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Updated · The Economic Times · Aug 4
Proposed UPI MDR Law Could Lift Paytm, Pine Labs Revenue as India Shifts Fee Powers
Updated
Updated · The Economic Times · Aug 4

Proposed UPI MDR Law Could Lift Paytm, Pine Labs Revenue as India Shifts Fee Powers

3 articles · Updated · The Economic Times · Aug 4

Summary

  • Jefferies said a proposed amendment to India’s payments law could open a significant new revenue stream for Paytm and Pine Labs by allowing merchant discount rates on some UPI transactions.
  • The change would amend the Payment and Settlement Systems Act and shift authority to set MDR on UPI transactions to the Reserve Bank of India, according to the brokerage note.
  • That would mark a policy turn for UPI, India’s dominant real-time payments network, where merchant fees have largely been absent and monetization for payment platforms has been limited.
  • For listed and private payment firms, the proposal matters because even selective MDR on UPI payments could reshape earnings potential across India’s digital payments market.

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