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  Facebook Scam: Here's how this man lost Rs 1 lakh over an online scam

  Technology | January 13, 2020 10:21 IST

  A man loses Rs 1 lakh while trying to sell his furniture on Facebook. Here's what happened.

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  Hefty fine for not using digital payments by January 31, 2020

  Business | December 31, 2019 14:49 IST

  Shops, business firms or companies with an annual turnover of Rs 50 crore or more and required to provide digital payment facilities to customers as part of government's stride towards a less-cash economy, will not have to pay any penalty till January 31 for not installing the system.

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  No MDR charges applicable on payment via RuPay, UPI from Jan 1, says Nirmala Sitharaman

  Business | December 28, 2019 18:34 IST

  In a bid to promote digital payments, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said no MDR charges will be applicable on transactions through homegrown RuPay and UPI platforms beginning January 1, 2020.

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  FASTag Alert! NPCI announces NETC FASTag recharge option through BHIM UPI

  Business | December 26, 2019 14:50 IST

  National Payments Corporation of India, NPCI on Thursday announced NETC FASTag recharge option through BHIP UPI App for its customer. NPCI said that customers can recharge FASTags through any BHIM UPI enabled mobile app.

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  With over 100 mn users, UPI completes 1 bn transactions in Oct

  Business | October 28, 2019 11:22 IST

  The UPI platform was launched before demonetisation in 2016 and has taken digital payment to a new height. Users across the globe can transfer money online without entering their bank account number.

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  Govt plans to cap UPI e-wallets, bring new guidelines for digital payments

  Business | September 10, 2019 14:10 IST

  Attention UPI e-wallet users: The National Payments Corporation of India is set to roll out new guidelines for digital payments in India. For people who use UPI e-wallets like Google Pay and PhonePe among others will be impacted as government moves to bring in more security features in digital payments.

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  UPI app user alert! ICICI Bank issues advisory against scams, says don't do THIS

  Business | September 02, 2019 20:31 IST

  UPI apps user alert: Amid ongoing online banking or UPI-related scams, India's one of the largest private lender, ICICI Bank has issued an advisory for its customer. ICICI bank has warned all online banking users, especially those who use UPI apps-- Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, to be very cautious of frauds, in the wake of UPI-related scams.

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  Alert! Are you BHIM UPI user? Then here's good news for you; check details

  Business | September 01, 2019 6:51 IST

  BHIM UPI Charges: In a move to boost digital payments in small and large merchants' transactions across the country, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has revised BHIM UPI charges for large ticket transactions.

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  Truecaller bug covertly signs up Indians for UPI account amid hacking fears

  Business | July 30, 2019 18:11 IST

  The affected users received an SMS from ICICI Bank -- starting from late Monday evening till morning hours on Tuesday -- saying "your registration for UPI app has started. If it was not you, report now to your bank. Do not share card details/OTP/CVV with anyone to avoid financial loss".

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  Online banking fraud: 7 tips to ensure fraudsters can't swindle your money

  Fyi | July 14, 2019 15:49 IST

  Online banking has reduced customers tensions for basic transactions and allow individuals to conduct financial transactions on a finger tip via the Internet. However, along with a bunch of ease, online banking comes with risk and fraud threat. Here are 7 online banking tips you must follow to avoid fraud

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  Do you use Master or Visa card? Then this news is for you

  Fyi | July 10, 2019 15:33 IST

  If you MasterCard or Visa card users then your problems are going to increase in coming days. The government has exempted bank charges on E-payments for the business with an annual turnover of Rs 50 crore. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget 2019 speech on July 5 made this announcement in Parliament.

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  Digital Payment will soon be country’s norm: Finance Ministry

  India | September 04, 2018 6:42 IST

  The real-time bank-to-bank payment system on mobile platform UPI registered 312.02 million transactions in August, up by 32 per cent in July. 

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  Feature to send money through WhatsApp not yet available in India

  Technology | February 12, 2018 12:42 IST

  There will be an official announcement when the feature finally goes live in India

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  Google Tez gets 12 million users in 4 months since launch, introduces bill payments feature

  Technology | December 05, 2017 16:02 IST

  Google's Caesar Sengupta said that Tez accounted for 70% of transactions on BHIM UPIin Oct-Nov period.

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  Now, send and receive money on Paytm using BHIM UPI. Here’s how you can do it

  Technology | November 07, 2017 12:21 IST

  The move by Paytm is expected to provide a big boost to the government-backed UPI payments interface.

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  From 0.1mn to 76.96mn: Transactions through BHIM UPI sees magical growth in one year

  Business | November 02, 2017 12:33 IST

  Transactions through UPI have more than doubled in October to 76.9 million from 30.8 million in September, NPCI said on Wednesday.

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  Google launches ‘Tez’ payment app: Here is all you need to know about it

  September 18, 2017 14:43 IST

  Tech giant Google on Monday joined the bandwagon of Unified Payment Interface (UPI)-based payment apps with its Android-powered ‘Tez’ app

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  Airtel Payments Bank launches UPI enabled digital payments

  September 17, 2017 14:32 IST

  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

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  New WhatsApp Beta version shows UPI payment feature

  August 10, 2017 10:50 IST

  WhatsApp will soon facilitate instant money transfer via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction system, shows a new Beta update by the Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform

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  Now, recharge your Paytm wallet via UPI. Here’s how

  January 03, 2017 18:12 IST

  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