RBI enhances limit for e-mandates on credit/debit cards to Rs 15,000

In October last year, the new e-mandate guidelines kicked in, wherein any mandate registration, modification, and deletion will require additional factor authentication (AFA)

In a relief to subscribers of journals and insurance customers for paying premia on a regular basis, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the limit for e-mandates for recurring payments to Rs 15,000 from Rs 5,000.

After the e-mandate was capped at Rs 5,000 in October last year, customers had taken to social media complaining that they had to initiate payments at regular intervals for availing of such services. While announcing the move, the regulator said more than 62.5 million mandates had been registered in favour of a large number of domestic and over 3,400 international merchants.

“Since