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Three in four spacetech startups yet to raise equity capital: Tracxn data

Three in four spacetech startups yet to raise equity capital: Tracxn data

Overall annual funding grew fivefold over four years, rising from $43 million across 12 rounds in 2021 to $200 million across 53 rounds in 2025

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WhatsApp Pay doubles UPI volumes, moves ahead of Cred, Amazon Pay

WhatsApp Pay doubles UPI volumes, moves ahead of Cred, Amazon Pay

Meta's payments service processed 167.89 million UPI transactions worth Rs 12,957.07 crore in July, making it the eighth-largest UPI app by volume

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Kiwi broadens UPI credit play with Yes Bank partnership, Postpaid launch

Kiwi broadens UPI credit play with Yes Bank partnership, Postpaid launch

The fintech expects at least 0.5 million users to join its platform to access products such as credit lines on UPI or credit cards on UPI over the next five years.

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Sustained investment needed to run UPI reliably: Payments Council of India

Sustained investment needed to run UPI reliably: Payments Council of India

The industry body said consumers and small merchants would remain protected from charges, while any merchant service fees would be commercial arrangements with payment providers

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Talks on UPI MDR structure still premature, says RBI Governor Malhotra

Talks on UPI MDR structure still premature, says RBI Governor Malhotra

Governor Sanjay Malhotra says discussions on a merchant discount rate for UPI are premature, stressing the need for sustained investment to strengthen India's digital payments infrastructure.

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Payments monetisation tough, but here for the long term: NTT Data Payments

Payments monetisation tough, but here for the long term: NTT Data Payments

NTT Data says India remains its most important payments market despite zero MDR challenges, as it expands Adaptis and invests in value-added payment solutions

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Google Pay launches second cobranded credit card, partners with SBI Card

Google Pay launches second cobranded credit card, partners with SBI Card

Company also integrates Google Gemini into the app to help users analyse spending, track savings and understand financial concepts such as credit scores

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Crypto exchanges, companies welcome new crypto-asset reporting framework

Crypto exchanges, companies welcome new crypto-asset reporting framework

CBDT's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework sets tax reporting norms for crypto firms from 2026, boosting transparency and paving the way for a clearer regulatory framework

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India's fintech sector raises $2 bn in H1 2026, led by late-stage funding

India's fintech sector raises $2 bn in H1 2026, led by late-stage funding

Funding in India's fintech sector rose 42 per cent year-on-year to $2 billion in H1 2026, with late-stage companies accounting for four-fifths of the total capital raised

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NPCI partners HSBC India, JP Morgan for real-time UPI FX settlement

NPCI partners HSBC India, JP Morgan for real-time UPI FX settlement

The partnership will enable real-time foreign exchange rates for cross-border UPI payments, allowing users to view the exact rupee amount payable at the point of transaction

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