RBI Signs Pact To Link UPI With 4 Asian Countries For Instant Payments

Mumbai/Hyderabad, July 1 (Maxim News): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced that it has now joined Project Nexus with the four ASIAN countries to create a platform to facilitate instantaneous cross-border retail payments.

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Nexus, conceptualised by the Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), aims to connect India’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface), with the fast payment systems of ASEAN members – Malaysia,  Philippines, Singapore and thailand.  These four countries and India would be the founding members and first-mover nations of this platform, the RBI said.

An agreement to this effect was signed by the BIS and the central banks of the founding countries i.e. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bank of Thailand (BOT), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Reserve Bank of India on June 30, 2024, in Basel, Switzerland, according to an RBI statement.

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4 Asian Countries

Indonesia, which has been involved from the early stages, continues to be involved as a special observer.  

The RBI has been collaborating bilaterally with various countries to link India’s Fast Payments System (FPS) – the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), with their respective FPSs for cross-border Person to Person (P2P) and Person to Merchant (P2M) payments.

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“While India and its partner countries can continue to benefit through such bilateral connectivity of Fast Payment Systems, a multilateral approach will provide further impetus to our efforts in expanding the international reach of Indian payment systems.” the RBI said.  (Maxim News) 

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