UNIFIED PAYMENT INTERFACE ( UPI )
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Unified Payment Interface ( UPI )
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced on 26.08.2016 that bank applications for the Unified Payment Interface have officially become operational, which means that UPI apps of banks can now be downloaded and used for transactions:
UPI is a payment system that allows money transfer between any two bank accounts of the member banks by using a smartphone up to a limit of Rs 1 Lakh . UPI is actually a platform on which individual members have developed banking applications . The UPI applications / system developed by banks can be used for Merchant Payments , Bill Payments , Remittances etc . However the system cannot be used for making foreign remittances . Please note that for effecting a transfer to a beneficiary ,the beneficiary also needs to download a PSP app and register for a VPA. They need to communicate this VPA to you to initiate a transaction.
Recently NPCI launched a payment app called BHIM on the platform of UPI which has become popular with more than 10 million downloads . For details of BHIM , CLICK HERE
System is presently available only for resident account holders and hence cannot be used by NRI / NRO account holders
Flipkart has developed a wallet application based on UPI Platform called PHONEPE. NCPI itself has recently launched an application called BHIM based on UPI Flatform . Thus UPI has applications developed by member banks as well as Flipkart and NCPI .
NEWS dated 16.12.2016 : RBI has asked all participating banks and prepaid payment issuers to waive service charges from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017 on transactions up to Rs 1000 done on IMPS , USSD based *99# and UPI systems
For RBI Notification , CLICK HERE
Dated 16.12.2016 : Niti Ayog , ( National Institution for Transforming India ) , announced two award schemes, one each for consumers and one for merchants , to give flllip On line payments in line with Govrt of India push up for Digital India . Consumer scheme is called Lucky Grahak Yojna . The scheme for merchants is called Digi - dhan Vyapar yojna . The key features of the schemes are
1. The scheme will run from December , 25 , 2016 to April 14 , 2017
2. 15,000 customers will get Rs 1000 each for 100 days
3. 7,000 weekly draws for a prize of Rs 1.Lakh each for consumers and Rs 50,000 for merchants .
4. On April 14th , 2017 , there will be a mega draw for Rs 1 Crore as first prize , Rs 50 Lakhs as Second prize and Rs 25 Lakhs as third prize for consumers . For merchants , the prizes will be Rs 50 Lakhs , Rs 25 Lakhs and Rs 12 lakhs respectively
5. The scheme is only for the Digital payments between Rs 50 and Rs 3000 only .
6. Transactions using RUPAY , USSD , UPI and AEPS will only be covered under the scheme
7. Payments made through Credit cards and E-walets are not covered under the scheme .
8 . The schemes will be operated by NPCI .
9 . The Draw will be done randomly by Digital transaction IDs to select awardees .
UPI is a payment system that allows money transfer between any two bank accounts of the member banks by using a smartphone up to a limit of Rs 1 Lakh . UPI is actually a platform on which individual members have developed banking applications . The UPI applications / system developed by banks can be used for Merchant Payments , Bill Payments , Remittances etc . However the system cannot be used for making foreign remittances . Please note that for effecting a transfer to a beneficiary ,the beneficiary also needs to download a PSP app and register for a VPA. They need to communicate this VPA to you to initiate a transaction.
Recently NPCI launched a payment app called BHIM on the platform of UPI which has become popular with more than 10 million downloads . For details of BHIM , CLICK HERE
System is presently available only for resident account holders and hence cannot be used by NRI / NRO account holders
Flipkart has developed a wallet application based on UPI Platform called PHONEPE. NCPI itself has recently launched an application called BHIM based on UPI Flatform . Thus UPI has applications developed by member banks as well as Flipkart and NCPI .
NEWS dated 16.12.2016 : RBI has asked all participating banks and prepaid payment issuers to waive service charges from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017 on transactions up to Rs 1000 done on IMPS , USSD based *99# and UPI systems
For RBI Notification , CLICK HERE
Dated 16.12.2016 : Niti Ayog , ( National Institution for Transforming India ) , announced two award schemes, one each for consumers and one for merchants , to give flllip On line payments in line with Govrt of India push up for Digital India . Consumer scheme is called Lucky Grahak Yojna . The scheme for merchants is called Digi - dhan Vyapar yojna . The key features of the schemes are
1. The scheme will run from December , 25 , 2016 to April 14 , 2017
2. 15,000 customers will get Rs 1000 each for 100 days
3. 7,000 weekly draws for a prize of Rs 1.Lakh each for consumers and Rs 50,000 for merchants .
