PhonePe Collaborates With LankaPay To Enable Payments Using UPI Across Sri Lanka | ABP News
7 months ago

PhonePe Collaborates With LankaPay To Enable Payments Using UPI Across Sri Lanka | ABP News

ABP News  

India's fintech major PhonePe has teamed up with LankaPay to enable its users to make payments using UPI across Sri Lanka. Announcing the partnership at a mega event organised in Colombo, PhonePe said that its app users travelling to Sri Lanka will be able to make payments using UPI across LankaPay QR merchants. "From Sri Lanka standpoint perspective if you see, Indian tourists form the highest percentage of tourists that actually come to Sri Lanka which is almost 15 per cent of their total tourism population, right and post COVID we have seen a dramatic uptake as far as Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka is concerned. And this year the Sri Lanka Tourism Board is expecting at least six lakh Indian tourists to visit this island nation," Says RITESH PAI, CEO, International Payments, PhonePe.

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PhonePe offers money to businesses who can do THIS: Details here
6 months ago

PhonePe offers money to businesses who can do THIS: Details here

India TV News  

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PhonePe launches UPI services in Sri Lanka in collaboration with LankaPay
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PhonePe launches UPI services in Sri Lanka in collaboration with LankaPay

Op India  

India’s fintech company PhonePe Unified Payments Interface has been launched in Sri Lanka. Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe and India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha attended the launch event in Sri Lanka. @PhonePe UPI payments goes live in Sri Lanka with HC @santjha & @CBSL Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe gracing the launch event. @PhonePe UPI …

Island nations bank on waves of Chinese visitors
10 months, 1 week ago

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China Daily  

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Island nations bank on waves of Chinese visitors
10 months, 1 week ago

Island nations bank on waves of Chinese visitors

China Daily  

Chinese tourists arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka, on March 1. Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Fiji and some Pacific Island nations with either new or long-existing favorable visa policies for Chinese citizens, are hoping to cash in on the big-spending tourists. Stunning beach resorts combined with attractions including ancient ruins and wildlife safaris have lured visitors to Sri …

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The Hindu  

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Sri Lanka, Mauritius will get UPI services, PM Modi to be virtually present
10 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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India, Sri Lanka discuss early launch of UPI payment system
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India, Sri Lanka discuss early launch of UPI payment system

Firstpost  

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Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for visitors from India, six other countries
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Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for visitors from India, six other countries

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on October 24 waived visa fee for Indians and tourists from six other countries, as part of its efforts to boost tourist arrivals and help rebuild the island nation’s battered economy following last year’s financial crash. As part of its decisions this week, the Cabinet announced implementation of a pilot project to issue free tourist visas to tourists …

Sri Lanka approves visa-free entry for travellers from seven countries including India
1 year, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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World awaits return of Chinese tourists
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World awaits return of Chinese tourists

China Daily  

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PhonePe becomes first Indian fintech platform to enable cross-border UPI payments
1 year, 10 months ago

PhonePe becomes first Indian fintech platform to enable cross-border UPI payments

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: India’s largest payment company PhonePe, on Wednesday announced that it has launched support for ‘UPI international’ payments, becoming the first Indian fintech platform to enable cross-border UPI payments. Over the course of this year, NPCI in collaboration with NIPL plans to roll out UPI International to more countries, while also enabling greater merchant acceptance in the regions where this …

Sri Lanka Aims to Get 10 Lakh Tourists This Year, Especially from India, Says Tourism Minister Harin Fernando
2 years, 4 months ago

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News 18  

Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Harin Fernando on Saturday said as things get back to normal after the recent political crisis in the island nation, the government aims to receive at least 10 lakh tourists this year, mostly from India. Fernando, who was in Ahmedabad to promote tourism in the island nation, said religious and cultural tourism between Sri Lanka and …

Sri Lanka to woo greater number of Indian tourists
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to woo greater number of Indian tourists

The Hindu  

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Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister to visit New Delhi for talks on further assistance
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister to visit New Delhi for talks on further assistance

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa will visit New Delhi later this month, Indian authorities said, following his telephone conversation with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on Monday, amid a severe economic meltdown stifling the island nation. This would be Mr. Rajapaksa’s second visit amid Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis, marked by a fuel and food shortages, and long power cuts …

PhonePe Continues to Lead UPI Payments Space With 42% Share, Paytm Remains Distant Third
3 years, 9 months ago

PhonePe Continues to Lead UPI Payments Space With 42% Share, Paytm Remains Distant Third

News 18  

Digital payments company PhonePe has said the platform emerged as the largest player on UPI merchant transactions capturing over 42 percent of the overall market share in February 2021. The latest data on the National Payments Corporation of India website shows that the digital payments platform had witnessed over 975.53 million UPI transactions, worth Rs 1.89 lakh crore for the …

PhonePe clocks 972 million transactions on UPI in February
3 years, 9 months ago

PhonePe clocks 972 million transactions on UPI in February

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Digital payments firm PhonePe on Monday said it has clocked close to 972 million Unified Payments Interface transactions in February, garnering close to 42% market share on the payment infrastructure. In January, the Bengaluru-based company had retained its market leadership in UPI for the second consecutive month by recording close to 968.7 million transactions and processing ₹1.91 lakh crore …

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