Apple Pay went live in India on 30 September, and at launch the only cards users can add are Axis Bank's Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Until another bank signs up, every Apple Pay purchase in the country runs on an Axis credit card, whatever the merchant or processor.
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- Incentives70
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Google is testing Flipkart purchases inside Gemini in India, six months after its shopping tools there still sent buyers to outside sites to pay. Flipkart stays seller of record, so Google gains the screen where shoppers choose while the sale remains Flipkart's.
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buildOne report1 publisher Merchants absorb 0.4% on UPI baskets above Rs 2,000 from October 15
NPCI's new merchant discount rate caps at Rs 300 above Rs 75,000, exempts UPI AutoPay and charges fuel and utilities a flat Rs 5. Checkout cost in India now depends on category and funding instrument as much as on ticket size.
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buildOne report1 publisher UPI Autopay's Rs 15,000 per-debit cap pushes Indian annual plans onto e-NACH or monthly billing
A production guide to Indian subscription billing puts the hands-free UPI Autopay threshold at Rs 15,000 per debit, and that single figure constrains plan price, billing period and which mandate the customer registers before any gateway code is written.
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India prices UPI at 0.4% for merchant payments above ₹2,000 from October 15
NPCI capped the merchant fee at ₹300, exempted anyone taking under ₹100,000 a month, and kept consumer payments free. The band that pricing owners have to model runs from ₹2,001 to ₹75,000, where the full 0.4% applies.
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- Adoption35
- Hype gap+18
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