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Corrupt officials in Telangana are using UPI apps to collect bribes, hoping to avoid Anti-Corruption Bureau traps. ACB says such methods fail, as raids are conducted only after collecting voice recordings, bank statements, and other solid evidence

The multi-dimensional analytical tool, developed as part of the Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP), empowers financial institutions with advanced actionable intelligence for cyber fraud prevention

The outage started around midday, prompting a surge of complaints on social media and Downdetector, a platform that tracks service disruptions in real time. At the height of the issue, Downdetector logged more than 2,300 reports—81% related to failed payments and 17% linked to problems with fund transfers. Major banking apps from SBI, ICICI, and HDFC were also affected, pointing to a broader issue within the UPI network infrastructure.

Railways has introduced the sytem of digital payments on its UTS app. Now passengers can buy journey tickets and platforms tickets from anywhere and avoid standing in queues at the railway stations

The charges are imposed on bill payments such as electricity and gas bills made using the platform. The fee ranges from 0.5% to 1% plus GST

Relief to major players like PhonePe and Google Pay as they hold 80 per cent share in UPI transactions

According to Dilip Asbe, Managing Director and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), credit card spending via UPI has reached ₹10,000 crore per month. He also noted that credit lines on UPI accounts have reached around ₹100-₹200 crore, with the remainder coming from the RuPay credit card on the UPI platform.

The officials said the QR code bills would be introduced in all the districts under the NPDCL jurisdiction in a phased manner in the coming days.

TGSPDCL planning to print QR code on electricity bills to make payments; sources say bills with QR code will be available from next month

The accused Sanduru Aravind Reddy (27), of Malla Samudram in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh, had lured her by offering a job in Cognizent from the back door after accessing her contact details

The company's daily plan entails a one-time fee of Rs 499, with an additional deduction of Rs 5 per day from the merchant's settlement account for 25 days in a month, as per their statement.

Many took to social media to report that they have been facing issues while making payment via UPI apps like Google Pay, PhonePe and BHIM.

As part of this initiative, Google Pay has partnered with the two state-owned electricity billers - TSNPDCL and TSSPDCL

Google, in its continuous efforts to maintain a secure online environment, has announced the removal of two million videos for policy violations during the second quarter of 2023. This massive clean-up was announced at the Google for India 2023 event in the national capital today.

Today's news includes Google Pay UPI LITE, Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission, Assam Floods, And Others

Google's payment app Google Pay on Thursday introduced UPI LITE on its platform to ease small digital transactions

Users can link their RuPay credit card with Google Pay to make payments at both online and offline merchants where RuPay credit cards are accepted.

Hyderabad: Mobile payment apps like Google Pay, Phone Pe, Paytm, and others apps are used widely on a daily basis in India. According to Statista, Google Pay has the highest UPI app market share (43%) in India. When GPay was first launched in India in 2018, the app used to give financial rewards to its […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Collector Anurag Jayathi on Friday suspended Thadur cluster Agriculture Extension Officer, Aziz Khan on the allegation of collecting bribes from farmers to upload crop details online. Aziz Khan was allegedly collecting money from farmers to upload their crop production details online. He was allegedly asking farmers to transfer the bribe amount to his bank […]

New Delhi: Hailing the India digital payments growth story, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the company’s payments strategy is very similar to the strategy it has for commerce overall. During the company’s quarterly earnings call, Pichai said that the digital payments work in India is “certainly what really got everything started”. […]