The mutual acceptance of RuPay (India) and Mir playing cards (Russia) will assist Indian and Russian residents to make hassle-free funds in Indian rupees and Russian ruble of their respective international locations
Currently, abroad funds from India and vice versa are by way of the SWIFT community.
India and Russia will discover the potential of accepting RuPay and Mir playing cards in one another’s nation for hassle-free funds amid sanctions imposed by the West on Moscow.
In the latest excessive stage Internal Governmental Commission assembly on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC), it was mentioned and agreed to discover the chance of permitting acceptance of those playing cards, sources mentioned.
The mutual acceptance of RuPay (India) and Mir playing cards (Russia) will assist Indian and Russian residents to make hassle-free funds in Indian rupees and Russian ruble of their respective international locations, sources mentioned.
The assembly, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Russia Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, additionally agreed to discover the potential of interplay of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of National Payment Corporation of India and the Faster Payments System (FPS) of the Bank of Russia.
Besides, it was additionally agreed to take a look at adopting the Russian monetary messaging system, Services Bureau of Financial Messaging System of the Bank of Russia, for cross border funds.
Currently, abroad funds from India and vice versa are by way of the SWIFT community.
At the given level when sanctions are imposed, sources mentioned, it might not be possible for India to go for apart from SWIFT community.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the cross-border connectivity between UPI and PayNow.
Linkage of India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow now permits individuals within the two international locations to undertake sooner and cost-efficient digital transfers.
It can even assist the Indian diaspora in Singapore, particularly migrant staff and college students, by way of instantaneous and low-cost switch of cash from Singapore to India and vice versa.
The PayNow-UPI linkage is the world’s first real-time cost techniques linkage to make use of a scalable cloud-based infrastructure that may accommodate future will increase within the quantity of remittance site visitors.
To start with, the State Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Indian Bank and ICICI Bank will facilitate each inward and outward remittances whereas Axis Bank and DBS India will facilitate inward remittances.
The UPI was launched in 2016, and since then it has emerged as the preferred and most well-liked cost mode pioneering person-to-person and person-to-merchant transactions, accounting for 75 per cent of the overall digital funds.
The quantity of UPI transactions has elevated manifold from 0.45 crore in January 2017 to 804 crore in January 2023. The worth of UPI transactions has elevated from simply Rs 1,700 crore to Rs 12.98 lakh crore throughout the identical interval.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was integrated in 2008 as an umbrella organisation for working retail funds and settlement techniques in India.
It has created a sturdy cost and settlement infrastructure within the nation. It facilitates funds by way of a bouquet of retail cost merchandise akin to RuPay card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), UPI, Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC Fastag) and Bharat BillPay.
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