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UPI charges from October 15: FAQs on who will pay 0.4% MDR and what consumers, small vendors & large merchants need to knowUPI transactions up to Rs 2,000 will remain free for all users. A new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will apply to specified merchant payment...
UPI Charges Explained: Will you pay a fee for Rs 2,000+ UPI payments? Government clarifies what users need to knowUPI Payment Charges Rules: Ordinary UPI users will not pay transaction fees for payments above Rs 2,000. Person-to-person UPI transactions ...
NPCI announces MDR for UPI; merchant transactions above Rs 2,000 to attract 0.4% chargeWhile NPCI has not specified a threshold based on the size of a merchant’s turnover, it said in its announcement that vendors operating und...
Mutual funds, stocks UPI payments to attract 0.02% MDR under new NPCI frameworkNew UPI rules will introduce a 0.02% merchant discount rate for capital market transactions. This special rate applies to mutual funds and ...
UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 to attract 0.4% MDR; check key detailsNPCI will introduce a Merchant Discount Rate on select P2M UPI transactions starting October 15. Merchants will pay 0.4% on transactions ex...
Credit for the next 50 crore: How PhonePe’s new co-branded cards target India’s underservedAt GFF 2026, PhonePe unveiled a suite of co-branded credit cards with HDFC Bank and SBI, plus the Wishcard for consumers with limited or no...
No smartphone, no internet? PhonePe brings UPI to 220 million feature-phone usersAt the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, PhonePe announced UPI 123Pay support for its app on feature phones, taking the SMS-based, intern...
UPI MDR rates likely within a week, October rollout in sightThis comes after a Monday notificationfrom the Department of Financial Services that narrowed the zero-charge mandate for UPI. The earlier ...
UPI charge is just tax collection: Ashneer Grover calls out government wanting to charge on payments above Rs 2,000 while banks are making crores in profitsAshneer Grover has called any charge on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 plain tax collection, days after the government exempted only small...
UPI MDR could unlock Rs 22,000 crore revenue pool by FY28: BernsteinUPI could generate Rs 22,000 crore annually by FY28 through a modest merchant discount rate. Banks might receive Rs 14,000 crore and paymen...
Paytm will stay profitable even without MDR, government support: Vijay Shekhar SharmaHis comments come as the government moves towards allowing charges on a limited set of UPI transactions. On Monday, the government notified...
India consults banks, payment firms on fees for large UPI payments, sources sayIndia's payments authority is discussing charges on large UPI transactions. This follows a recent change in law allowing fees on payments o...
Stage being set for levying UPI transaction fee: Cong slams govtCongress criticizes the government's UPI transaction notification. The party claims this move sets a stage for future user fees. This notif...
Paytm shares drop 3% after govt shields UPI payments only up to Rs 2,000 from charges. Should you buy the dip?Paytm shares fell after the government directed banks and payment providers not to charge for UPI transactions up to Rs 2,000, raising unce...
Fintechs high on AI, but yet to let it handle your moneyThe Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed 24.51 billion transactions worth Rs 29.82 lakh crore in August, according to data from the N...
Merchant fee on UPI rolling out as transaction floor set at Rs 2,000India has exempted transactions up to ₹2,000 via UPI and RuPay debit cards from charges. This move allows for the reintroduction of merchan...
Banks cannot impose charges on UPI payments of up to Rs 2,000, govt saysThe government has announced no charges on UPI transactions up to Rs 2,000. RuPay debit card payments below this amount will also remain fr...
Coforge row deepens; MDR on UPI coming soonCoforge’s boardroom brouhaha has taken a new turn days after chairman Om Prakash Bhatt’s resignation. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
UPI MDR notification likely to be out for businesses soon; banks may pocket bulk of 40 bps feeThe issuing bank would retain 40% of the fee, sources said. Third-party application providers such as PhonePe or Google Pay, and the acquir...
NPCI working on protocols to authorise AI agents on UPI, says chairman Ajay Kumar ChoudharyIndia's NPCI is examining protocols for AI agent identification within the UPI ecosystem. This move aims to enable autonomous payments on t...