticated by their face or fingerprint.
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NPCI to soon bring all EV chargers on single platform to address range anxiety: Officials
Auto | Sep 11, 2025, 07:47 PM ISTThe platform will also allow users to discover chargers, book charging slots, and make payments. NPCI will integrate all apps and charging stations into one platform.
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PhonePe down: Several users hit by widespread issue, unable to make payments
Technology | May 13, 2025, 04:36 PM ISTPhonePe users experienced a widespread issue with the app today, preventing them from completing transactions. Reports of this issue were shared widely.
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Finance Ministry asks RBI, UPI, others to stay alert for potential cyberattack
Technology | May 09, 2025, 05:09 PM ISTAs tensions between India and Pakistan escalate, the Finance Ministry has asked major financial institutions and payment companies to prepare for potential cyberattacks to avoid disruption to payment infrastructure.
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Google Pay, PhonePe users: NPCI may soon allow you to save your UPI ID on merchants' website
Technology | Apr 20, 2025, 02:17 PM ISTCurrently, payment gateways are allowed to save card details in tokenised format for seamless transactions. NPCI is planning to bring a similar feature to UPI IDs.
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UPI outage caused due to certain banks, says NPCI as it plans fixes
Technology | Apr 16, 2025, 07:43 AM ISTCertain banks were overwhelming the UPI system with excessive requests, causing it to slow down and resulting in a transaction success rate that dropped below 50 percent on April 12.
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Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm users: NPCI stops international UPI payments via shared QR codes
Technology | Apr 12, 2025, 11:21 AM ISTInternational UPI users can still make payments to merchants by scanning physical QR codes at the merchants' location. However, there is no change in the limit for domestic transactions.
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UPI might not work on certain numbers for Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm users from today
Technology | Apr 01, 2025, 08:03 AM ISTThe rules for making UPI payments have changed as of April 1. According to NPCI's guidelines, bank accounts with inactive mobile numbers linked may encounter difficulties when making UPI transactions.
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Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm users: UPI will not work on these mobile numbers from April 1
Technology | Mar 20, 2025, 10:44 AM ISTStarting April 1, there may be issues with making UPI payments through apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has instructed banks and UPI applications to remove inactive mobile numbers from their systems.
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FASTag new rules from February 17: How to avoid extra toll charges, penalties | In pics
India | Feb 14, 2025, 02:33 PM ISTFASTag's new rules will be implemented from February 17, 2025. Know how to check your FASTag balance, avoid blacklisting, and prevent double toll charges at toll plazas
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Jumped Deposit Scam: Understanding this new UPI fruad and what NPCI has said
Technology | Jan 20, 2025, 12:24 PM ISTThe Jumped Deposit Scam has been making headlines recently. The cyber crime wing of the Tamil Nadu police has issued a warning about this scam. However, here’s what the NPCI has to say about it.
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UPI achieves record 15,547 crore transactions worth Rs 223 lakh crore till November 2024
Business | Dec 15, 2024, 02:10 PM ISTUnified Payments Interface (UPI) has set a new milestone by crossing 15,000 crore transactions from January to November this year. According to a study, by October 2023, 75 per cent of all retail digital payments in India were through UPI.
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UPI vs UPI Wallet: Which mode of payment is more secure, convenient? Know Here
Business | Oct 22, 2024, 11:27 AM ISTUPI is a payment system, used through payment apps like Paytm, PhonePe, and Google Pay, where a person has to link their bank account to send or receive payments instantly. However, UPI Wallet will not be linked to any bank account.
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NPCI may allow UPI users to use fingerprint, facial recognition to make payment
Technology | Aug 10, 2024, 04:02 PM ISTThe National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is currently in talks with several startups to implement biometric authentication for UPI payments. Currently, UPI uses a personal identification number (PIN) as the second-factor authentication.
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Indian banking system under major ransomware attack, many banks turn offline, NPCI halts services
Business | Jul 31, 2024, 10:59 PM ISTIn a public advisory issued late on Wednesday, the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), which oversees payment systems, announced that it had temporarily restricted C-Edge Technologies from accessing the retail payments system operated by NPCI.
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Peru becomes first South American country to adopt UPI technology, signs agreement with NPCI
Business | Jun 05, 2024, 06:50 PM ISTJulio 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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UPI goes global: NPCI inks pact with UAE’s Al Etihad Payments to facilitate cross-border transaction
World | Oct 05, 2023, 07:02 PM ISTThe Ministry underscored that the development will facilitate the growth of e-commerce and digital transactions in the UAE, bolster financial inclusion, support the UAE's digitisation agenda, increase alternate payment options, reduce the cost of payments, and enhance the UAE's competitiveness.