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India’s Mswipe Raises $30M to Grow Its Smart Point-of-sale Terminal Business

April 2 2019

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• India
• POS

“Mswipe, an Indian fintech company that develops point-of-sale terminals for merchants, has pulled $30 million in new funding as it bids to triple its reach to 1.5 million merchants over the next year.”

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Global

Exclusive: Tencent Is Launching UPI-powered Payments App WeChat Pay in India

March 25 2019

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• India

“Ever since its launch in April 2016, Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has been growing quickly and reached a milestone of Rs 1 trillion worth monthly transactions in December 2018. Sensing the opportunity in digital payments space, several global behemoths including Google, Amazon, WhatsApp and Xiaomi jumped to UPI bandwagon. Following the footprints of above four […]

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Global

Xiaomi Introduces Own Mobile Payment Service in India

March 20 2019

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• India
• Mobile wallets

“Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its own mobile payment service Mi Pay in India. The Chinese firm received regulatory approval to introduce the service in December last year. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based payments application will enable Xiaomi users to send money to any UPI address and bank account in the country.   Furthermore, […]

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Global

Who Wins and Who Loses if India’s Draft E-commerce Rules are Implemented

February 25 2019

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• India

“Some of the measures, such as asking the big players to share their data with the smaller ones and fighting counterfeit products require huge investments, but experts think it’s about time the firms cooperate with the government’s asks. “

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Global

Amazon Pay Makes an Offline Push With ‘scan and Pay’ Service

April 2 2019

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• India

“Amazon Pay, the online payments service owned by the world’s biggest online retailer, is planning to introduce “scan and pay” service at neighbourhood stores, said three people familiar with the matter, requesting anonymity. Amazon has already introduced the payments service in department store chain Shoppers Stop, in which the online retailer owns a 5% stake, […]

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Global

This Digital Payments System From India Is Becoming a Role Model for Many Countries

May 1 2019

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• India

“A cashless India may still be a distant dream, but if it does come true, one entity would have spearheaded the mission: the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). This umbrella organisation processes around half of all digital payment requests in India. Its wildly popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016, has simplified digital […]

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Companies

Google’s New Plan to Push Google Pay in India: Cashback Incentives in Android Apps

May 16 2019

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• Google
• India

“Google is gunning for India’s payment companies. The U.S. search giant entered India’s payment space in 2017 , and now it is hatching an initiative that could boost usage of its Google Pay service by tying it tightly to Android apps in the country. The company has built an in-app engagement rewards platform that promises […]

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Global

India’s Largest Mobile Wallet Company Paytm Now Offers a Credit Card

May 14 2019

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• India

“The firm, operated by One97 Communications, today unveiled Paytm First Credit Card with lofty benefits as it races to bulk up its financial offerings. The cards, issued by Citi Bank, will be the first in the country to offer unlimited, one percent cashback on purchases, Paytm claimed in a statement. The company is hoping to […]

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Global

M-wallet Transactions Rise After a 5-month Gap in March: RBI Data

May 13 2019

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• India

“Mobile wallet-based transactions witnessed an increase for the first time in five months, clocking transactions worth ₹15,990 crore in March, an increase of 12% from the preceding month, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data shows. There were 384.89 million transactions in March as compared with 345.03 million in February worth ₹14,279 crore. The growth can be attributed […]

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RBI publishes ‘Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021’

May 28 2019

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• India

“The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the “ Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021 ”. The Payment Systems Vision 2021 with its core theme of ‘Empowering Exceptional (E)payment Experience’ aims at empowering every Indian with access to a bouquet of e-payment options that is safe, secure, convenient, […]