Indians overseas remitted $87 billion last year, the biggest inflow for any country tracked by the World Bank
However, it was down by nearly 3 per cent from the previous month
In May, 4.5 million IPO mandates were created through UPI and a record 2.4 million mandates got executed, data shows
NPCI sets its eyes on processing a billion UPI transactions a day on its platform within the next 3-5 years
NPCI advised to facilitate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) integration with all banks and ATM networks.
Praveena Rai, chief operating officer, National Payments Corporation of India speaks to Subrata Panda about the journey of RuPay and the aim of the umbrella organisation for operating retail payments
The company, however, declined to comment on the matter
The panel may also suggest integrating the Goods and Services Tax Network with NPCI to curb frauds in tax refunds
Initially, UPI Lite will process transactions for NPCI wallet in near offline mode i.e., debit offline and credit online.
The need for authentication through Aadhar with OTP arose because the number of UPI users was getting restricted to the customers who had debit cards.
Praveena Rai, Chief Operating Officer of NPCI, said it was delighted to partner with BCCI for IPL, one of the most celebrated sports leagues
There were a total of 452 crore (4.52 billion) transactions in February 2022
NPCI is focusing on gaining new customers to expand the indigenous RuPay-enabled credit card base, as the retail payments umbrella body is still a new entrant in this space, a top official said.
Additionally, they will also be benefitted in the form of accidental insurance coverage of up to Rs 10 lakh, domestic airport lounge access of two times per quarter, and other rewards
The Indian Railways' catering and ticketing arm along with NPCI and BOB Financial Solutions launched a co-branded credit card to tap the huge potential the market offers.
The international arm of the NPCI on Thursday announced to deploy UPI in Nepal to bolster interoperable real-time P2P, P2M and potential cross-border P2P remittances between Nepal and India.
Bounce rate has been trending downwards since July 2021, as the second wave of the pandemic receded.
UPI ended calendar 2021 with record high transactions by both volume and value. According to NPCI data, it recorded 4.56 billion transactions worth Rs 8.27 trillion in December
Customers need to hold the wristwatch in front of the PoS device during payment like tapping the card on PoS. For payments above Rs 5,000, customers need to tap and enter their PIN
The AutoPay platform of UPI is also being touted as the pillar for its next phase of growth