Smartphone Financing Options Expand Amid Rising Costs; Razorpay Advances AI Payments
Smartphone brands like Samsung and Apple are expanding financing options such as longer no-cost EMIs and bank cashbacks to address rising prices driven by higher component costs and supply constraints. Samsung plans to offer festive discounts and absorb material cost increases amid a challenging market impacted by a memory chip shortage. Meanwhile, fintech firm Razorpay is investing in AI-driven payment infrastructure by hiring senior leaders to enhance autonomous financial systems. The government is also considering reintroducing merchant discount rates on select UPI transactions to support payment infrastructure investments.
First-hand measurement across 5 sources
We measured how 5 outlets covered this story. No outlet gave this story a measurable political slant — there is no left–right reading to report. Overall sentiment is positive (64/100). Lens Score 42/100.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (50–75/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
economictimes broke this story on 4 Aug, 02:23 am. Other outlets followed.