4. On April 14th , 2017 , there will be a mega draw for Rs 1 Crore as first prize , Rs 50 Lakhs as Second prize and Rs 25 Lakhs as third prize for consumers . For merchants , the prizes will be Rs 50 Lakhs , Rs 25 Lakhs and Rs 12 lakhs respectively
5. The scheme is only for the Digital payments between Rs 50 and Rs 3000 only .
6. Transactions using RUPAY , USSD , UPI and AEPS will only be covered under the scheme
7. Payments made through Credit cards and E-walets are not covered under the scheme .
8 . The schemes will be operated by NPCI .
9 . The Draw will be done randomly by Digital transaction IDs to select awardees .
LIST OF MEMBER BANKS
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1. Allahabad Bank
2. Andhra Bank 3. Axis Bank 4. Bank of Baroda 5. Bank of India 6 Bank of Maharashtra 7. Bhartiya Mahila Bank 8. BNP Paribas 9 Canara Bank 10. Catholic Syrian Bank 11. Central Bank of india 12. Citi bank 13.Corporation Bank 14. Dena Bank 15. DCB Bank 16. Dhanalakshmi Bank 17. Federal Bank 18.HDFC Bank 19. HSBC 20. ICICI Bank 21. IDBI Bank 22. Indian Bank 23.Indian Overseas Bank 24. Indusind bank 25 . Jammu & Kashmir Bank 26.Karnataka Bank 27. Karur Vysya Bank 28. Kotak Mahindra Bank 29. Lakshmi Vilas Bank 30. Oriental Bank of Commerce 31. Punjab & Sind Bank 32. Punjab National Bank 33. Ratnakar bank 34. South Indian Bank 35.Standard Chartered Bank 36. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 37. State Bank of Hyderabad 38. State Bank of india 39. State Bank of Mysore 40.State Bank of Patiala 41. State Bank of Travancore 42. Syndicate Bank 43.Tamilnad Mercantile bank 44. UCO Bank 45. Union Bank of india 46. United Bank of india 47. Vijaya Bank 48. YES Bank 49. Bandhan bank ( To reach websites of the above banks , CLICK HERE ) For the latest list of member banks with the link to their UPI pages on their websites CLICK HERE |
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PHONEPE - WALLET APPLICATION
Flipkart Group , a leading e-commerce company has launched a wallet application called PHONEPE , run on UPI . As it is built on UPI, transaction up to Rs 1.00 lakh is allowed on the platform .Application , permitted by RBI , allows to be connected to UPI applications of more than 30 banks . The application can be used to transfer from one wallet to another wallet or to make payment to various merchant sites and utility sites . Wallet balance can be returned to account of the holder only free of charge . To visit their site , CLICK HERE
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BENEFITS OF UPI PAYMENT SYSTEM
1. UPI allows a customer to pay directly from a bank account to different merchants, both online and offline, without the hassle of typing credit card details, IFSC code, or net banking/wallet passwords.
2. It is safe as the customers only share a virtual address and provide no other sensitive information like account number , credit card details etc .
3. With UPI , you can simply need to enter your details , get billing details on your phone and which you can accept or reject
straight away .
4. The service is instant and available 24X7, even on public/bank holidays.
HOW TO GET UPI APPLICATION
The UPI app of member banks are available on the Google Play Store of Android phones and APP STORES for i-phones .
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HOW TO GET STARTED ON UPI ?
1. Download an UPI app of a member bank from Play Store and install in phone;
2. Set app login
3. Create virtual payment address ( "Virtual Payment Address" is an identifier that can be uniquely mapped to an individual account using a translation service.
4. Add your bank account ( you can add multiple accounts with member banks )
5. Set M-Pin
6. Start transacting using UPI
2. Set app login
3. Create virtual payment address ( "Virtual Payment Address" is an identifier that can be uniquely mapped to an individual account using a translation service.
4. Add your bank account ( you can add multiple accounts with member banks )
5. Set M-Pin
6. Start transacting using UPI
Tips for secured use of UPI SYSTEM
The system can be used by any account holders having smart phones . However certain precautions are to be taken for safeguarding the account .
. Here is a list of safety precautions
1. Keep your account number private
2. Make sure your devices and networks are secure
3. Keep your passwords secret
4. While making remittances , note to correctly type the VPA address of the beneficiary . Beneficiary can immediately withdraw the money so received . Hence it may be difficult to recover from a wrong beneficiary
5. Have a tab on your account . Check often
. Here is a list of safety precautions
1. Keep your account number private
2. Make sure your devices and networks are secure
3. Keep your passwords secret
4. While making remittances , note to correctly type the VPA address of the beneficiary . Beneficiary can immediately withdraw the money so received . Hence it may be difficult to recover from a wrong beneficiary
5. Have a tab on your account . Check often