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Fintech stocks decline 10% on delayed UPI fee rollout

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following the announcement
10%
on transactions
0.4% fee

Fintech stocks fell sharply on 8 Oct 2026, with Paytm dropping nearly 10% following the announcement of a delay in the rollout of the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI transactions. Other companies like Pine Labs and Mobikwik also faced significant declines. This delay in implementing a 0.4% fee on transactions over ₹2,000 has raised concerns about revenue impacts for fintech firms.

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The market after the news

PAYTM closed −0.3% on the day of the news, from ₹1,641.50 to ₹1,636.00; Nifty +1.3% over the same session; futures OI +0.8%.

Bulletin at 16:08 IST on 8 Oct 2026. Every change is measured from ₹1,641.50, the last close before it, on 8 Oct. Nifty 50 is measured over the same sessions.

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PAYTM closes around the bulletin against the close before the news, with Nifty 50 rebased to it137016421913axis spans 40%before the news · 8 Oct1642Nifty 50PAYTMbulletinD0+1+31 Oct8 Oct14 OctFutures open interest, lotspeak 22,000Reference close ₹1,641.50. 9 sessions from 1 Oct to 14 Oct; the price axis spans 40 percent.
price axis fixed at 4 × the 14-session true range around the close before the news · values printed at each marked session
Closes after the news against the close before it, with Nifty 50 over the same span
SessionClose ₹Change %Nifty %
Before8 Oct₹1,641.50basebase
On the day9 Oct₹1,636.00▼ −0.3%▲ +1.3%−1.6 pp difference
+1 session12 Oct₹1,690.00▲ +3.0%▲ +0.6%+2.4 pp difference
+3 sessions14 Oct₹1,712.40▲ +4.3%▲ +1.8%+2.6 pp difference
+5 sessionsnot reached yet———
Gap at the open, % · ₹
▼ −0.2%−3.45 on 9 Oct
Day's range, % · ₹
3.3%≈ 54 high to low
Volume on the day
0.94×the 20-session average
Futures OI on the day
▲ +0.8%+160 lots · short build-up · price −0.3%
Futures OI open, lots
22,0009 Oct · 27 Oct expiry
Futures premium, ₹
+9.10+0.6% to spot
Puts per call, by OI
0.85from 0.81 the session before
Max pain
1,660from 1,660 the session before

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