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Liquidity Squeeze, UPI Fees and Asian Games Cricket Headline India's Monday
India edition for 28 September 2026 — thirteen stories: banking liquidity and markets, UPI merchant charges, cyber storefront rules, voter-roll software review, and rain-threatened Asian Games cricket.
SportsIyer XI Faces Rashid Khan Unit at Nisshin Korogi With Washout Sending Higher Seed Through
Shreyas Iyer's side meets Afghanistan at Korogi Park in a rain-threatened Asian Games quarter-final where a washout would send the higher seed through under tournament rules.
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EntertainmentBhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Booking Windows Open Across PVR Inox After Fantasy Re-Run Week
HealthJaipur Hospitals Stock ORS Pallets as Rajasthan Heat Index Crosses 42 Degrees
ScienceAichi-Nagoya Organisers Release Stadium Soil Moisture Readings Ahead of Javelin Finals Block
PoliticsECI Dissident Memorandum Triggers Monday Source-Code Review of SIR Voter Application
OpinionMumbai Savers Deserve Posted Call-Money Yields Before Festive Loan Campaigns
SecurityMeitY Directive Forces Play Store Delistings for Screen-Share Remote-Access APK Bundles
AIIIT Madras Computer Vision Flags Bridge Damage Along Mandakini Valley Access Routes
TechnologyAcquiring Banks Publish MDR Tables Before Mid-October Festival Sales Surge
Credit CardsForbes Cap Formula Means ₹300 Maximum UPI Acquirer Charge on ₹75,000 Tickets
StocksPSU Lenders Outpace Midcap150 Index During Volatile Mumbai Opening Hour
BusinessBanking Liquidity Sink Below Five Lakh Crore Prompts Variable-Rate Deposit Tweaks
BusinessDGCA Investigates IndiGo A321neo Tail Strike During Gusty Bengaluru Landing
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Acquiring Banks Publish MDR Tables Before Mid-October Festival Sales Surge
Acquiring banks pushed merchant discount rate tables to large retailers this week as processors test settlement splits ahead of mid-October festival volumes on Unified Payments Interface rails.
Forbes Cap Formula Means ₹300 Maximum UPI Acquirer Charge on ₹75,000 Tickets
A 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate on Unified Payments Interface tickets above ₹2,000—with a ₹300 cap—takes effect on 15 October, leaving person-to-person transfers free but changing checkout math for large retail bills.
PSU Lenders Outpace Midcap150 Index During Volatile Mumbai Opening Hour
Public-sector banks led a choppy Mumbai opening on Monday while the Midcap150 gauge extended losses, as triple-digit Brent prices kept energy names volatile ahead of the October policy week.
Banking Liquidity Sink Below Five Lakh Crore Prompts Variable-Rate Deposit Tweaks
Economists say the banking system's liquidity surplus narrowed below ₹5 lakh crore last week, pushing several lenders to lift variable-rate deposit coupons ahead of the Reserve Bank's October policy meeting.