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PhonePe UPI Circle Feature With Seamless Payment Authorisation Launched in India
PhonePe UPI Circle feature was launched in India on Tuesday, enabling primary users to authorise secondary users for payments even if they do not have their own bank accounts. Developed by NPCI, UPI Circle aims to broaden UPI usage and allow supervised spending. Here's everything you need to know about how PhonePe UPI Circle works.
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UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’
UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services in India were severely disrupted this Saturday morning, leaving users incapable of making digital transactions, the third time within a month. The snag hits individuals and businesses across the country, disrupting an important daily service for smooth money transfers, which has become a common feature in I...
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PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India
PhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Xiaomi India announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday. With this collaboration, the homegrown Android app marketplace will now come pre-installed in all Xiaomi devices in India. As a result, the Chinese consumer tech brand’s own Android marketplace GetApps will now be replaced with Indus Appstore in all existi...
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Google Pay Reportedly Levies Convenience Fees on Bill Payments via Credit and Debit Cards
Google Pay is now levying convenience fees on bill payments made via credit and debit cards, according to a report. Until now, the unified payments interface (UPI) platform was charging users Rs. 3 as a service fee on mobile recharges. However, it will now reportedly also levy a charge, in addition to the goods and service tax (GST), on utility bil...
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India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay
India has pushed back the implementation of market share caps for UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not be allowed to hold more than 30 percent share of the volume of transactions processed via India's popular unified payments interface (UPI).
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Xiaomi Said to Replace GetApps With PhonePe's Indus Appstore in India
Xiaomi will likely soon discontinue its GetApps app store for Indian users. Although the company has yet to officially announce the store's discontinuation, information regarding the same has surfaced online. The Chinese smartphone maker is said to replace the app store with Indus Appstore, an Android-based mobile app marketplace by PhonePe.
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CRED, PhonePe Can't Be Used For Credit Card Payments? Decoding Latest Rule Change
RBI's new guidelines from July 1 require all credit card bill payments via third-party apps to use BBPS, affecting users of major banks like HDFC and ICICI.
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Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive
Initial public offerings of Walmart's Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could take a couple of years, a Walmart executive said. Walmart may put an initial public offering of PhonePe ahead of Flipkart, even though Flipkart is a more mature business.
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PhonePe Announces UPI Services in UAE for Travelling Indian Users: Know All Details
PhonePe launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Indian travellers as well as NRIs residing in the country on March 28. This service will now allow PhonePe users to make rapid digital transactions by scanning a QR code at retail stores, dining outlets, and other tourist attractions. The service is...
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Watch: Guwahati's 'Digital Beggar' Seeks Alms With A PhonePe QR Code
The video was shared on X by Congress leader Gaurav Somani who called it a ''thought provoking moment.''
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Google Pay to Roll Out SoundPod With Audio Alerts to Merchants in India After Year-Long Pilot
Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.
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PhonePe Launches Indus Appstore in India, Will Not Charge App Listing Fee for the First Year
PhonePe launched its Android-based app marketplace Indus Appstore in India on Wednesday, February 21. The Walmart-owned fintech brand said it intended to solve the major pain point of the lack of regional language content in marketplaces. The Indus Appstore will be available in English and 12 Indian regional languages.
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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Google Pay Said to Begin Collecting Convenience Fee on Mobile Recharge Transactions
Google Pay has begun charging a convenience fee when users purchase a mobile recharge plan, according to user reports online. The company appears to have joined rival payment platforms Paytm and PhonePe that previously introduced a convenience fee when users make prepaid recharge payments. Google Pay has reportedly begun to charge up to Rs. 3 in co...
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Telegram, Paytm Face Criminal Case Over Child Sex Abuse Content
Hyderabad-based child rights activist Sunitha Krishnan has filed a police complaint against messaging app Telegram and digital payment apps PhonePe and Paytm for allegedly abetting in the sale of child sex abuse material, or CSAM.
