RBI fines Amazon Pay’s India unit $374,000
The central bank claims Amazon Pay India didn’t comply with “certain provisions” of KYC and PPI directions.
The central bank claims Amazon Pay India didn’t comply with “certain provisions” of KYC and PPI directions.
Google is expected to launch a mobile payments app in India next week. Google Tez, which means “fast” in Hindi will reportedly support Android Pay as well as the government-backed Unified Payments Interface and other consumer payment services including Paytm and MobiKwik.
The battle for e-commerce and payments domination is on in India. Paytm, an e-payment/e-commerce brand and payments bank, is bringing the QR code scanning habit to the Indian masses, while rival Flipkart has raised $2.5 billion from Japan’s SoftBank and Amazon has launched its digital wallet.