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Make UPI payments through a phone call with this HDFC Bank feature

UPI 123Pay makes it possible for anyone in India, regardless of their phone type, to effortlessly make payments using a simple phone call, without requiring internet connectivity or a smartphone.

Ebanx to integrate India's UPI payments later this year, US IPO in works

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

Want to UPI now and pay later? Here's how to do UPI with less balance

The RBI has recently enabled transfers from pre-sanctioned credit lines at banks through the UPI network

Focusing on enabling UPI, e-rupee interoperability, says RBI deputy guv

The Reserve Bank of India is focusing on enabling interoperability of the United Payments Interface with the central bank's digital currency or e-rupee, deputy governor Rabi Sankar said

Cashfree Payments launches one-step UPI payment solution for businesses

The one-step UPI payment solution has been created in partnership with NPCI and Axis Bank, ensuring complete security and compliance

UPI moment for markets: In 21 yrs, Sebi shortened trade settlements to T+1

The T+1 hour trade settlement cycle will put India at the top of the settlement deck among the prominent stock markets

Cashfree Payments partners with NPCI to launch customer on-boarding feature

'AutoPay on QR' end the necessity to download an app or register on a website, says company

Bankers flag risks in new voice-enabled payment feature on India's UPI

The government-backed feature called Hello UPI will allow users to pay via apps and calls in Hindi and English, and will soon roll out services in other regional languages

Debit card usage slow for three years and UPI transactions up 428%

In August, UPI transactions hit 10 billion for the first time in a month. Monthly UPI payments are clocking more than Rs 15 trillion

Bank of Baroda enables UPI ATM facility at over 6,000 ATMs across country

State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Friday announced that it has enabled the UPI ATM facility at over 6,000 ATMs across the country. It is the first public sector bank to launch UPI ATMs, in coordination with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and powered by NCR Corporation, BoB said in a statement. Customers as well as customers of all participating issuer banks using any UPI-enabled Mobile app can withdraw cash from Bank of Baroda UPI ATMs without using their debit card, it said. Using the Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) technology, which facilitates cardless cash withdrawals through ATMs, the UPI ATM enables seamless QR-based cash withdrawals, doing away with the need to carry a Card to withdraw cash, it said. One of the major benefits of the UPI ATM facility is that customers can withdraw cash from multiple accounts linked to UPI, it said. UPI ATM transactions are also quicker, convenient, and secured as they generate a single-use dynamic QR code f

You can now withdraw cash from ATM using UPI: Here's how this will work

Touted as Hitachi Money Spot UPI ATM, it allows customers to withdraw cash without using a debit or credit card.

NPCI launches voice-enabled UPI payments, other features; Check details

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 launches voice-enabled transactions feature on UPI payments platform

The NPCI on Wednesday launched a slew of new payment options on popular payments platform UPI, including conversational transactions. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the launch of the products by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) at the ongoing Global Fintech Festival here. One of the products is Hello! UPI that will enable users to make voice-enabled UPI payments via apps, telecom calls, and IoT devices in Hindi and English. It will soon be available in several other regional languages also. NPCI said the credit line on UPI facility will enable customers access pre-sanctioned credit from banks via UPI. Separately, users will be able to send and receive money offline using the other product, LITE X product. Further, the UPI Tap & Pay facility, in addition to the conventional scan-and-pay method, will allow customers to simply tap Near Field Communication- (NFC-) enabled QR codes at merchant locations to complete their payments. The .

Amazon Pay registers double digit growth: Vice-President Mahendra Nerurkar

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

India seeks to host global repository of digital public infra: MoS IT

The minister said that there was also a consensus that there should be an international alliance to fund countries from the global South to accelerate their digitisation

PNB introduces CBDC-UPI interoperability for seamless transactions

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday announced the launch of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) interoperability feature in its digital rupee mobile application. This move is in line with the RBI's CBDC pilot project and unleashes a new potential in India's payment ecosystem, PNB said in a statement. PNB customers can now use the PNB digital rupee app to scan the UPI QR code for payment to their merchants or complete a transaction at a merchant outlet, it said. Even if the merchants do not have a CBDC Wallet, PNB digital rupee app users can utilise their CBDC wallets to conduct transactions on the UPI QR of these merchants, it added. The app with this new functionality is currently available for Android users on the Play store and will also be made live for iOS users, it said.

UPI transactions may soon touch 100 billion a month, says NPCI CEO

UPI's 10 billion-per-month transaction volume places it among the fastest-growing payment processing systems in the world

Hitachi Payment Services launches India's first-ever UPI-ATM with NPCI

The Hitachi Money Spot UPI ATM is built on Android OS and will allow cardless cash withdrawals

India has potential to do 100 billion UPI transactions a month: NPCI CEO

India has the potential to do 100 billion Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions a month, a top official from the National Payments Corporation of India said on Tuesday. This would be a 10-time growth over the 10 billion transactions achieved by the 2016-launched platform in August. Dilip Asbe, chief executive officer and managing director of NPCI, said there are 350 million UPI users at present and pegged the growth opportunity in merchants and users at 3 times more. "...if you take the combined effect, we have a 10x opportunity from where we stand," Asbe said speaking at the Global Fintech Fest here. He declined to specify a date by which NPCI aims to reach there, but said that by 2030, India will witness 2 billion transactions a day. At present, global giant Visa processes 22.5 billion transactions a month, while its rival MasterCard does over 11 billion transactions. Asbe also said that credit card usage can witness a ten-time growth if the industry shifts to the emerg

State Bank of India announces introduction of UPI interoperability on CBDC

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said it has implemented UPI interoperability in its digital rupee, called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). With this move, the bank aims to deliver unprecedented convenience and accessibility to its customers, SBI said in a statement. This cutting-edge feature, accessible through the 'eRupee by SBI' application will empower SBI CBDC users to effortlessly scan any merchant UPI QR code for swift and secure transactions, it said. SBI was among the first few banks to participate in the RBI's retail digital e-rupee project in December 2022. "The seamless integration of CBDC with UPI marks a significant leap for the bank, enhancing the acceptance and utilization of digital currencies in everyday transactions," it said. This integration will be a game changer for the digital currency ecosystem, it said, adding, the move is the outcome of our unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of digital innovation to accelerate the transition to a