With the prevalence of digital payments, it is quite common among the public at large to use a unified payment interface (UPI) service for a slew of transactions. Be it for paying your food bill or your cab, for shopping or for the fuel bill, making payment digitally is seen as convenient. Thanks to our … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday announced to raise the transaction limits of UPI 123 and UPI Lite, thus expanding the scope of UPI for an increasingly large number of people. While acknowledging that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed India’s financial landscape by making digital payments more inclusive, the … Read more
If you are using UPI Lite for small-value transactions, then there is good news for you. Starting October 31, you will be able to use auto top-up option for reloading the amount of your choice in your UPI Lite account. By issuing a circular dated August 27, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has … Read more
Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has emerged as the world’s most popular alternative payments method (APM), processed transactions to the tune of ₹80.8 lakh crore ($964 billion) in April-July 2024, a sharp 37% year-on-year (y-o-y) surge compared to the same timeframe the previous year. Transaction metrics and global comparison UPI processed a staggering 3729.1 transactions … Read more
Mumbai: Financial technology companies have a long list of demands and expectations from the upcoming Union Budget, such as investments in digital public infrastructure, GST exemption for business correspondent (BC) outlets, and a fee structure for UPI payments. “We strongly urge the finance minister to prioritise pivotal solutions such as enhancing digital infrastructure, financial literacy … Read more
Should transactions done on UPI (Unified Payments Interface) be charged? A merchant discount rate (MDR) or a transaction fee is currently not charged for almost all UPI payments (excluding payments through PPI or prepaid instruments) as it is seen as one of the major ways to enhance UPI’s coverage and minimise the resistance to technology … Read more
There has been a shift in spending trends among consumers. With the increase in cashless transactions, a study revealed that people are spending more than before. The study was conducted by a team from University of Melbourne and University of Adelaide, it analysed 71 papers and looked at spending habits of 17 countries published in … Read more
Will the RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) latest decision to allow UPI (Unified Payments Interface) for cash deposits at ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) result in debit cards losing their relevance? The once ubiquitous debit cards are already slowly giving way to UPI. While the share of mobile payments has more than doubled in the last … Read more
Volume of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions fell to ₹19.64 lakh crore in the month of April against ₹19.78 lakh crore in the preceding month. In terms of transaction count, the number fell to 13.30 billion from 13.44 billion in March. When compared with April last year, the number of transactions saw a growth of … Read more
The NPCI is likely to review its decision to implement a 30 per cent cap on the market share of payment players offering Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services by the end of 2024, reported Business Standard. As of now, the deadline to bring this change remains unchanged i.e., December 2024. “There is still time for … Read more