UPI transactions rise 18% to INR 29.37 tln Sept; volume up 23% at 24 bln
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NEW DELHI – The unified payments interface transaction amount rose 18% on year to INR 29.37 trillion in September, data released by the National Payments Corp. of India Thursday showed. This was slighly lower than the aggregate amount of UPI transactions reported in August.
In volume terms, UPI transactions grew 23% on year to 24.07 billion in September. In August, UPI transactions aggregated to INR 29.82 trillion, with a volume of 24.51 billion.
The average daily transaction count stood at 802 million in September, up from 791 million in August. The average daily transaction amount was INR 979.13 billion in September, up from INR 962.05 billion in August. End
Reported by Radhika Tiwari
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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