The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has allowed Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp to start its payments service in the country in a ‘graded’ manner.
WhatsApp has partnered with five banks namely ICICI Bank, Indian Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India.
Apart from these five banks, Jio Payment Bank has also been included.
Unified Payments Interface or UPI is an immediate real-time payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI).
It was introduced in April 2016 as a pilot project.
It is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).