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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Ashwin Manikandan

    India needs forum for tech firms to engage foreign regulators, finance minister says (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI, ⁠Sept 11 (Reuters) - India should develop a forum that ⁠brings its technology companies together to engage with ‌foreign governments and regulators in a coordinated manner, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Such a platform "could engage foreign governments and regulators ​before regulatory positions harden and barriers ⁠are erected," said Sitharaman, ⁠speaking at the annual Global Fintech Forum in Mumbai.

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Ashwin Manikandan

    India launches tap-and-pay option for real-time payments ahead of full Apple Pay rollout (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI, ⁠Sept 10 (Reuters) - India's payments authority launched ⁠a tap-and-pay option in its real-time ‌payments network on Thursday, ahead of an expected full launch of Apple Pay in the country. The ​Unified Payments Interface (UPI), operated by ⁠the National Payments ⁠Corporation of India (NPCI), is the world's largest ⁠retail ‌fast-payment system by transaction volume, according to a 2025 IMF report. It ⁠processed 24.51 billion transactions worth 29.82 ​trillion rupees ($314.21 ‌billion) in

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Ashwin Manikandan

    India preparing rollout of agentic payments on UPI, sources say (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - India is ⁠preparing a framework that would let AI agents make small digital payments without approval for every ⁠transaction, three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially making UPI one of the world's ‌largest networks with agentic payments. While leading payment companies have launched such frameworks in the U.S., Europe, Singapore and Australia, a rollout on the popular Unified Payments Interface would also put India among the first countries to have a na

  4. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Ashwin Manikandan

    Indian payments firms oppose one-click UPI checkout proposal, citing competition risks (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - Several Indian digital payments firms have opposed a proposal that would allow merchants to store customers' ‌preferred Unified Payments Interface option for one-click checkouts, arguing it could ‌entrench the dominance of the bigger payment apps. In a July 23 letter reviewed by Reuters, the ​companies told the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which oversees the UPI network, that the proposal could "adversely impact" competition. The signatories include

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