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Exclusive: Reserve Bank of India cracks down on misuse of education payments

Exclusive: Reserve Bank of India cracks down on misuse of education payments

27 Feb 2026, 16:23 PM

The RBI has directed payment aggregators to stop the misuse of education merchant category codes (MCC)...

The corporate credit card that wasn

The corporate credit card that wasn't really a credit card – now under the RBI lens [Exclusive]

23 Feb 2026, 13:23 PM

Two years after the RBI halted commercial card-based vendor payments, the regulator has now turned its attention to another 'corporate credit card' structure.

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Visa's utility shift; an AI bet that isn't accidental

18 Dec 2025, 18:20 PM

A quick update on Visa’s move to discontinue the special pricing for utilities; and why TPG's JV with TCS to build AI data centres is not a mere coincidence.

Razorpay ties up with Cred, Visa for new solution to improve conversion at checkout

Razorpay ties up with Cred, Visa for new solution to improve conversion at checkout

05 Aug 2025, 15:40 PM

Khilan Haria, CPO, Razorpay, said in the statement that early results have shown a 3x higher usage of saved cards and improved retention.

Visa veteran Shailesh Paul to take over as Wibmo CEO

Visa veteran Shailesh Paul to take over as Wibmo CEO

06 May 2025, 10:51 AM

One of the sources told The Head and Tale that out the Rs 1,013 crore raised by PayU from its parent entity Prosus recently, a little over Rs 500 crore has been used to...

RBI asks Visa, Mastercard to halt commercial card-based vendor payments

RBI asks Visa, Mastercard to halt commercial card-based vendor payments

19 Feb 2024, 22:13 PM

Visa has sent out a communication to its fintech partners asking them to stop Business Payment Service Provider (BPSP) transactions.

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