देश में एक तरफ जहां तेजी के साथ यूपीआई का चलन बढ़ा है तो वहीं दूसरी तरफ क्रेडिट कार्ड पर निर्भरता कम आय वाले लोगों के ऊपर लगातार बढ़ रही है. एक स्टडी में ये तथ्य सामने आया है कि 50 हजार रुपये से कम कमाने वाले करीब 93 प्रतिशत सैलरीड क्लास के लोग इसी…
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has officially surpassed Visa to become the world’s leading real-time payment system, processing over 650 million transactions daily. Amitabh Kant, the former CEO of Niti Aayog, hailed the milestone on X, posting, “UPI surpasses Visa to become the world’s leading real-time payment system, processing over 650 million transactions daily.”He said that…
KEAM 2025 exam centres cancelled in Bahrain and Hyderabad; registration fee deadline extended KEAM 2025: The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala has announced the cancellation of the KEAM 2025 exam centres in Bahrain and Hyderabad due to an insufficient number of applications. This change will affect candidates who had chosen these centres as their…
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system, as Democratic lawmakers raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team. The audit will also review the past two years of…
Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) confirmed on Monday that some customers were unable to make or receive payments due to a service outage. The issue was widely reported, with over 400 complaints registered on the Downdetector website by 09:22 GMT. Bank Acknowledges Disruption Responding to customer complaints on social media platform X, Lloyds stated, “We…
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter on Monday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding answers for why the so-called Department of Government Efficiency was granted access to the federal payments system, giving Elon Musk and his team a powerful tool that could be used to track and potentially limit government spending. The letter…
एलन मस्क की कंपनी एक्स (पूर्व में ट्विटर) नए साल में बड़े धमाके के लिए तैयार है. एक्स को सुपर ऐप बनाने के लिए कंपनी ने कमर कस ली है. इस साल यूजर्स को इसमें मनी ट्रांसफर और टीवी जैसे फीचर्स देखने को मिल सकते हैं. इसके अलावा AI चैटबॉट ग्रोक में भी कई नई…
Some positive news for Social Security recipients. In 2025, tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits of 2.5 % this January when a new cost of living adjustment (COLA) is added to Social Security payments. This increase in COLA will help them to keep up with inflation and prevent the…
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a legal action against Walmart and workforce payments company Branch Messenger. The lawsuit alleges that over a million delivery drivers were pressured into using accounts without consent, leading to over $10 million in unwarranted fees. According to the CFPB, drivers in Walmart’s Spark Driver program were…
