RBI develops UPI for feature to boost digital payments

With an aim to increase the penetration of digital payments, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to develop the UPI platform for feature phones.

India has one of the largest mobile phone users base, with around 118 crore users. A large part of them use feature phones.

In the first cohort of ‘RBI Regulatory Sandbox’, some innovators had successfully demonstrated their solutions for feature phone payments, under the theme of ‘Retail Payments’, the central bank said.

These products, coupled with other complimentary solutions, will facilitate UPI-based digital payment solutions on feature phones to promote wider digitisation. It is proposed to launch a UPI-based payment product for feature phone users.

The details about the UPI platform for feature phones will be announced shortly.

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