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  • Pay your income tax the easy way, use Paytm, PhonePe or Google Pay

    A quick way to clear your tax dues from your phone, without bank logins or branch visits.

  • Increase UPI limits on PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm and more

    Banks set different caps, and apps follow those rules, so knowing where to change the limit saves time and failed-payment stress.

  • New UPI update: Personalised IDs arrive on Paytm and Google Pay for safer payments

    According to a report by News18, Paytm and Google Pay are rolling out a feature that allows users to personalise their UPI IDs, making them look as simple as an email address.

  • PhonePe, Google Pay's UPI market share slips as Navi, super.money gain ground

    To be sure, IPO-bound PhonePe still dominates the UPI payments landscape, with a little over 45 percent market share, so these figures do not shift the competitive landscape materially

  • GPay now offers instant personal loans – but are they worth it?

    GPay now offers instant personal loans – but are they worth it? Google Pay’s new loan feature promises quick cash, but here’s what you need to know before using it.

  • Razorpay enters consumer UPI space, leads $30 million investment in payments platform POP

    As per the NPCI database, POP is currently the 21st largest UPI player in the country, processing 13.6 million transactions in May 2025, with a total transaction value exceeding Rs 500 crore.  

  • UPI app rewards compared: What Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, and others provide in 2025

    From cashback and vouchers to lucky draws, here's how leading UPI apps in India reward customers for making digital payments.

  • Google Pay to levy convenience fee on bill payments, says report. Check details

    The payments platform will levy this fee for payments of electricity, water and cooking bills, the report said

  • UPI likely to cross 171 billion transactions in 2024, grows 45% over last year

    The value of transactions will likely cross 245 lakh crore for the calendar year, a growth of 34 percent

  • We are expecting clarity from NPCI on UPI market cap: Google Pay’s Sharath Bulusu

    With competition in the UPI space increasing rapidly, industry watchers say that, in the long term, the eventual market share of players matters, rather than the total number of players operating in the space.

  • What is 'Twinkle Laddoo' and why is it trending on Twitter? Hint: There's cashback involved

    Google Pay users can collect the laddoos – Color, Foodie, Disco, Dosti, Trendy and Twinkle – by making payments to vendor, via credit card, recharges and even payments to friends.

  • We don’t believe in aggressive monetisation, says Google Pay’s Sharath Bulusu

    While Google Pay started merchant monetisation in 2019, it has not been as aggressive with acquiring merchants compared to Paytm or PhonePe, thanks to its customer focus

  • Google Pay enters secured loans segment, partners with Muthoot

    The company has also partnered with Aditya Birla Finance Limited, as it plans to double down on credit in India

  • UPI Circle, eRupi support, and more: Google introduces six new features for Google Pay users in India

    Google Pay has received six new features to make it easier for users to make payments using the platform.

  • PhonePe, Google Pay cede online payment share to new entrants

    PhonePe’s share in total UPI transactions dropped to 48.37% from 48.67% in May. Google Pay’s portion shrunk to 36.76% from 37.18% in the previous month, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India.

  • Dedicated teams working with AI to thwart suspicious transactions, says Google Pay

    Last year alone, the UPI payments app claims to have thwarted approximately Rs 12,000 crore worth of suspicious transactions

  • Aurionpro Transit partners with Google Wallet for effortless travel management

    Through the Aurionpro Transit app, customers can plan their journeys using Google Maps and directly purchase tickets, enabling interoperable and hassle-free travel, the company added.

  • PhonePe carries over its UPI dominance to bill payments, corners half of the market

    Electricity, FASTags and loan repayments together account for 70 percent of all bill payments on the BBPS platform by value as well as by volume.

  • Google Wallet vs Google Pay: Key differences

    Google Pay remains your go-to for financial transactions. Google Wallet keeps your important documents and passes close at hand, all in one secure app.

  • India to delay payments market cap, helping Walmart-backed PhonePe, Google Pay

    The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the quasi-regulator, will extend by as much as two years a year-end deadline to cap at 30% the market share of any company processing payments via the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), the sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

  • Google Wallet comes to India on Android phones: All the details

    Google has officially launched the Wallet app in India. Android users can store boarding passes, loyalty cards, movie tickets, digital car keys, among other things on the Wallet app.

  • Google launches Wallet app in India, but without payments features

    The company also said that the Google Pay app will remain a separate platform dedicated to payments

  • 'No Gpay, no stop for ATM': Woman's auto ride in Chennai had some ground rules

    The woman said that the auto driver did not tell her that there was no UPI payment option when she spoke to him before the ride arrived. The incident happened in Chennai.

  • Smaller UPI apps seek NPCI support to challenge dominance of PhonePe, Google Pay

    NPCI is planning to hold monthly meetings till December and possibly beyond that to address the lopsided UPI market share, where the top three players control around 95 percent of the total transaction volume and value

  • Indian trade body asks businesses to avoid foreign-owned PhonePe, Google Pay when shifting from Paytm

    The Confederation of All India Traders has asked traders to pick the Unified Payments Interface or payment applications offered by Indian banks instead of going for applications backed by foreign firms

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