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RBI deepens digital pay infra, launches UPI for 400 mn feature phone users

UPI is on course to reach Rs 100 trillion in value of transactions, said Governor Shaktikanta Das

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

BS Reporter Mumbai
To deepen the adoption of digital payments in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for feature phone users. This will ensure further democratisation of UPI in the country and make digital payments more inclusive by including the participation of people belonging to the economically lower strata of society.

The UPI for feature phone users will be known as UPI123Pay, and will have almost all the features of UPI that are there on smartphones. The UPI can, in fact, be used on the feature phones even currently, but the process is USSD