These NRI customers can pay using UPI in India using foreign mobile number. Earlier, in order to create a UPI ID and use any UPI app, an NRI required a working Indian mobile number. This will reduce non-resident Indians (NRIs) the cost of keeping an active Indian mobile number.
NRIs living in at least 10 countries can use UPI using their international mobile numbers for Non-Resident External (NRE) or Non-Resident Ordinary (NRO) bank accounts. NRIs can use UPI in countries like Singapore, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Get more Technology News and Business News on Zee Business.
The introduction of cross-border linkage between the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow of Singapore has been observed by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore.