india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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WhatsApp Brings In-Chat Payments to India
WhatsApp Brings In-Chat Payments to India
September 20, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta’s WhatsApp is offering a new payment method to its massive customer base in India. “We’re making it easier to complete a purchase directly in the chat,”...

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Ebanx Views India Expansion as ‘Center’ of Its Payments Vision
Ebanx Views India Expansion as ‘Center’ of Its Payments Vision
September 18, 2023  |  Payments As A Service

Brazilian payments company Ebanx is reportedly preparing to expand into India by year’s end. As Bloomberg News reported Monday (Sept. 18) the company will soon begin letting global merchants...

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KKR Boosts Investment in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited
KKR Boosts Investment in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited
September 11, 2023  |  Investments

Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has received a new investment from global investment firm KKR. Through an affiliate, KKR will invest 2,069.50 crore...

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Indian FinTech Perfios Raises $229 Million to Expand Into North America and Europe
Indian FinTech Perfios Raises $229 Million to Expand Into North America and Europe
September 11, 2023  |  Investments

Perfios, an Indian B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) FinTech, has raised $229 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Kedaara Capital and...

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UPI Adds Voice Payments to Expand Financial Inclusion
UPI Adds Voice Payments to Expand Financial Inclusion
September 11, 2023  |  Banking

India is preparing to add a voice-enabled feature to its Universal Payments Interface (UPI) system. But are the country’s bankers speaking the same language? A report Monday (Sept. 11)...

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Payments Startup Flutterwave Partners IndusInd Bank to Expand Into India
Payments Startup Flutterwave Partners IndusInd Bank to Expand Into India
September 08, 2023  |  Partnerships

African payments startup Flutterwave is reportedly expanding into the Indian market through a partnership with IndusInd Bank. This move makes Flutterwave the first African company to scale up...

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Mastercard and KredX Partner to Simplify B2B Digital Payments
Mastercard and KredX Partner to Simplify B2B Digital Payments
September 07, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Indian supply chain finance platform KredX has joined forces with Mastercard to streamline B2B digital payments. The collaboration will integrate Mastercard’s commercial card service with the KredX platform, eliminating...

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India’s Hitachi Unveils Country’s First UPI-ATM
India’s Hitachi Unveils Country’s First UPI-ATM
September 05, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Hitachi Payment Services has debuted what it calls a first-of-its-kind cardless ATM in India. Announced Tuesday (Sept. 5), the company’s new offering is being rolled out in...

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PayU India Rolls out Tools for Merchants
PayU India Rolls out Tools for Merchants
September 05, 2023  |  B2B Payments

PayU India has introduced new tools to help businesses address various payment challenges. The online payments company’s CommercePro stack, announced Tuesday (Sept. 5), is designed to help merchants...

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