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
Nigam said that being an early mover in the adoption of the United Payments Interface also played in their favour
RBI allowed the integration of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with credit cards to leverage the several benefits of credit card enthusiasts. Here's why you should use credit card with UPI
Users will soon be able to transfer money up to Rs 5 lakh through IMPS by deploying the mobile number and bank account name of the receiver
India's Unified Payments Interface system (UPI) stands out in advancing bilateral links with other countries, including Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, a US treasury official said. In a speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, Jay Shambaugh, Under Secretary of US Treasury for International Affairs, spoke on new technologies and cross-border payments. He said a set of ASEAN countries have the greater ambition of interlinking their fast payment systems multilaterally. Shambaugh said several initiatives are already underway to upgrade legacy payment systems. He said payment service providers, system operators, banks, and FMIs are investing in operational improvements to make their systems faster, cheaper, more transparent, more accessible, and more efficient for individual or financial sector users. "For example, institutions around the world are presently at different stages of implementing the ISO 20022 messaging standard. This standard is more data-rich than its precursor
The company's loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation on a standalone basis widened to 17.55 billion rupees ($210.8 million) from 16.12 billion rupees a year ago
The Centre has found 114 illegal betting and gambling platforms operating in the country. Such platforms are taking in UPI payments through proxy bank accounts
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital form of currency notes issued by a central bank. RBI broadly defines e-Re as the legal tender issued by a central bank in digital form
Since April, customers dipping into their mobile-phone wallets to settle bills of more than Rs 2,000 ($24) have to bear a maximum
NPCI International Payments Ltd, the international arm of the National Payment Corporation of India, on Thursday inked an agreement with Al Etihad Payments of UAE to provide real-time and cost-effective cross-border remittances for the users of both countries. It would be as seamless as a domestic transaction, using a beneficiary identifier (mobile number VPA), according to the agreement. Tangible benefits of the agreement include the availability of real-time and cost-effective cross-border remittances for the users of both countries. This would also enhance the transparency for users through an upfront display of remittance amounts in both currencies with applicable charges. The linkage of card switches would enable the cardholders to use their domestic cards (without the need to have global cards issued) in each other's jurisdiction on a reciprocal basis on ATMs, PoS terminals and e-comm transactions. Further, the linkage of messaging platforms would reduce dependency on ...
According to data from NPCI, this represented a 56 per cent rise in volume and a 41 per cent increase in value compared to September of the previous year. In September 2022
The average ticket size of UPI in the first six months of 2023 was 10% lower than the same period last year showing its growing penetration and increasing adoption of small payments
The ATS of P2M transactions dipped 21 per cent from Rs 839 in H1 2022 to Rs 659 in H1 2023
Since its founding in 2012, Curitiba-based Ebanx has focused on cross-border transactions for clients like Spotify Technology SA, Airbnb Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
The RBI has recently enabled transfers from pre-sanctioned credit lines at banks through the UPI network
The one-step UPI payment solution has been created in partnership with NPCI and Axis Bank, ensuring complete security and compliance
In August, UPI transactions hit 10 billion for the first time in a month. Monthly UPI payments are clocking more than Rs 15 trillion
The launch of the new products comes a day after NPCI chief Dilip Asbe said at a fintech event that UPI had the potential to reach a couple of billion transactions a day by 2030
NPCI takes only an average of 24 hours to respond to frauds
Amazon Pay, which is the sixth largest player in the payments segment, had a total volume transaction of 57.6 million for the month of July 2023