After it launched interchange of as much as 1.1 per cent on UPI transactions above ₹2,000 made by way of pay as you go devices, playing cards or wallets, the Nationwide Funds Company of India (NPCI) clarified on Wednesday that 99.9 per cent of UPI transactions are carried out straight from financial institution account-to-account, and won’t be impacted by the brand new norms.

“Historically, probably the most most popular methodology of UPI transactions is linking the checking account in any UPI-enabled app for making funds which contributes over 99.9 per cent of whole UPI transactions. These financial institution account-to-account transactions proceed to stay free for purchasers and retailers,” stated NPCI in a launch.

Following the inclusion of Pay as you go Cost Devices (PPI Wallets) within the interoperable UPI ecosystem, NPCI final week launched an interchange payment on service provider transactions, with impact from April 1.

The cost can be levied on transactions of over ₹2,000 made to on-line retailers, massive retailers and small offline retailers. Additional, PPI issuers might want to pay 15 bps as a “pockets loading service cost” to the remitter financial institution for loading over ₹2,000 within the pay as you go pockets. NPCI will evaluation the interchange pricing by September 30.

The norms had raised issues relating to extra fees on UPI transactions in some sections of the market, who feared that this would possibly make transactions costlier for retailers and prospects alike.

“The interchange fees launched are solely relevant for the PPI service provider transactions and there’s no cost to prospects, and it’s additional clarified that there aren’t any fees for the checking account to checking account based mostly UPI funds (regular UPI funds),” stated NPCI on Wednesday. 

With this addition to UPI, prospects could have the selection of utilizing any checking account, RuPay Bank card, and pay as you go wallets on UPI-enabled apps, it added.