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NPCI extends market-share cap deadline for UPI apps by two more years

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January 01, 2025

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- AJINKYA KAWALE

NPCI extends market-share cap deadline for UPI apps by two more years

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has extended the deadline for implementing transaction volume cap on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) apps by two years till December 31, 2026. This is the second time that the NPCI has extended this deadline.

The latest development is expected to provide a much-needed relief to market leaders PhonePe and Google Pay, which process the lion's share of UPI transactions in the country. The two processed about 47.8 per cent and 37.02 per cent of UPI transaction volumes, respectively, in November, according to data published by NPCI.

The apex payments body, "considering various factors", extended the timeline for compliance of existing third-party application providers (TPAPs) by another two years. This comes at a time when the real-time payments system has seen euphoric growth in terms of transaction volumes.

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