UPI Jan volume up 77% to 2.3 bn year-on-year, value doubles to Rs 4.3 trn

Deals up 3% by both, value and volume, over December 2020 figures

Continuing on an upward trajectory, digital payments in January saw decent growth with Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the flagship payments platform of National Corporation of India (NPCI), touching a new high both in terms of volume and value.

As per data released by NPCI for January, UPI recorded 2.3 billion transactions worth Rs 4.3 trillion, up 3 per cent both in volume and value terms respectively. On a year-on-year basis, UPI’s transaction volume jumped 76.5 per cent while transaction value jumped almost 100 per cent. They breached the 2-billion (volume) mark for the fourth straight month.

In December, it had