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October 13, 2026 3:38 PM
The Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select Person-to-Merchant (P2M) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions will be implemented after Diwali, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said on Tuesday. The UPI and Services Steering Comm...
October 1, 2026 9:52 AM
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction volume rose 23 per cent year-on-year to 24.07 billion in September, while the transaction value increased 18 per cent to Rs 29.37 lakh crore, according to data released by the National Payments Corpora...
September 21, 2026 11:38 PM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on eligible UPI transactions will not be passed on to consumers. Speaking to ANI, Sitharaman said MDR is a charge within the payment ecosystem and is not a...
August 25, 2026 11:56 AM
In a decade, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has moved from being a new digital payment mechanism to becoming an integral part of everyday life in India. From small-value payments at neighbourhood shops to bank transfers and cross-border transac...
April 30, 2026 10:03 PM
A decade after its launch, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed from a fledgling digital experiment into the world’s largest real-time payments platform, powering nearly half of global instant payment transactions and redefining how...
April 29, 2025 4:11 PM
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has directed banks to limit the use of the 'Check Transaction' application programming interface (API) following a major outage in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on April 12. The outage, which ...
January 28, 2025 12:44 PM
The share of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in India’s digital payments has surged from 34 per cent in 2019 to an impressive 83 per cent in 2024, with a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 74 per cent over the last five years, ac...
January 1, 2025 5:17 PM
In a new milestone, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions recorded an 8% month-on-month growth in December 2024, with transaction volumes reaching 16.73 billion, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) ...
December 31, 2024 9:32 PM
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday removed the unified payments interface (UPI) user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay with immediate effect. With this, WhatsApp Pay can now extend UPI services to its entire user base...
May 6, 2024 4:08 PM
The 4th session of the India-Ghana Joint Trade Committee (JTC) recently concluded in Accra, with both nations resolving to enhance bilateral trade and investment cooperation. According to a press release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, d...
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