Google Pay is rolling out support for Aadhaar-based authentication for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) activation, Google announce. The Google Pay will now allow users to set up their UPI PIN without a debit card.
Users who want to register for UPI on Google Pay using their Aadhaar number will need to ensure that they are signing up using the same number that is register with both UIDAI and their bank.
Google said that it does not store users’ Aadhaar numbers as part of the validation process.
As per Google, the new Aadhaar-based system is design to authenticate users while signing up for UPI without a debit card.
You will have to provide the first six digits of their Aadhaar number in order to start the authentication process.
Google says that these digits are sent to UIDAI via the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) where they are validate.
NPCI’s website said that 22 banks currently support authentication of users via Aadhaar, and Google says more banks are expect to add support for the feature “very soon“.
In order to complete the process, you will have to ensure that their bank account and Aadhaar number are link.
They will also have to sign up for UPI using the same number that is register with their bank and UIDAI, to successfully register for UPI on Google Pay.
You will then receive one-time passwords (OTPs) from their bank and UIDAI, which will be use to complete the authentication process.
You can then set up their UPI PIN and start sending and receiving money on Google Pay.
Users Aadhaar numbers are merely share with NPCI and not store by the company, as per Google.
As Google rolled out UPI payments support for RuPay card holders of eight banks in the country.
As per details share by Google, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC bank, Indian Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank and Union Bank of India bank account holders would be able to link their RuPay cards with Google Pay to make UPI payments.
