Home / TechnologyTechnologyTechCrunchTechnologyTechCrunch·Sep 15, 2026·1 min readIndia ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments networkIndia will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments made through UPI starting October 15.View original source — TechCrunch ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesTechnologyTimes of IndiaTechnologySep 15, 2026 · 1 minMerchants to now pay fees on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 from Oct 15Times of IndiaWorldTimes of IndiaWorldSep 11, 2026 · 1 minUPI now dominates merchant payments: Are cards becoming less useful?Times of IndiaWorldCNAWorldSep 7, 2026 · 1 minIndia built world’s largest real-time payment system. Now merchants fear being stuck with the billCNAWorldTimes of IndiaWorldSep 15, 2026 · 1 minWhat MDR on UPI payments above Rs 2,000 means for you: FAQs answeredTimes of India
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