UPI: The world’s favourite payment method hits $964 billion in record time

UPI: The world’s favourite payment method hits $964 billion in record time

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has emerged as the world’s most popular alternative payments method (APM), processed transactions to the tune of ₹80.8 lakh crore ($964 billion) in April-July 2024, a sharp 37% year-on-year (y-o-y) surge compared to the same timeframe the previous year. Transaction metrics and global comparison UPI processed a staggering 3729.1 transactions … Read more

Beyond QR Codes: How biometrics will secure your UPI payments in the near future?

Beyond QR Codes: How biometrics will secure your UPI payments in the near future?

Plastic cards are becoming passé with QR (quick response) codes that are scanned by using smartphones becoming the ‘go-to thing’ for most people who use it to make payments on the UPI (Unified Payments Interface) platform. This digital transformation happened in just about four years. But how about moving on to fingerprints and facial identity … Read more

5 key measures that can help mitigate the risk of credit card fraud

5 key measures that can help mitigate the risk of credit card fraud

The increasing number of credit card frauds highlights the critical need for robust security measures in the financial industry. As technology advances, so do the methods used by cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities in payment systems. This rise in fraudulent activities underscores the necessity for financial institutions, businesses, and consumers to adopt comprehensive security strategies to … Read more

UPI transaction volume declined to ₹19.64 lakh crore in April. Check Details

UPI transaction volume declined to ₹19.64 lakh crore in April. Check Details

Volume of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions fell to ₹19.64 lakh crore in the month of April against ₹19.78 lakh crore in the preceding month. In terms of transaction count, the number fell to 13.30 billion from 13.44 billion in March. When compared with April last year, the number of transactions saw a growth of … Read more