More than 2.07 billion UPI transactions were processed in October, according to NPCI, with Walmart's PhonePe accounting for just over 40% of those transactions
WhatsApp is working on the integration of its payment option with Jio Mart's e-commerce platform.
Industry insiders suggest that this is aimed at bringing a balance in the UPI ecosystem, which is dominated by a few large players
Google Pay, Walmart's PhonePe and Paytm are among the TPAP players in the fast-growing UPI ecosystem, amid the sustained push for boosting digital payments in the country
NPCI allowed WhatsApp to start its payments service in the country in a "graded" manner, starting with a maximum registered user base of 20 million in UPI
Currently, third party applications such as PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm, and Amazon Pay, dominate the UPI ecosystem, controlling a majority of the transactions
The decision came after the NPCI also issued a statement saying that it had decided to impose a 30% cap on the share of UPI transactions that a single payment application can process
Customers will be able to avail discounts ranging from 10-65 per cent on top brands, including Amazon, Swiggy, Samsung, among others
Real-time payments doubled this year and transaction value increased by 80 per cent, says FIS Global.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions stood at Rs 3.29 lakh crore in September with number of transactions at 1.8 billion, NPCI data showed
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has resulted in massive adoption of UPI in the offline and online segments
Availing of this facility would be at the discretion of the account holder
"This is to clarify that press reports on the basis of the affidavit filed by Google before the Delhi High Court, do not represent the complete facts," a Google Pay spokesperson said on Friday
The high court on Thursday listed the matter for hearing on November 10 as the Centre and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have not filed their responses yet
The IIT-Bombay report further said UPI as a digital payments platform increases efficiency towards tax compliance, and provides overall convenience for public good
It wants to take its products UPI and RuPay Card global and assist other countries in establishing a 'real time payment system' or a 'domestic card scheme'
During the April-July period of 2020-21, the cumulative transactions on UPI reached 6.31 billion. The value transacted stood at Rs 6.31 trillion
NPCI said in its statement that in order to thwart cyber-attacks, it has implemented technologies such as perimeter security controls, including various kinds of firewalls, routing controls and others
The value of IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) transactions in April fell to about Rs 1.21 trillion in April, from about Rs 2.02 trillion in March
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in the last Budget that no charge would be levied on UPI and Rupay transactions