Day by day UPI transactions in October crossed 535 million in quantity.
New Delhi:
The Unified Funds Interface (UPI)-based digital transactions continued to surge and within the month of October, the nation noticed 16.58 billion transactions price Rs 23.5 lakh crore, the best numbers because the UPI turned operational in April 2016.
Based on information shared by the Nationwide Funds Company of India (NPCI) on Friday, October noticed a ten per cent enhance in quantity and 14 per cent in worth in comparison with September.
Day by day UPI transactions in October crossed 535 million in quantity and Rs 75,801 crore in worth – in comparison with 501 million in quantity and Rs 68,800 crore in September.
There have been 467 million Instant Fee Service (IMPS) transactions in October, up 9 per cent from 430 million in September. In worth phrases, IMPS transactions grew by 11 per cent to Rs 6.29 lakh crore in comparison with Rs 5.65 lakh crore in September.
In the meantime, the variety of FASTag transactions elevated 8 per cent in October to 345 million, in comparison with 318 million in September. Transactions price Rs 6,115 crore have been made in October, up from Rs 5,620 crore in September.
There have been 126 million transactions on the Aadhaar Enabled Fee System (AePS) in October, up 26 per cent from 100 million in September, as per the NPCI information.
Based on the newest paper by economist Pradip Bhuyan from the Reserve Financial institution’s Division of Foreign money Administration, digital transactions have surged in such a style in India that money utilization, which nonetheless accounts for 60 per cent of shopper expenditure (as of March 2024) is quickly declining.
The share of digital funds greater than doubled from 14-19 per cent in March 2021 to 40-48 per cent in March 2024, with unified funds interface (UPI) enjoying a key position.
UPI-based transaction quantity surged 52 per cent to 78.97 billion within the first half of this yr (H1 2024), from 51.9 billion in the identical interval final yr.
Equally, the worth of transactions grew by 40 per cent, growing from Rs 83.16 lakh crore to Rs 116.63 lakh crore within the first six months of this yr.
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