{"id":13490,"date":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13490"},"modified":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","slug":"amazon-pay-launches-android-p2p-payments-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/amazon-pay-launches-android-p2p-payments-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Pay launches Android P2P payments in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Android users in India can now make instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay through a government-backed unified payments interface (UPI) platform. The new service will also allow customers to make direct payments to local stores from their bank accounts or even to Amazon delivery associates on their doorsteps via a UPI QR code. Multi-factor authentication (involving the customer\u2019s phone number, SIM details and UPI PIN) is used to ensure security. As a launch incentive, Amazon \u2013 which is lagging behind P2P rivals in India \u2013 is offering its users up to INR 120 (USD 1.73) in cash back rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon is also piloting a business-to-business (B2B) inventory supply and management program in three Indian cities as part of its efforts to serve the country\u2019s 12 million small independent stores. If successful, the program will be expanded across all of India in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13490 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Pasha Bank recognized as leading bank in non-cash payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/pasha-bank-recognized-as-leading-bank-in-non-cash-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/business-leader-leading-the-way-to-his-colleagues_3446-683-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9592\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/business-leader-leading-the-way-to-his-colleagues_3446-683-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/business-leader-leading-the-way-to-his-colleagues_3446-683-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/business-leader-leading-the-way-to-his-colleagues_3446-683.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9592'>\n\t\t\t\tPasha Bank recognized as leading bank in non-cash payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Coming soon: 3 big changes for B2B payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/coming-soon-3-big-changes-for-b2b-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/583b3296-4465-450d-bc90-453a12393ebe-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14915\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14915'>\n\t\t\t\tComing soon: 3 big changes for B2B payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Two startups allow everyday Nigerians to access high-yield government bonds'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/two-startups-allow-everyday-nigerians-to-access-high-yield-government-bonds\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/06_18_2018_Cowry_Wise_Portraits-29-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13652\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13652'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo startups allow everyday Nigerians to access high-yield government bonds\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android users in India can now make instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay through a government-backed unified payments interface (UPI) platform. The new service will also allow customers to make direct payments to local stores from their bank accounts or even to Amazon delivery associates on their doorsteps via a UPI QR code. Multi-factor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,404],"tags":[449,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13491,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions\/13491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}