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YES BANK launches UPI payments on its RuPay credit card

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 28 Jul 2023

India-based YES BANK has introduced UPI payments facility through its RuPay credit cards, which before was limited to POS/ecommerce-based transactions.

credit card, UPI, NPCI, virtual card, digitalisation

Apple resumes dialogue for Apple Pay launch in India

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Jun 2023

Apple has engaged in talks with Indian authorities and NPCI to launch its payments service Apple Pay in the South Asian market.

Apple, Apple Pay, QR payments, NPCI, UPI

Cashfree Payments launches CVV-free card payments

News | Cards | 21 Jun 2023

India-based payments and API banking company Cashfree Payments has announced the roll out of CVV-free card payments to enable faster transactions for partner businesses.

credit card, debit card, Visa, MasterCard, NPCI, tokenization

PayU, Visa, Yes Bank launch new payment solution for merchants

News | Online Payments | 07 Jun 2023

India-based payments provider PayU has launched, in collaboration with Visa and Yes Bank, the Business Payment Solution Provider programme.

Visa, digital payments, NPCI, merchants, SMEs, credit card

NPCI uses bank partnerships to promote RuPay credit cards

News | Cards | 22 May 2023

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has looked to push up the usage of RuPay credit cards in the market and leans of bank partnership to do this.

NPCI, credit card, banks, fintech, partnership

UIDAI, NPCI to set up eKYC aggregator

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 25 Apr 2023

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) are planning to set up an aggregator platform for eKYC.

KYC, digital identity, eKYC, NPCI, identity verification

India to spend USD 320 mln to promote homegrown payments network

News | Cards | 12 Jan 2023

India has planned to spend around USD 320 million to promote cards in RuPay and for low-value UPI transaction to stir the growth of its national payments network.

UPI, credit card, NPCI, POS, ecommerce

JCB partners with NPCI to offer 40% cashback for RuPay JCB cardholders

News | Cards | 02 Nov 2022

JCB International and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have launched a cashback offer for all RuPay JCB debit and credit cardholders for a limited period.

credit card, debit card, cashback, JCB, NPCI

NPCI International names PayXpert acquirer for UPI and RuPay in the UK

News | Mobile Payments | 22 Aug 2022

India-based NPCI International Payments (NIPL) has signed a MoU with PayXpert to internationalise the acceptance of its payment solutions in the UK.

UPI, NPCI, partnership, QR payments, mobile payments, POS

WhatsApp Payments offers cashback to Indian users

News | Mobile Payments | 14 Jun 2022

WhatsApp has given Indian users USD 1.35 cashback and was allowed by the NPCI to expand its user base to 100 million.

WhatsApp, mobile payments, cashback, NPCI, expansion

WhatsApp to use clients' legal names for UPI payments

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 May 2022

WhatsApp has announced it will ask users for their legal names to proceed with UPI-based payments on the platform.

WhatsApp, UPI, fraud prevention, mobile payments, NPCI, bank account, digital identity

BHIM UPI goes live at NEOPAY terminals in the UAE

News | Online Payments | 25 Apr 2022

NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), has announced that BHIM UPI is now live at NEOPAY terminals, across the UAE. 

NPCI, UPI, merchant, partnership, digital payments

India: Coinbase to suspend crypto payments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Apr 2022

Three days after adding support for the Unified Payments Interface payment instrument in India, Coinbase has removed the feature to purchase Bitcoin using the system in India, according to Bitcoinist.

UPI, Bitcoin, RBI, NPCI, cryptocurrency exchange, cryptocurrency

The Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to be accepted in the UAE

News | Mobile Payments | 18 Mar 2022

Digital commerce enabler Network International has started cooperating with NPCI International Payment (NIPL) on accepting the UPI payment interface in the UAE.

NPCI, partnership, QR payments, mobile payments, UPI, real-time payments

UPI goes global with Nepal as its first integrated country

News | Online Payments | 18 Feb 2022

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that Nepal has become the first country outside India to adopt UPI.

expansion, UPI, NPCI, cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce, online payments, digital payments, digitalisation, P2P, P2P payments

PNB and Patanjali roll out co-branded contactless credit cards

News | Cards | 01 Feb 2022

India-based Punjab National Bank has teamed with retailer Patanjali Ayurved to launch co-braded contactless credit cards on NPCI’s RuPay platform.

credit card, debit card, partnership, financial inclusion, cashback, NPCI, loyalty programme

City Union Bank launches RuPay On-The-Go payment solution for smartwatches

News | Mobile Payments | 25 Jan 2022

India-based bank City Union Bank (CUB) and GOQii, a local tech-enabled preventive healthcare platform have announced the launch of RuPay On-The-Go payment solution through their debit cards in a fitness watch.

partnership, NPCI, contactless payments, debit card, online payments, super app

Snapdeal and BOB Financial launch co-branded RuPay credit card

News | Cards | 25 Jan 2022

India-based pure-play value ecommerce platform Snapdeal has announced its partnership with bank BOB Financial and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a co-branded credit card.

partnership, credit card, NPCI, contactless payments, SMEs, ecommerce, online platform

Transact365 launches cross-border payments in India

News | Payments General | 25 Jan 2022

UK-based fintech Transact365 has added local payments for merchants in India, according to an official press release.  

fintech, UPI, cross-border payments, NPCI

Facilitating cross-border acceptance and remittances in India – interview with NPCI

Interviews | Online Payments | 24 Jan 2022

Ritesh Shukla, CEO of NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL): 'Through NPCI International, we aim to facilitate the internationalisation of India’s self-reliant payment system to newer markets, globally.'

NPCI, UPI, merchants, cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce