The Fine Print Behind the UPI MDR Debate
This video captures the economics, the loopholes, who actually wins if MDR returns, and why the government might be playing a longer game than just UPI.
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This video captures the economics, the loopholes, who actually wins if MDR returns, and why the government might be playing a longer game than just UPI.
Revenue rose 13% to $781 million for the year ended March 31, 2026.
inFINity 3.0, which was announced in February 2026 in partnership with Atrium Ventures, attracted over 600 applications and 30 startups have been shortlisted.
The company said the assistant enables faster verification, improved lead qualification, and significantly reduces drop-offs.
The statement noted that the partnership is one of the first collaborations between a sovereign LLM provider and a payment aggregator to power AI-driven agentic payments.
PayU noted that D2C brands suffer from significant leakage caused by checkout drop-offs, payment failures, and conversion inefficiencies in the final moments of purchase.
The RBI has directed payment aggregators to stop the misuse of education merchant category codes (MCC)...
BillDesk is one of the few major payment aggregators in the country with no offline play.
AWS is the Official Cloud Partner for the program, inFINity 3.0.
What began as a few distressed sale conversations has now widened into a full-blown consolidation wave in India's offline payments space.
This is a market-share view of UPI payment flows handled by payments aggregators through 'UPI Collect' method.
The payments business grew 20% to $301 million during the period, fuelled by a 55% jump in payment transactions led by UPI.
The approval comes as the Prosus-owned company is inching closer to acquiring a point-of-sale (PoS) player.
PayU has been seriously exploring a buyout in offline space for quite some time now. It also had talks with two other companies.
Launched in 2024, the fintech firm raised $25.5 million in seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners. Quona Capital, Saison Capital also participated in the round.
Prosus' latest annual report had showed that it added another 26.5% stake to raise its ownership to 70% for $72 million.
The fresh capital infusion in PayU India comes as the company struggles to achieve profitability and its initial public offering (IPO) plans continues to elude.
According to internal data reviewed by The Head and Tale, the fair value of SARs under multiple PayU-linked schemes has plunged sharply by 30-60% yoy.
DotPe’s ambitious foray into financial services has come to a halt barely a year after launch, following a rapid build-up of lending volumes…