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WhatsApp Pay gets green light to go live on UPI

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WhatsApp Pay gets green light to go live on UPI

In the wake of confronting administrative obstacles and court fights for quite a long time, WhatsApp Pay has been given the gesture to go live on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) network in India with a most extreme client base of 20 million in the main stage.
The endorsement from the National Payments Corporation of India, by chance, goes ahead the very day as it sets a 30% cap on exchange volume for outsider applications utilizing the UPI organization, in a move probably made to ease fears of a few administrative specialists including the Reserve Bank of India over potential syndication risks.WhatsApp Pay will go live in a “reviewed way” from its present enlisted client base of 1,000,000 who were utilizing the administration in a beta mode. The installment application will utilize a multi-bank model with one of the installment specialist co-ops (PSP) banks being private moneylender ICICI Bank.

NPCI’s move comes only days after its mainstream UPI network has unexpectedly crossed the two billion exchange imprint to solidly set up itself as the essential retail installment divert in the nation. In October UPI prepared 2.07 billion exchanges worth Rs 3.86 lakh crore.Market members, including rival organizations, expect the UPI volumes in India to zoom register more current records in the impending months supported both by the section of WhatsApp Pay and a developing inclination among its enormous customer market towards computerized installments.
“Public Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given endorsement for WhatsApp to ‘Go Live’ on UPI in the multi-bank model,” NPCI said in an assertion. “WhatsApp can grow its UPI client base in an evaluated way beginning with a greatest enrolled client base of twenty (20) million in UPI.”As per most recent undisclosed insights on UPI, as of now Walmart-possessed PhonePe is the most utilized UPI application in the nation having handled almost 835 million exchanges in October with a piece of the overall industry of near 40%, as per sources with information. Google Pay is a nearby second with around 820 million exchanges.
Both these organizations supported by US-goliaths in the previous months have easily surpassed the 30% exchange share. These organizations have been given time till 2023 to cut down its piece of the overall industry, NPCI said in a roundabout transferred on its site on Thursday. The move was incited keeping “to address the dangers and secure the UPI environment as it further scales up,” NPCI further said in a statement.Meanwhile, WhatsApp Pay should follow the 30% exchange volume from the beginning as the guideline for applications presently with piece of the overall industry beneath as far as possible need to guarantee consistence from 2021.
Google Pay, Paytm and PhonePe didn’t remark till press time. An industry leader said that the section of WhatsApp Pay would in the method of expanded rivalry cut down exchange volumes of both PhonePe and Google.
The 30% exchange offer will be determined on a three-month moving premise, and would be upheld by the controlled installment specialist organization banks such State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank among others on the backend.
ET was the first to report in September 2019, when NPCI previously considered such a cap in a shut entryway directing advisory group meeting.

The endorsement to WhatsApp pay comes following quite a while of court fight at the peak court, gesture from both antitrust body Competition Commission of India and RBI chasing after concerns affirmed unlawful packaging of administrations and resistance with information restriction standards.
The famous social courier application has more than 400 million dynamic clients in India, and but solid brand acknowledgment and existing client base is required to rise as one of the main computerized installments firms in India – a nation where its parent organization Facebook is holding desire to develop as a super-business application.

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SSC Exam Calendar 2025 revised, check CGL, CHSL, SI in Delhi Police, MTS, JE and other exam dates here

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SSC Exam Calendar 2025 revised, check CGL, CHSL, SI in Delhi Police, MTS, JE and other exam dates here
  • The updated Exam Calendar 2025 has been made public by SSC. Here, candidates can view the dates for the Delhi Police, MTS, JE, CGL, CHSL, and SI exams. The updated timetable for the SSC exams in the 2025–2026 session has been made public by the Staff Selection Commission, or SSC. The updated schedule is available on the official website at ssc.gov.in for candidates who wish to take any.
  • The updated calendar states that on June 5, 2025, the announcement for the Stenographer Grade “C” & “D” Examination, 2025, will be made, and registration will open that same day. The exam will take place from August 6 to August 11, 2025, and the application deadline is June 26, 2025. Similarly, registrations commission’s examinations.
  • The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the revised examination calendar for the 2025–26 session, detailing updated notification, registration, and examination dates for major recruitment exams such as CGL, CHSL, SI in Delhi Police, MTS, JE, and others. Candidates can access the complete schedule on the official SSC website at.

  • Key Exam Dates and Details
    1. Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 9, 2025
    Application Period: June 9 to July 4, 2025
    Exam Dates: August 13 to August 30, 2025

  • Mode: Computer-Based Examination (CBE)
    2. Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 23, 2025
    Application Period: June 23 to July 18, 2025
    Exam Dates: September 8 to September 18, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    3. Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 16, 2025
    Application Period: June 16 to July 7, 2025
    Exam Dates: September 1 to September 6, 2025

  • Mode: CBES
    4. Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN) Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 26, 2025
    Application Period: June 26 to July 24, 2025
    Exam Dates: September 20 to October 24, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    5. Junior Engineer (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 30, 2025
    Application Period: June 30 to July 21, 2025
    Exam Dates: October 27 to October 31, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    6. Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 5, 2025
    Application Period: June 5 to June 26, 2025
    Exam Dates: August 6 to August 11, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    7. Selection Post Examination, Phase-XIII, 2025
    Notification Release: June 2, 2025
    Application Period: June 2 to June 23, 2025
    Exam Dates: July 24 to August 4, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    8. Combined Hindi Translators Examination 2025
    Notification Release: June 5, 2025
    Application Period: June 5 to June 26, 2025
    Exam Date: August 12, 2025

  • Mode: CBE
    9. Delhi Police Examinations (Constable, Head Constable, AWO/TPO) 2025
    Notification & Registration: July to September 2025
    Exam Dates: November to December 2025
    Mode: CBE

  • How to Download the Revised SSC Exam Calendar 2025–26 Visit the official SSC website Navigate to the “For Candidates” section and click on “Examination Calendar.” Click on the link titled “Revised Tentative Calendar of Examinations for the Year 2025–26.” The PDF will open; download and save it for future reference Additional Information.
  • The SSC examinations are conducted in Computer-Based Examination (CBE) mode across various centers nationwide. The revised calendar aims to provide candidates ample time to prepare and plan for the upcoming examinations. For detailed information on each examination, including syllabus, eligibility criteria, and application procedures, candidates are advised to refer to the official.
  • Notifications released on the SSC website For more details and updates, visit the , registration, and examination dates for major recruitment exams such as CGL, CHSL, SI the complete schedule on the official SSC.
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