Airtel Payments Bank on Sunday announced that the integration of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform will offer new benefits to customers.
Opportunity to make instant money transfers to any bank account in India and to do secure digital payments to online /offline merchants are the benefits from the UPI integration. Merchants including billers, insurance , travel, retail etc. both online and offline can accept UPI integrated payments.
Airtel Payments Bank customers can also link their bank accounts on Bhim app and make UPI payments.
Airtel customers need not furnish their bank details to enable transactions and can create easy to remember IDs for UPI based payments and transfers.
Customers can also use MyAirtel app (Bank section) to scan any UPI QR code for making merchant payments. Online and offline merchants can use Airtel Payments Bank as a payment mode to accept payments from their customers.
Tips for customers to create Airtel Payments Bank UPI handle:
# Customers need to update their My Airtel App
# Select UPI from the ‘Bank’ section
# Create personalized handle name (E.g.: mobile no@airtel). Default will be the customer’s mobile number
Customers can link their Airtel Payments Bank savings accounts to their UPI handles on popular apps such as BHIM or UPI apps of other banks. Customers can select Airtel Payments Bank from the link or change account section and select airtel payments bank from the listpost which customer details will be linked to the UPI handle automatically.
“UPI integration with Airtel Payments Bank would allow all our 20 million bank customers to create their personalized UPI handles on the Airtel app, and enable them to make digital payments in both the offline and the online space,” said Shashi Arora, MD and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank.
