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UPI charges explained: Who pays, who doesn’t and what it means for you | FAQs

India | Sep 16, 2026, 06:59 AM IST

From October 15, a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will apply to UPI payments above Rs 2,000 made to merchants, with the charge capped at Rs 300 for transactions of Rs 75,000 or more. The new rule does not mean consumers will be charged for using UPI.

FASTag new rules from February 17: How to avoid extra toll charges, penalties | In pics

India | Feb 14, 2025, 02:33 PM IST

FASTag's new rules will be implemented from February 17, 2025. Know how to check your FASTag balance, avoid blacklisting, and prevent double toll charges at toll plazas

WhatsApp allowed to expand reach: All users now eligible for using UPI payments

Apps | Jan 01, 2025, 05:58 PM IST

Earlier, there was a limit on how many users WhatsApp could onboard to its UPI service. This limit was expanded to 100 million in 2022. NPCI has now completely removed the limit.

Good news for UPI users! NPCI extends deadline for transaction limits, relief for PhonePe users

Apps | Jan 01, 2025, 04:53 PM IST

NPCI has extended the deadline for the market share limit on UPI transactions. This decision will benefit Google Pay and PhonePe, which currently dominate 85 percent of India's UPI transactions.

RBI asks National Payments Corporation of India to develop this facility to prevent fraud | Details

Business | Dec 30, 2024, 07:29 PM IST

RBI said that the NPCI shall not store any data relating to this facility. In case of a dispute, the remitting bank and the beneficiary bank shall resolve the dispute based on the unique lookup reference number and the corresponding logs.

UPI achieves record 15,547 crore transactions worth Rs 223 lakh crore till November 2024

Business | Dec 15, 2024, 02:10 PM IST

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has set a new milestone by crossing 15,000 crore transactions from January to November this year. According to a study, by October 2023, 75 per cent of all retail digital payments in India were through UPI.

UPI without bank account: Here is how to use UPI Circle for family members

Personal Finance | Nov 09, 2024, 06:40 PM IST

Know how to use UPI Circle to enable UPI transactions for family members without bank accounts. Discover how UPI Circle allows multiple users, including children and the elderly, to make payments through a single account with easy setup.

NPCI may allow UPI users to use fingerprint, facial recognition to make payment

Technology | Aug 10, 2024, 04:02 PM IST

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is currently in talks with several startups to implement biometric authentication for UPI payments. Currently, UPI uses a personal identification number (PIN) as the second-factor authentication.

After Eiffel Tower, UPI facility available at another location before Paris Olympics

Technology | Jul 05, 2024, 03:40 PM IST

Indian tourists visiting Paris can now use UPI to make payments at two different locations. Initially, the UPI facility was limited to online ticket booking at the Eiffel Tower, and now it has expanded to one more location.

PhonePe, Google Pay, more might restrict users from making unlimited transactions soon: Here's why

Technology | May 08, 2024, 04:25 PM IST

UPI services in India are provided by various apps like PhonePe and Google Pay. In April, PhonePe was the biggest player and had 49 percent share across P2M (person to merchant) and P2P (person to person) transactions.

India to help this country in developing UPI-like payment system: Details here

Technology | May 02, 2024, 05:26 PM IST

NPCI International Payments Limited deploys RuPay and UPI outside of India. Its network allows for RuPay and UPI allows Indian travellers to use these payment channels in their destination country. Now, it is helping other countries to develop their own UPI-like system.

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