Credit cards can be linked to a UPI identity for secure payment transactions
The minister further said that that Mission Bhashini - National Language Translation Mission and Digital Payments have come together to make UPI 123 Pay available in the local language
UPI transactions touched a record high of 8.03 billion transactions in January, adding up to Rs 12.98 trillion
Getting fake currency notes in coin vending machines led the Reserve Bank to announce the unified payment system-based alternative, Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Wednesday. Sankar said the RBI had installed coin vending machines at strategic places like vegetable markets where there is a high demand for coins but had to grapple with the challenge of fake notes. The problem then was that the currency that was being fed into these machines was found to be very often fake so that became an issue, he told reporters at the central bank headquarters here. This is where the RBI started to think of the alternatives that can be deployed, Sankar said, adding that a lot of people use cellphones which can scan a QR code which can be linked to the unified payments interface to initiate and process a transaction sans the use of currency notes. The machine was developed in-house and a pilot project was launched, which is now being expanded, Sankar said, adding that the newly announced ..
These vending machines will dispense coins against a debit to the customer's account. The process will use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) instead of physical tendering of notes
Users can activate UPI-linked bank account for the international service at the merchant location, or before that
Das also said RBI has decided to extend UPI to inbound travellers, expanding the scope of Trade Receivables Discounting System and launch a pilot project on QR Code-based Coin Vending Machines
UPI Lite was introduced by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) last year to facilitate small ticket transactions up to Rs 200
India's citizens will soon be able to access a wider range of authentic documents through their digital document wallets
The government expects five to seven countries to sign up for adopting India-developed technology platforms like UPI and Aadhaar by March for accelerating digitisation, according to Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. While speaking at India Stack Developer Conference, the minister said that the Prime Minister has decided to offer India technology platforms to countries to help them accelerate digitisation. "I expect by February-March, about 5-7 countries around the world to sign up (for adopting platforms)," Chandrasekhar said. The government plans to reach out to several countries to offer them technology stack (Aadhaar, UPI, Digi Locker, Co-Win, GeM, GSTN etc) as part of its responsibility as G20 Presidency and expects Indian startups and system integrators to gain from the exercise.
India not looking to monetise platform's features that can be helpful to countries for digitising economies
From accounting for a quarter of all UPI transactions, app now has a share of just 0.76%
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Proposed payment system aimed at preventing misuse of client funds by brokers
Growing from nothing in 2016, the smartphone-based UPI - a public utility - handled nearly Rs 13 trillion ($160 billion) in December
It is difficult to reconcile the ultra-modern technology-driven banking sector with its poor record on customer service, including on the succession front
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the incentive scheme of Rs 26 billion for promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (P2M) for FY23
The UPI ecosystem members have to comply with NPCI's directions by April 30, 2023
UPI, Singapore's PayNow integration to go live soon
The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday said integration of India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and equivalent network in Singapore, known as PayNow, will begin anytime soon, which in turn will reduce the remittance cost by 10 per cent. There will be interoperability of the two digital payment networks, allowing seamless remittances between the two countries at a highly competitive rate. "Integration of UPI and Singapore's PayNow with India is ready and waiting for launch," Singapore central bank's chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty said at the G20 meeting on financial inclusion at Kolkata. "As of now, remittance to India is at least 1 billion Singapore Dollars and India to Singapore will be 200-300 million Singapore Dollars," Mohanty said. Pramod Verma, chief architect of Aadhaar & India Stack said similar interoperability will also happen with Dubai and a few other countries soon. He said this integration will also help Indian tourists pay in Singapore using ...