Paytm answers if customers need to pay fee on UPI payments
Hindustan TimesDigital payments firm, Paytm, on Wednesday clarified doubts over National Payments Corporation of India’s latest circular notifying that an interchange fee of up to 1.1% will be applicable on merchant UPI transactions from April 1. In a tweet, the financial tech firm urged to not spread misinformation as it said that “no customer will pay any charges on making payments from UPI either from bank account or PPI/Paytm Wallet.” Paytm on Wednesday urged to not spread misinformation after NPCI's new rule on digital payments through UPI. “Regarding NPCI circular on interchange fees & wallet interoperability, no customer will pay any charges on making payments from #UPI either from bank account or PPI/Paytm Wallet. We will pay 15 bps of charges to banks for adding more than ₹2,000 using UPI, and will also earn 15 bps when any other wallets use Paytm bank to add more than ₹2,000 using UPI.” Earlier in the day, NPCI also clarified the same as it issued a statement and said, “UPI is free, fast, secure and seamless.