Cross-border UPI: India and Bahrain users to get instant money transfer feature — details here
By Sneha Kulkarni, ET Online |
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UPI in Bahrain
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has announced a partnership with BENEFIT, Bahrain's leading fintech and electronic financial transactions company, to enable real-time cross-border remittances between India and Bahrain.
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How will the UPI-Benefit linkage work between India and Bahrain?
This link will connect India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to Bahrain's Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS), notably the Fawri+ service, allowing users in both countries to send and receive money quickly and securely.
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Which authorities are guiding this cross-border payment collaboration between India and Bahrain?
The collaboration, established under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), represents a key step in advancing cross-border payment connectivity between the two nations.
It will enable residents to experience faster, more efficient, and cost-effective remittances.
It will enable residents to experience faster, more efficient, and cost-effective remittances.
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How will this initiative improve cross-border remittances for residents of India and Bahrain?
The initiative intends to create a strategic remittance corridor between India and Bahrain by connecting UPI and Fawri+ service, improving convenience for Bahrain's sizable Indian population, which makes up almost 30% of the nation's total population.
