Paytm is now enabled to offer UPI services through partners such as Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), and YES Bank
With extended deadline for 30 per cent UPI market ceiling by NPCI approaching, industry players are keenly awaiting the implementation and measures to achieve the cap from January 1. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in December 2022 extended the deadline for third-party UPI players to meet its 30 per cent volume cap in digital payment transactions by two years to end December 2024. Presently, third-party app providers (TPAP) like Google Pay and Walmart's PhonePe have a majority 85 per cent share in UPI-based transactions. NPCI runs the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) used for real-time payments between peers or at merchants' end while making purchases. According to sources, NPCI would spell out ways to implement the 30 per cent UPI market ceiling in a bid to minimise concentration risk. One option would be to stop on-boarding of new customers for those who have higher than 30 per cent market shares in UPI transaction, sources said, adding it can be done in a phase
December 2024 deadline for implement market cap remains unchanged, say sources
Google Pay and PhonePe, together account for 86% of UPI transactions by volume in India and are also expanding to offer UPI services abroad
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said that India does transactions worth Rs 120 crore in a month
Cash deposit facility in banks through UPI soon
It has now proposed that non-bank payment system operators, which include third-party payment app providers like PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm, offer the e-rupee through CBDC wallets
In a significant decision, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it will soon facilitate cash deposit facilities in banks through the use of the popular UPI
An interesting finding is the decline in the average ticket size (ATS) for UPI transactions. This dropped by 8 per cent to Rs 1515 from Rs 1648 in the year-ago period,
The collaboration with the tourism board and the Bengaluru-based company builds upon the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) linkage between India and Singapore
The year also saw a record value of Rs 199.89 trillion, compared to Rs 139.1 trillion. In February 2024, transactions stood at 12.10 billion and Rs 18.28 trillion, respectively
The RBI had earlier approved an interoperable system saying it will standardise settlement cycles for merchants, improve customer grievance mechanism
Cashfree's 'RiskShield' enables customers to add limits on the frequency and cumulative sum of transactions that an individual customer is permitted to pay on a periodic basis
As a customer, you have the option to use a pre-approved credit limit at the point of sale, integrated into the UPI platform
YES Bank has gone live as a PSP bank with a closed group of users with the @ptyes handle. Similarly, Axis Bank is live with a closed group of users with the @ptaxis handle
Fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of the Paytm brand, has got five handles in partnership with four banks to continue UPI transactions, as per an update on the NPCI website. The company's existing handle @paytm is among the five handles that users can continue using without the need to make any changes at their end. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has approved @paytm and a closed user group UPI handle @ptyes for Paytm in partnership with Yes Bank. NPCI has also approved @pthdfc with HDFC bank and @ptsbi with State Bank of India as a partner. However, these two handles are not active immediately. Paytm spokesperson said users can continue to use @paytm handle seamlessly without the need to make any changes at their end. On March 14, NPCI approved a third party application (TPAP) provider permit for Paytm in collaboration with SBI, Axis Bank, Yes Bank and HDFC bank for continuity of UPI transactions for the company's users. Paytm's UPI transactions were earlier
UPI payments on the Paytm app will likely redirected to SBI, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, and Yes Bank for settlement, if Paytm Payments Bank operations cease after March 15
The NPCI on Friday announced that Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is now live in neighbouring Nepal. UPI users can scan QR codes to make payments to Nepalese merchants, an official statement said. This follows a tie-up between the National Payments Corporation of India International Payments (NIPL) and Nepal's largest payment network Fonepay Payment Service in September last year. In its first phase, the partnership will enable Indian consumers to make instant, secure, and convenient UPI payments across various business stores in Nepal by using UPI-enabled apps, the statement said. Merchants acquired by the participating members of Fonepay Network can accept UPI payments from Indian customers, it specified. It called the integration a "revolutionary shift" in cross-border transactions between citizens of both countries. "This initiative not only signifies our commitment to innovating the digital payments space but also reflects our dedication to creating new avenues for trade, ..
Need to comply with security, data localisation norms
Overall UPI volumes of Paytm witnessed a marginal dip to 12.1 billion transactions compared to 12.2 billion transactions in January