Unified Payment Interface

India's UPI to be accepted in Cambodia under NPCI-ACLEDA partnership

NPCI International and ACLEDA Bank have partnered to enable UPI and KHQR acceptance in India and Cambodia, offering tourists secure, interoperable and seamless QR-based payments

UPI sees mild November dip to 20.47 bn transactions worth ₹26.32 trn

Compared to November 2024, the month witnessed a 32 per cent rise in volume and 22 per cent in value

ULI 'turning point' in providing affordable credit: RBI deputy governor

Upcoming digital platform has the potential to achieve transformative impact of UPI, says Swaminathan J

A fine balance for fintech as investors put compliance ahead of valuation

Industry that was touted to overtake legacy banks and financial institutions gets wake-up call

No FASTag for tolls? Relief on penalty if paid through UPI, says govt

Now non-FASTag users to pay 1.25x, not 2x of toll if paying via UPI

UPI goes global: Cross-border transactions grow 20-fold in a year

Cross-border UPI transactions rose 20 times to 7.55 lakh in FY25, with expansion to seven countries and over 1.5 million merchants accepting the platform

Field agents at a crossroads: The BC channel is ripe for being reimagined

The business correspondent channel is sought to be reworked with more offerings being hawked on it

Number of UPI apps grows in 2024, yet top two command maximum market share

In 2024, NPCI issued 20 third party application approvals. This was much higher than three and four issuances in 2022 and 2023 respectively

About 4 out of 10 individuals in rural, semi-urban India prefer UPI: Report

Yet UPI is the most preferred mode of financial transactions in such regions

UPI volume up 52% in H1CY24, transaction value rises 40%: Report

A decreasing average ticket size of transactions on the payments system indicates that it is increasingly being used to conduct small-value transactions

Launched in 2019, Amazon Pay's UPI offering crosses 100 mn customers mark

Amazon Pay on Monday said its UPI offering is witnessing widespread adoption across the country with over 100 million customers using the service. Launched in 2019, Amazon Pay UPI has witnessed strong user preference from across big states of Maharashtra, UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, the company said in a statement. The 18-24-year age bracket led the adoption of Amazon Pay UPI, it added. "We are humbled and proud that 100M customers have chosen Amazon Pay UPI as their preferred choice of online payment experience. We are excited to continue to innovate and expand our offerings to simplify lives and fulfil aspirations for millions across India," Amazon Pay India CEO Vikas Bansal said. Mobile recharges, utility bill payments and e-commerce transactions were among the top use cases of Amazon Pay UPI, the statement added.

Swiggy rolls out in-app UPI feature for faster payments: How to activate

Branded as Swiggy UPI, the feature aims to cut on the transaction time from over 15 seconds to just 5 seconds

Namma Yatri parent raises $11 mn in funding from Blume Ventures, Antler

Company that runs community-led mobility apps will use the money for improving technology, research

UPI transactions dip marginally in April to Rs 19.64 trn; grow Y-o-Y

Fasting, IMPS and Apes transactions decline too in the month

PhonePe, Google Pay creating a duopoly in India's UPI space? NPCI to check

Google Pay and PhonePe, together account for 86% of UPI transactions by volume in India and are also expanding to offer UPI services abroad

Singapore Tourism Board, PhonePe sign MoU to boost UPI for Indian tourists

The collaboration with the tourism board and the Bengaluru-based company builds upon the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) linkage between India and Singapore

Looking forward to ride credit on UPI wave: Amazon Pay India's Jain

Company aiming to redefine access and coverage in financial landscape by early 2024

India's UPI transactions scale new high in Oct; clock Rs 17.2 trn in value

According to data shared by the NPCI, this is 56 per cent higher in volume terms compared to 7.30 billion in October 2022 and 42 per cent higher in value terms compared to Rs 12.12 trillion last year

Support to regulations difference between us and tech firms: Sameer Nigam

Nigam said that being an early mover in the adoption of the United Payments Interface also played in their favour

Long way to go in terms of Indian engagement with global mkts: John Lipsky

Lipsky said that there's still a long way to go in terms of Indian engagement with global markets