RBI policy: Facing issues with UPI payment limits? RBI lifts caps

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has raised the limits on UPI payment transactions for educational and healthcare purposes. In measures announced after its monetary policy review, the central bank has also increased the limit for e-mandates used to make recurring payments, such as buying mutual funds and paying insurance and credit card bills.

The RBI has also proposed to set up a fintech repository to keep track of the increasing linkages among banks, NBFCs and fintechs.

The limits of UPI transactions for payments made to hospitals and educational institutes have been raised by five times from Rs 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per transaction, enabling consumers to make higher amounts of UPI payments for education and healthcare purposes.

E-mandates for recurring payments to buy mutual funds, pay insurance premiums and credit card repayments can also be given for transactions upto Rs 1 lakh up from Rs 15,000 earlier, without an additional factor of authentication (AFA). This measure will further accelerate the usage of e-mandates, RBI said.

The fintech repository will be set up by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub by April 2024, said the RBI Governor. He encouraged fintechs to voluntarily provide relevant information for this to enhance better understanding of developments in the fintech ecosystem.