PhonePe: News
23 May 2023
Google Pay (Gpay)Google Pay launches RuPay credit card-based UPI to rival PhonePe
PhonePe and Google Pay are the two dominant forces in India's UPI space. While the former has been making moves to enhance its superiority, Google has been awfully quiet over the past few months.
03 May 2023
PaytmPhonePe launches UPI Lite for smaller transactions: How to use
Two months after Paytm launched UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Lite, rival PhonePe has made the feature available on its platform.
24 Apr 2023
GooglePhonePe's localized app store to challenge Google's dominance: Here's how
Walmart-backed PhonePe is India's leading UPI payments app. In the UPI space, it battles with Google Pay, which is the second-most popular UPI app in the country.
04 Apr 2023
FlipkartWalmart-backed PhonePe launches Pincode app in e-commerce push
PhonePe, India's leading UPI payment app, is making an e-commerce push. The Walmart-backed company has launched a hyperlocal, consumer-facing app dubbed Pincode.
29 Mar 2023
Unified Payment Interface (UPI)Interchange fee on UPI: How this will affect you
A new National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announcement has UPI users running in confusion.
06 Jul 2022
CybersecurityIndian start-ups that are hiring despite layoff season
Winter has arrived early for India's start-ups. Lack of funding has forced the country's start-ups to layoff over 11,000 people so far.
13 Jun 2022
WhatsAppNew WhatsApp features: Increased group limit to WhatsApp Pay cashback
To ensure its competitive edge in the market, the popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp has announced several new features.
18 May 2022
WalmartRivaling Amazon, Walmart-backed PhonePe to buy two wealth management firms
Walmart-owned payments platform PhonePe is set to acquire two investment technology firms WelathDesk and OpenQ for a combined value of $75 million.
24 Oct 2021
FlipkartYou may pay extra for mobile recharges on PhonePe
The next time you recharge your mobile phone using PhonePe, you might be charged an additional fee.
16 Mar 2021
WhatsAppPhonePe emerges as India's leading UPI app
Walmart-owned UPI app PhonePe processed 975.53 million transactions amounting to Rs. 1,89,517 crore in February alone. This makes it the country's most popular UPI app, with Google Pay coming in at second place, and Paytm a distant third.
20 Jan 2021
PaytmPhonePe beats Google Pay, becomes top UPI app
According to the data recently released by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Walmart-backed Unified Payments Interface (UPI) app PhonePe has topped the charts for December. The parameters include transaction volume as well as total value of the transactions for the month.
11 Apr 2020
iOSRecharge someone's phone, make money using JioPOS Lite app
In the wake of India's nationwide lockdown, businesses carrying out mobile recharges have come to a complete halt.
13 Dec 2019
PaytmPaytm raises another $669.5 million from existing investors
Just a couple of weeks after raising a whopping $1 billion, One97 Communications, the parent of digital payments giant Paytm, has raised $669.5 million (roughly Rs. 4,724 crore) in another round of funding.
11 Dec 2019
FlipkartDigital payments giant PhonePe raises $82.5 million: Details here
PhonePe, a Flipkart-owned company that offers a payment platform to transfer money instantly, has raised $82.5 million in funding.
24 Mar 2019
IndiaSoon, Google Pay will let you invest in 24k gold
In a major development, Google Pay, the UPI-based payments platform from Google, will soon let you invest in 99.99% pure 24 karat gold.
27 Dec 2018
IndiaStep-by-step guide to delink your Aadhaar from mobile-number, and e-wallets
After the September 26 Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar authentication, entities like banks, telecom operators, and e-wallet services providers can no longer ask you to provide your Aadhaar information.
11 Oct 2018
PayPalSoon, Mumbai Metro commuters can recharge smart cards via PayPal
Reliance Infrastructure's Mumbai Metro has partnered with PayPal, one of the biggest platforms in the world for global online payments.
07 Sep 2018
IndiaHow to avail discounts, cashbacks on online train ticket bookings
In what comes as good news to Indian Railways passengers, various online e-wallet service providers like Paytm and PhonePe are offering attractive discounts and cashback offers for booking railway tickets online, this festive season.
31 Jul 2018
WhatsApp8 helpful smartphone apps you should teach your parents about
Smartphones have made our lives extremely easy thanks to a number of apps that enable us to do almost everything with a few taps.
17 Apr 2018
IndiaWhatsApp Pay beta-rolls out Request Money feature on Android
WhatsApp recently beta-launched its UPI-based digital payments feature WhatsApp Pay in India that allows users to send and receive money through the chat app.
28 Feb 2018
IndiaIndia's first Aadhaar Pay-enabled payment terminal launched
Bengaluru-based payment services company Ezetap has launched India's first open-platform, smart GPRS payment terminal which is enabled with Aadhaar Pay.
21 Feb 2018
FlipkartHow Flipkart-owned PhonePe aims to reinvent UPI
Propelled by demonetization, cashless transactions saw a rise with Unified Payment Interface (UPI) trying to usher users towards a cashless economy.
30 Jan 2018
Paytm200 Paytm employees including office boy become millionaires after stock-sale
About 200 former and current Paytm employees have become millionaires after selling their stocks in the company worth Rs. 500cr.
09 Sep 2017
State Bank of India (SBI)NEFT, RTGS, UPI: Here's everything to know about online transfers
With the government's increasing focus on Digital India, it has gradually attempted to create a cashless economy. Interfaces like UPI are a product of changing times.
24 Jul 2017
State Bank of India (SBI)IMPS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI: Everything to know about online transfers
With the government's increasing focus on Digital India, it has gradually attempted to create a cashless economy. Interfaces like UPI are a product of changing times.