The number of transactions done on mobile wallets was 1.04 billion, an increase of just 5 per cent over previous year period while the value of transactions in the July-September period was Rs 466 bn
The QR code-based system would allow anyone with a BHIM app to scan the SGQR at NETS terminals for payments in Singapore
The decision has been taken after consultation with various intermediaries and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
Amazon and Google now vie with local start-up Paytm, Walmart-PhonePe and a host of other players in a digital payments market forecast to quintuple to $1 trillion by 2023.
Total value of transactions surpasses Rs 1.6 trillion, or 4.5% higher than that achieved in August
For now, this service is only available to Bank of India customers and at some ATMs
Experts say Paytm - which claims to hold 80 per cent of the merchant digital wallet market in India at present - has much to gain being the first mover in these markets
The second phase of UPI as a payment mechanism commenced from July 1
Three companies, hired by NPCI, are in the process of testing sound-based e-payment technology