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ICICI hikes minimum balance requirement; Draws flak from Kotak exec

ICICI hikes minimum balance requirement; Draws flak from Kotak exec

10 Aug 2025, 15:00 PM

The change will will apply only to new savings bank accounts opened after August 1, 2025.

Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

30 Jul 2025, 11:49 AM

Interestingly, not just payment aggregators, the has decided to charge some large merchants – who use the bank’s UPI directly.

Open, but not Transparent: Inside the Cracks at India’s 100th Unicorn

Open, but not Transparent: Inside the Cracks at India’s 100th Unicorn

12 Jun 2025, 11:53 AM

Once celebrated for disrupting SME banking with its neobank model, Open’s journey since hitting the $1 billion mark in 2022 has been anything but smooth.

Scoop Confirmed! ICICI Bank exiting merchant acquiring JV

Scoop Confirmed! ICICI Bank exiting merchant acquiring JV

14 Dec 2024, 06:19 AM

In August, The Head and Tale was the first to report that ICICI Bank has terminated its exclusive merchant acquiring agreement with ICICI Merchant Services (IMSPL).

Exclusive: ICICI Bank

Exclusive: ICICI Bank's new merchant acquiring strategy

08 Aug 2024, 10:49 AM

In what you can call “the empire strikes back”, a senior banker sees this development signalling a new market trend of traditional financial institutions...

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