Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) is now live with its UPI LITE, a feature enable by National Payments Corporation of India for multiple small-value UPI transactions. This UPI LITE feature enables faster real-time transactions with a single click through Paytm as the bank aims to drive the adoption of digital payments across India.
Design by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), UPI LITE was launch by the Reserve Bank of India in September 2022.
It also de-clutters the bank passbook of small value transactions, as these payments would now only show in the Paytm balance and history section, and not in the bank passbook.
As a part of its efforts to drive innovation, the Bank said it is the first payments bank to launch such UPI LITE feature.
As per release :
Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI Said :
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporate in 2008 as an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.
With UPI LITE, users can carry out a large number of small-value UPI payments in a superfast manner without worrying about cap on the number of bank transactions.
Surinder Chawla, MD and CEO, Paytm Payments Bank Said :
The bank remaine the largest UPI beneficiary bank for 19 months in a row with over 1,726.94 million transactions in December 2022, ahead of all major banks in India.
With 386.50 million register transactions, the bank is one of the top 10 remitter banks for UPI transactions, the release said NPCI’s latest report.
It is also one of the leading issuers and acquirer banks for the National Electronics Toll Collection (NETC) FASTag.