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Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta

Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta's "significant" investment

16 Jun 2025, 18:20 PM

Google had planned to invest about $200 million in Scale AI, but Meta's investment in the data-labeling startup may have given it cold feet.

UPI in Dec 2024: PhonePe, Google Pay continue to dominate; Paytm slips further

UPI in Dec 2024: PhonePe, Google Pay continue to dominate; Paytm slips further

10 Jan 2025, 00:18 AM

The market share of the Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led fintech further plummeted to 6.87% in the month of December.

NPCI extends 30% UPI volume cap by two years; removes user limits for WhatsApp Pay

NPCI extends 30% UPI volume cap by two years; removes user limits for WhatsApp Pay

02 Jan 2025, 18:48 PM

Last year, The Head and Tale reported that NPCI was facing difficulty in implementing the 30% cap on UPI market share; and the market was going to miss the December 2024 deadline too.

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Sachin Bansal's Navi overtakes Cred as fourth largest UPI player

19 Nov 2024, 00:58 AM

Flipkart Group’s UPI app super.money also witnessed surge in its number of transactions in October to 50 million.

Navi achieves 5th spot in UPI app ranking in September

Navi achieves 5th spot in UPI app ranking in September

23 Oct 2024, 17:48 PM

PhonePe controls 48% market share in terms of volume of transactions; Google Pay (37.4%) and Paytm (7%).

UPI 30% volume cap to even miss December 2024 deadline

UPI 30% volume cap to even miss December 2024 deadline

19 Feb 2024, 22:03 PM

In April 2024, PhonePe held 48.3% market share in terms of the total UPI volume processed; while Google Pay captured 37.4% share.

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