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Third-party UPI apps are raising concerns that the new UPI Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework<\/strong> could make bill payments financially unviable for them. The issue has emerged after the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) banned UPI apps from charging customers a separate platform fee for bill payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apps Currently Charge \u20b93-5 Platform Fee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UPI apps have traditionally charged users a \u20b93-5 platform fee<\/strong> on certain bill payments, including electricity, water, gas and credit card bills processed through Bharat Connect, formerly known as the Bharat Bill Payment System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the new framework coming into effect on October 15<\/strong>, UPI apps will no longer be allowed to impose such platform fees or any other charges on customers for UPI transactions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means apps will lose an existing source of revenue from bill payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u20b95 MDR for Larger Bill Payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new MDR structure provides a flat \u20b95 MDR<\/strong> for eligible bill payments above \u20b92,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, UPI app providers will receive only around \u20b91 from this \u20b95 MDR<\/strong>, with the remaining amount distributed among other participants in the payments ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payment apps argue that this amount may not be enough to cover the commissions they have to pay to Bharat Connect along with their own processing and opera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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