1 bn transactions a day on UPI quite possible in 3-5 years' time: NPCI CEO

"If we don't do anything, we will achieve this target in the next ten years. But we should aim to do it in the next 3 - 5 years' time," Asbe said

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Subrata Panda Mumbai
With UPI transactions setting record highs every month as digital payments adoption deepens in the country, it is quite reasonable to expect this flagship payments platform to process 1 billion transactions a day. While this milestone can be achieved in 10 years’ time without any effort whatsoever, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation of digital payments in the country is aiming to achieve the 1 billion transactions per day milestone on UPI in the next 3 – 5 years, said Dilip Asbe, MD&CEO, NPCI.

“If we don’t do anything, we will achieve this target in the next ten years. But we should aim to do it in the next 3 – 5 years’ time and this is

First Published: Jan 12 2022 | 1:15 PM IST

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