The NPCI has permitted non-residents from 10 international locations, together with the US, Canada and UAE, to digitally switch funds utilizing the UPI platform from NRE/NRO accounts. The Nationwide Funds Company of India (NPCI) in a round mentioned it has been receiving requests for permitting non-residents to make use of worldwide cell numbers for transacting in Unified Funds Interface (UPI).
Accordingly, the NPCI in a round dated January 10 has requested the UPI contributors to place in place a mechanism by April 30 below which non-residents having NRE/NRO accounts will likely be allowed to switch funds utilizing their worldwide cell numbers.
To start out with, this facility will likely be out there to non-residents in 10 international locations — Singapore, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the UK.
Whereas NRIs and PIOs can open Non-Resident (Exterior) Rupee (NRE) financial institution accounts, Non-Resident Atypical (NRO) accounts will be opened by any individual residing outdoors India for bonafide transactions within the rupee.
The NPCI, which operates the UPI platform, mentioned, “To start with, we will be enabling transaction from cell numbers having the nation code of (10 nations)… and shall lengthen for different nation codes in close to future…”.
Funds Council of India Chairman Vishwas Patel mentioned the main comfort issue can be within the type of ‘cost/cash switch comfort’ for NRIs after they go to India.
Sarvatra Applied sciences Founder MD Mandar Agashe mentioned all these years, NRIs could not entry the UPI community since SIM binding, which is a crucial safety characteristic of UPI, was out there solely to Indian SIM card telephones.
“NRIs will simply must hyperlink their NRE and NRO accounts linked to their worldwide SIM to UPI and use it like every other Indian UPI person for service provider cost in addition to peer-to-peer funds,” Agashe mentioned.
