Pursuant to the update reported earlier (refer to the trail mail), National Payments Corporation of India (“NPCI”) has reiterated strict adherence to fulfilment of UPI interoperability and standardized usage of BHIM UPI brand display on UPI apps, online merchants and offline merchants. However, the timeline for the said compliances have been revised in the manner provided below.
The UPI members must comply to the implementation of the following compliances before the timelines as provided below.
| Compliance Action |
Previous Timeline |
Revised Timeline |
- UPI ID display at app home page and payment home page
- ‘Powered by UPI’ logo to be used on all App pages where UPI Platform is accessed
- To include text of: ‘Send Money to any UPI App’ or ‘Scan any UPI QR’ and display of UPI logo on send money and scan QR screen within the UPI Apps
|
31st December, 2023 |
30th April, 2024 |
- ‘Pay by any UPI App’ should be displayed prominently and show all active UPI Apps on device.
- All app-based and mobile-web based merchants to move to intent and other web-based merchants to dynamic QR instead of Collect.
|
31st December, 2023 |
30TH April, 2024 |
- All offline QR codes that are accepting UPI payments are deployed as per the UPI brand guidelines to ensure customer clearly able to identify the RBI authorised payment system.
- All QR code designs with immediate effect must be approved by NPCI before implementation.
|
Not Specified |
30th December, 2024 |
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