By Dhanya Skariachan, Dhwani Pandya and Praveen Paramasivam BENGALURU/MUMBAI/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – Hit by tough regulatory crackdowns, Indian e-commerce giant Paytm is mobilizing its sales team to reassure merchants who use its app to accept digital payments, even as Walmart and Google target those same merchants with rival offerings. Once cash was king in India, […]
Living my SciFi dream When it comes to technology, especially technology that makes our lives easier, I am all in. I have a smartwatch that connects to my smartphone. I have contactless payment connected to both, and I admit, I am a little Sci-fi thrillsl every time I use my watch to shop. I pay […]
By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – GooglePay, Walmart-backed PhonePe and AmazonPay are among five payments companies that plan to join India’s central bank’s pilot digital currency by offering transactions through the e-rupee, three sources directly involved in the talks said. The other two Indian fintech companies Cred and Mobikwik have applied to participate in the […]
