Unified Payments Interface or UPI Payments will now be available in Singapore! Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app with two other Indian homegrown payment modes at the Business, Innovation and Community event in Singapore.
Touching lives of common people through innovation! PM @narendramodi launched three technologies – RuPay, Bhim App and UPI enabled remittance App by State Bank of India, Singapore pic.twitter.com/GkLaludWvz
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) May 31, 2018
PM Modi also launched Rupay – India’s very own card network developed by the NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) and a UPI-based SBI app at the event. Singapore will be the first country to have an SBI branch outside India.
Chota BHIM to Bada BHIM
The BHIM app, powered by UPI payments, has grown rapidly just within a year of its launch. According to the NPCI, UPI transactions value grew by 22.9% in May 2018. UPI has undoubtedly become the most popular mode of instant payments today.
With more than 25 banking partners, UPI is now available on your bank app and even on Whatsapp, the Facebook-owned messenger app. WhatsApp launched beta payments earlier this year and is expected to go public this month.
How to Use BHIM App
Using the BHIM App is super simple. With the app, you can not just send and receive money but also let your customers pay with a QR code and check transaction history and status.
Just follow these steps to install and use BHIM on your smartphone.
- Download the BHIM app from your app store. (Google Play or Apple Store)
- Select the language you want to operate your app in.
- Link your phone number
- Set a 4-digit login.
- Link your bank account. You can also link multiple bank accounts.
- Set up your UPI PIN and Virtual Payment Address (VPA).
- And you’re done! Use your VPA to send and collect payments on the BHIM app.
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All you have to do is share your payment link with your customers on any platform and let them pay you by any mode, including UPI.
Instamojo allows you to collect payments for anything you sell online. You also get a dedicated dashboard, data-driven sales insights, and, value-added apps to help you grow your business. Get started in under 2-minutes!
6 comments
Instamojo is one of my favourite online payment gateways to manage business transactions.
This is great news. I didn’t knew about payments in Singapore
bhim is awesome app I really like this application
Bhim is very nice app. You give complete information on it. Thanks.
Bhim is really awesome app for online payments. Thanks for this articles too.
How does a transaction move between India and Singapore or visa versa on Bhim app?