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From UPI to cash, almost all payment modes see decline in May SECTIONS Share Synopsis The National Payments Corporation of India’s UPI, IMPS and FASTag, and the Reserve Bank of India’s NEFT and RTGS, which is used by businesses, saw sharp declines in both the volume and value of payments processed ETtech Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Nearly all modes of payment, digital and cash, saw a monthly decline in May owing to subdued economic activity in India amid the second wave of Covid, the latest...

3 hours ago “There is a market distortion” in the digital payments industry today between incentives for earning revenues and growth, according to Sameer Nigam, chief executive officer, PhonePe. While the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently issued guidelines for its market share caps on the Unified Payments Interface, Nigam believes that without a merchant-discount-rate future investments in the sector could be threatened. Nigam was speaking during discussion organised by...