Google Pay has collaborated with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable the integration of RuPay credit cards with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Now, users have the option to link their RuPay credit cards with Google Pay, allowing them to conveniently make payments at both online and offline merchants that accept RuPay credit cards.
In an official statement, the company announced that the feature is now accessible to RuPay credit card holders from Axis Bank, Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Union Bank of India.
"This feature will give Google Pay users more flexibility and choice in making payments, and will drive greater adoption of digital payments in the country.” says Director of Product Management from Google, Sharath Bulusu
Here's How-to Activate the feature :-
- Add their RuPay credit card to Google Pay
- in the profile, the user can select the "RuPay credit card on UPI" option
- Now the user can choose the bank that issued their RuPay credit card
- To set a unique UPI PIN, users will need to enter the last six digits of their card number along with the expiry date.
- It will further be followed by entering the OTP received from their bank
