Google Pay Launches RuPay Credit Cards Support On UPI In India: All Details Here

Google Pay at the side of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday rolled out assist for RuPay bank cards on Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

The customers can now hyperlink their RuPay bank cards with Google Pay to pay in any respect on-line and offline retailers the place RuPay bank cards are accepted.

The function is now obtainable to RuPay bank card holders of Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC financial institution, Indian Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank and Union Bank of India, the corporate support in a press release.

“This function will give Google Pay customers extra flexibility and selection in making funds, and can drive larger adoption of digital funds within the nation,” said Sharath Bulusu, Director of Product Management from Google.

To activate, users need to add the RuPay credit card to Google Pay. Users can tap on the “RuPay credit card on UPI” possibility of their profile and choose the financial institution which issued their RuPay bank card.

Thereafter, customers might want to set a singular UPI PIN by getting into the final six digits of the cardboard quantity and expiry, getting into the OTP from their financial institution.

“The integration of RuPay Credit Card on UPI delivers a outstanding person expertise seamlessly combining the comfort of UPI with the advantages of RuPay Credit Card,” said Nalin Bansal, Chief Relationship Management and Key Initiatives, Corporate Business from NPCI.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had allowed linking of RuPay credit cards to the UPI platform in June 2022.

Meanwhile, the NPCI reported a massive jump in monthly transaction count as the UPI transactions touched 8.7 billion in March.

According to NPCI data, approximately 74 billion transactions worth Rs 125.94 trillion were conducted using UPI in calendar year 2022.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)