National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has urged Indian citizens to use digital payments to reduce social contact and the chance of transmission of novel coronavirus. NPCI, along with banks and ecosystem partners, is ready and committed to help every citizen during the current lockdown period through robust digital payment infrastructure, it said. Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO, NPCI, said all service providers of essential services and consumers should switch to digital payments methods to stay protected. He added NPCI’s business continuity plan is resilient and has been improvised to meet the challenging requirements for COVID19, across all the payment systems. Specifically, he said, the infrastructure will support the additional load and challenges on the UPI platform, as more and more users are tapping into the benefits, ease and safety of digital transactions. Asbe also said for vendors and merchants, NPCI has fast-tracked the onboarding system on UPI or UPI-QR to make it totally contactless and fully online.
