Paytm has enabled a UPI-based payment for two-wheelers entering the parking site, thereby digitising the entire parking payments
Launched last year, UPI Autopay allows users to set up recurring e-mandates for recurring payments such as mobile bills, power bills, EMIs, OTT subscriptions, insurance, MF among others
In value terms, UPI saw transactions worth Rs 6.39 trillion in August, which is again a record high
Regulating how payment facilitators store customers' card details and auto-renewal of payments puts industry at crossroads.
NPCI's global arm NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has partnered with UAE-based Mashreq Bank to provide its mobile-based real-time payment system UPI in the gulf nation
It's a digital voucher developed by NPCI that will be transferred directly to mobile phone as an SMS string or QR code, redeemable at merchant points delivering services related to the benefit scheme
The idea is simple and is being used in the US, Hong Kong and several other countries -- prepaid vouchers meant for specific purposes
The platform processed transactions worth Rs 6.06 trn in July, up 10.76 per cent from June
Demonetisation provided the first serious wake-up call that cash will not be king for long, and the business of vending it will have to be reworked
Experts say the dominance of certain players is a factor of the overall preference of consumers as to which app they are using for making different transactions
In March, UPI had recorded a fresh high of 2.73 billion transactions amounting to Rs 5.04 trillion.
The challenge lies in getting digital transactions done in vernacular in a country with over 20 languages and many more dialects
The board of One97 Communications Ltd, which owns Paytm, has given an in-principle approval to the offering plan
The service now has over 20 million offline merchants across 11,000 towns and talukas in India
Cash withdrawal through ATMs, transactions through NEFT and RTGS also decline
Says govt's focus on setting up transaction systems over past few years has created huge data sets across systems
Customers of full KYC-compliant PPIs issued by non-bank PPI issuers can withdraw a maximum of Rs 2,000 per transaction and Rs 10,000 per month per PPI
Beneficiary banks are the banks of the account holder who are receiving money.
Maintains top position in UPI apps, followed by Google Pay
UPI saw a 4.3 per cent dip in transaction volume and a 2.22 per cent dip in transaction value