Business & Economy News: RBI’s Digital Rupee is still in its pilot phase, but already looks like a big hit. TOI explains what this currency is all about ...

The RBI’s annual report shows that UPI facilitated 185.8 billion transactions during 2024-25, which represents a 41 per cent year-on-year increase. In value terms, UPI transactions rose to Rs ...

More than 1,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as part of World Pride 2025 to protest what organizers called a "coordinated and systemic attack" on human rights.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 8, 2025 On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an intelligence ship sailing in international waters off Egypt, was attacked by Israeli jet planes and torpedo boats.

Remember when booking a vacation meant standing in line at a travel agency, flipping through glossy brochures, and hoping your hotel looked something like the pictures? Fast forward to 2025, and ...

UPI Almanac for Saturday, June 7, 2025 On June 7, 1998, three white supremacists killed James Byrd Jr. by dragging him for 3 miles behind a pickup truck in Jasper, Texas.

UPI Payments app PhonePe Limited announced on Friday that it will launch a UPI app for feature phones, while leveraging its GSPay technology. PhonePe on Friday announced an IP purchase of ...

As India marches towards a cashless economy, two distinct digital payment innovations — UPI and the Digital Rupee — are redefining how money moves. While UPI has transformed daily transactions with ...

PhonePe has acquired conversational AI platform Gupshup’s proprietary technology GSPay to roll out UPI payments tailored for feature phone users.. PhonePe said in a statement that it aims to ...

UPI’s monthly transaction growth stands at 5-7%, with an annual growth of 40%, compared to Visa’s 10% yearly growth. If this pace continues, UPI’s daily transactions are expected to overtake Visa’s ...

UPI processed over $2.2 trillion worth of transactions in FY 2023-24, with a fraud-to-sales ratio below 1 basis point, lower than comparable figures for cards in many OECD countries.

India’s digital boom reveals a paradox: rural women are increasingly using mobile phones and making online transactions—mostly via UPI—yet a stark gap between usage and ownership shows many ...