UPI transactions scale record high

Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transactions in May scaled a new high of ~14.3 trillion in terms of value and 9.41 billion in volume. This is a 2 per cent rise in value (~14.07 trillion) and 6 per cent in volume (8.89 billion) compared to April.

Transactions worth around ~3.96 trillion happened in the last ten days of May, according to data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Compared to May in Financial Year 202223, transaction volume increased by 58 per cent and value by 37 per cent. The rise comes at a time when the government is pushing to bring tax collection across various segments under digital payment. In March 2023, the numbers stood at 8.68 billion with a value of ~14.1 trillion.

Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) transactions saw a marginal rise of around 1 per cent to ~5.26 trillion, compared to ~5.21 trillion in April. During the same period, IMPS volume too increased marginally to 500 million in May as against 496 million in April. In March 2023, it was 497 million and ~5.46 trillion. The May figures saw a 3 per cent growth in volume terms and 16 per cent in value terms on IMPS, compared to May 2022.

FASTAG transactions in May saw a 10 per cent rise in volume terms from 305 million in April to 335 million in May. In value terms, this increased by 6 per cent to ~5,437 crore in May compared to ~5,149 in April.

This segment also saw 17 per cent volume growth and 24 per cent value growth compared to April 2022. In March 2023, these numbers were 306.3 million transactions with a value of ~5,067 crore.