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India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
India's National Payments Corporation will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on UPI payments above a specified transaction size beginning October 15. The fee applies to merchants processing payments through the Unified Payments Interface, India's digital payment system. UPI processed over 12 billion transactions in 2024 according to government data.