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PhonePe UPI Circle Feature With Seamless Payment Authorisation Launched in India
PhonePe UPI Circle feature was launched in India on Tuesday, enabling primary users to authorise secondary users for payments even if they do not have their own bank accounts. Developed by NPCI, UPI Circle aims to broaden UPI usage and allow supervised spending. Here's everything you need to know about how PhonePe UPI Circle works.
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UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’
UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services in India were severely disrupted this Saturday morning, leaving users incapable of making digital transactions, the third time within a month. The snag hits individuals and businesses across the country, disrupting an important daily service for smooth money transfers, which has become a common feature in I...
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PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India
PhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Xiaomi India announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday. With this collaboration, the homegrown Android app marketplace will now come pre-installed in all Xiaomi devices in India. As a result, the Chinese consumer tech brand’s own Android marketplace GetApps will now be replaced with Indus Appstore in all existi...
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Google Pay Reportedly Levies Convenience Fees on Bill Payments via Credit and Debit Cards
Google Pay is now levying convenience fees on bill payments made via credit and debit cards, according to a report. Until now, the unified payments interface (UPI) platform was charging users Rs. 3 as a service fee on mobile recharges. However, it will now reportedly also levy a charge, in addition to the goods and service tax (GST), on utility bil...
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India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay
India has pushed back the implementation of market share caps for UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not be allowed to hold more than 30 percent share of the volume of transactions processed via India's popular unified payments interface (UPI).
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Xiaomi Said to Replace GetApps With PhonePe's Indus Appstore in India
Xiaomi will likely soon discontinue its GetApps app store for Indian users. Although the company has yet to officially announce the store's discontinuation, information regarding the same has surfaced online. The Chinese smartphone maker is said to replace the app store with Indus Appstore, an Android-based mobile app marketplace by PhonePe.
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CRED, PhonePe Can't Be Used For Credit Card Payments? Decoding Latest Rule Change
RBI's new guidelines from July 1 require all credit card bill payments via third-party apps to use BBPS, affecting users of major banks like HDFC and ICICI.
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Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive
Initial public offerings of Walmart's Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could take a couple of years, a Walmart executive said. Walmart may put an initial public offering of PhonePe ahead of Flipkart, even though Flipkart is a more mature business.
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PhonePe Announces UPI Services in UAE for Travelling Indian Users: Know All Details
PhonePe launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Indian travellers as well as NRIs residing in the country on March 28. This service will now allow PhonePe users to make rapid digital transactions by scanning a QR code at retail stores, dining outlets, and other tourist attractions. The service is...
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Watch: Guwahati's 'Digital Beggar' Seeks Alms With A PhonePe QR Code
The video was shared on X by Congress leader Gaurav Somani who called it a ''thought provoking moment.''
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Google Pay to Roll Out SoundPod With Audio Alerts to Merchants in India After Year-Long Pilot
Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.
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PhonePe Launches Indus Appstore in India, Will Not Charge App Listing Fee for the First Year
PhonePe launched its Android-based app marketplace Indus Appstore in India on Wednesday, February 21. The Walmart-owned fintech brand said it intended to solve the major pain point of the lack of regional language content in marketplaces. The Indus Appstore will be available in English and 12 Indian regional languages.
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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Google Pay Said to Begin Collecting Convenience Fee on Mobile Recharge Transactions
Google Pay has begun charging a convenience fee when users purchase a mobile recharge plan, according to user reports online. The company appears to have joined rival payment platforms Paytm and PhonePe that previously introduced a convenience fee when users make prepaid recharge payments. Google Pay has reportedly begun to charge up to Rs. 3 in co...
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Telegram, Paytm Face Criminal Case Over Child Sex Abuse Content
Hyderabad-based child rights activist Sunitha Krishnan has filed a police complaint against messaging app Telegram and digital payment apps PhonePe and Paytm for allegedly abetting in the sale of child sex abuse material, or CSAM.
