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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is focusing on expanding credit products on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) network, aiming to drive the next phase of growth in India’s retail digital payments.After RuPay credit cards and credit lines on UPI, the next major feature will allow consumers to convert UPI payments into EMIs.Sources familiar…
India Oman flags AI representative image India and Oman are set to sign the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) “very soon”, aiming to diversify trade beyond energy and expand the exchange of goods and services, said Oman’s Ambassador to India Issa Saleh Abdullah Saleh Alshibani said.In an interview with PTI, Alshibani said that negotiations, which…
TECH THAT: A JPMorgan Chase office in Mumbai NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Even though President Trump’s $10,000 H-1B bomb — if it survives legal challenges — is bound to drive up operational costs for tech firms, Fortune 500 companies and global multinationals are accelerating their bets on India. If companies cannot get Indians to work in the…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged India Inc to step up investments and expand capacities, saying the government has already delivered on key reforms expected by industry.Speaking at the IFQM Symposium, Sitharaman stressed that the government has delivered on industry expectations, citing reforms on ease of doing business, tax benefits, FDI liberalisation…
Cash withdrawals via smartphones are set to become more widely accessible in India, as plans are underway to extend the unified payments interface (UPI)-based withdrawal facility beyond ATMs to over 2 million business correspondents (BCs) nationwide.Currently, UPI-driven cardless withdrawals are limited to UPI-enabled ATMs and a small number of merchants, who can disburse only Rs…
