24x7 Neft transfer from Dec ember to boost digital play
Live MintNew Delhi: Taking a series of steps to boost the adoption of digital payments, RBI on Wednesday said the National Electronic Funds Transfer facility will be available 24x7, the scope of utility bill payments will be expanded, and more players will be encouraged in the retail payment space. “Apart from digitization of cash-based bill payments, these segments would also benefit from the standardized bill payment experience for customers, centralized customer grievance redressal mechanism, prescribed customer convenience fee and the like,” it said. It has decided to extend ‘on-tap’ facility to three retail payments systems—Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit, Trade Receivables Discounting System and White Label ATMs or non-banking entities that have a licence to open ATMs. “In order to benefit from diversification of risk and also to encourage innovation and competition, it has been decided to offer ‘on tap’ authorisation to entities desirous to function/operate/provide platforms for-Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit, Trade Receivables Discounting System and White Label ATMs,” RBI said.