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RBI allows credit cards to be linked with UPI platform; to start with RuPay

At the RBI policy announcement, Governor Das said that the new arrangement is expected to provide more avenues and convenience to the customers in making payments through the UPI platform

RuPay credit card
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The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed credit cards to be linked with the unified payments interface (UPI), which will enable more people to make payments using the popular platform.

Till now, only debit cards connected to savings bank accounts and current accounts were allowed to link up to the UPI platform.

At present, making UPI payments is free, while credit card companies usually depend on the merchant discount rate (MDR), which is charged on every usage for making merchant payments as a revenue stream.

"... the basic objective of linking credit cards to UPI is to provide a customer (with) a wider choice

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