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Sunday, January 17, 2021

7 Merchants go Live on UPI Autopay – Hm, Not fully Live!!

         NPCI has launched the functionality of UPI AutoPay for recurring payments.

With this new facility introduced under UPI 2.0, customers can now enable recurring e-mandate using any UPI application for recurring payments such as mobile bills, electricity bills, EMI payments, entertainment/OTT subscriptions, insurance, mutual funds among others.

Recurring payments can be defined as payments that


are made every month or at least once in three months.


The following Seven Merchants as per NPCI website are Live on UPI AutoPay as on 15th January 2021.

1.    Angel Broking

2.   CRY

3.   Goonj

4.   CAMS

5.   The Hindu

6.   PayG

7.   Danamojo

However, few merchants have yet to update the UPI AutoPay facility on their website. Hopefully the merchants will update the UPI AutoPay process on their websites very soon.

 

Angel Broking: Angel Broking has become the first in the industry to offer Unified Payment Interface (UPI) AutoPay for mutual funds, the company said. It has received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for the new service.

This new implementation will simplify the process while cutting down the e-mandate authentication time to less than a minute, Angel Broking said in a statement. UPI AutoPay will eliminate the e-mandate registration cost as well and has "made its management possible with the touch-of-a-button experience".

The complete statement can be read @ https://www.livemint.com/mutual-fund/mf-news/angel-broking-to-allow-upi-autopay-facility-for-mutual-fund-11604660144945.html

 

CRY: As per CRY website, it's Vision is " A happy, healthy and creative child whose rights are protected and honoured in a society that is built on respect for dignity, justice and equity for all."

    As on date, CRY website does not mention about UPI AutoPay as a way to donate.

In case you wish to know more about CRY option for UPI AutoPay drop an email on

cryinfo.mum@crymail.org and wait for a response.

Goonj: As per Goonj website, Goonj envisions to grow as an idea across regions, economies and countries using urban discard as a tool to alleviate poverty and enhance the dignity of the poor in the world. Address basic but neglected issues of the poor by involving them in evolving their own solutions with dignity and urban material as reward.

As on date, Goonj website does not mention about UPI AutoPay as a way to donate.

In case you wish to know more about Goonj option for UPI AutoPay drop an email on mail@goonj.org and wait for a response.

 

CAMS: CAMS offer’s UPI AutoPay via CAMSPay. CAMSPay is a Bespoke payment platform built for Mutual Funds, NBFCs and Insurance companies to collect payments from their customers.

In fact, Angel Broking offers UPI AutoPay to its customers via CAMSPay only.

Read more @ https://www.livemint.com/mutual-fund/mf-news/angel-broking-now-allows-upi-autopay-for-mutual-funds-11604558857577.html

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Angel Broking has partnered with CAMSPay to process UPI recurring payments. The service will be integrated into its other platforms shortly as well.

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The Hindu: The Hindu website has a detailed FAQ page regarding the various subscription plans.

The complete set of FAQs can be read here : https://subscription.thehindu.com/recur_subscription

The UPI Autopay for recurring subscriptions is yet to be officially announced on ‘The Hindu’, website.

The following specific FAQs may be helpful:: -

16. How are digital subscriptions billed?

As a digital subscriber, you can pay via debit or credit card, net banking, e-wallet, UPI.

 

UPI and e-wallet and net banking are not applicable if you have opted for a recurring plan.

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31. What does a recurring plan mean?

If you have selected a recurring plan, your subscription will get renewed automatically when it expires, and payment will be deducted from your connected account. Right now, recurring plans are available only on the 1-month and 1-year plans for our first time subscribers.

 

37. What payment modes are accepted for recurring payments?

Recurring payments are available via all credit cards, select debit cards (CITI, ICICI, PNB, KOTAK). It is not available for payments via UPI, wallets and net banking payment modes.

    In case you are interested to more about ‘The Hindu’, UPI AutoPay feature, drop a mail @  customersupport@thehindu.co.in and wait for response.

PayG: PayG- Unified Platform!. As per PayG's website, PayG is a customized, fully integrated, Omni channel payment solutions provider will help your business to grow by collecting payments from customers easily and securely through any device in any mode.

PayG has a dedicated webpage regarding UPI AutoPay. The page can be accessed @ https://payg.in/upi-autopay-the-next-generation-payment-platform.html

danamojo: danomojo tagline is " experience the magic of giving". As per danomojo website, it is 'India’s first payment solutions platform for NGOs'.

The UPI AutoPay is enabled on danomojo website but is valid only for UPI users holding an ICICI or SBI UPI id.

Please refer to the below screenshot for more details.

 

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