Now, get onboard the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by registering with just your Aadhaar. Google Pay (Pay) on Wednesday announced that it has launched support for users to register for UPI using Aadhaar via the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
With the Aadhaar-based UPI onboarding flow, Google Pay users will be able to set their UPI PIN without a debit card.
On Google Pay, users will now have the option to select between debit card or Aadhaar-based UPI onboarding. If they select Aadhaar, then users will need to enter the first six digits of their Aadhaar number to initiate the process. It is sent to UIDAI via NPCI for validation — for this, the user will have to ensure that the registered phone number for both the connected bank account as well as Aadhaar are the same. Presently this facility is available only through selected banks.
Users can then follow it up with two OTPs — one from Aadhaar issuer UIDAI and the other from their bank. Subsequently, their respective bank will complete the process and they can set their UPI pin, following which they can use the GPay app to make transactions or check balance.
Calling the new facility as something that will bring “simplicity and convenience to users”, Sharath Bulusu, Google India’s director of product management said, “This feature will further strengthen our efforts to drive deeper penetration for digital payments in India.”
