ICICI Bank announced that it has enabled NRI customers to make instant UPI payments in India using their international mobile numbers, making it easier than ever to make everyday payments. With this facility, NRI customers of the Bank can make payments for their utility bills, merchant and e-commerce transactions with their international mobile number registered with their NRI/NRO bank account with ICICI Bank in India.
The bank has provided this service through its mobile banking app, ‘iMobile Pay’. Earlier, NRIs had to register an Indian mobile number with their banks to make UPI payments.
To launch this facility, ICICI Bank has taken advantage of the international infrastructure set up by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for convenient use of UPI across the country. The bank provides this facility in 10 countries USA, UK, UAE, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. NRI customers of the Bank can make UPI payments by scanning any Indian QR code, using UPI ID or sending money to any Indian mobile number or Indian bank account.
Easy steps to activate UPI on international mobile number using iMobile Pay- Log in to the iMobile app. Click on ‘UPI Payments’. Verify mobile number. Click on Manage – My Profile. Create a new UPI ID (choose from the suggested options). Select account number and then submit
Giving information about this, Siddharth Mishra, Head-Digital Channels and Partnerships, ICICI Bank said that we are happy to partner with NPCI to launch UPI facility on international mobile numbers through iMobile Pay.