Google Pay enables Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation

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Google launched Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI transactions that will allow users to set up their UPI pin without a debit card..

Support for UPI using Aadhaar will work via National Payments Corporation (NPCI)...

Users looking to onboard UPI via Aadhaar will need to ensure their phone numbers registered with UIDAI and their bank are the same, and their bank account is linked with Aadhaar...

Google Pay users will now have the option to select between a Debit card or Aadhaar-based UPI while onboarding..

Over the years, we are very heartened by the ready adoption digital payments have witnessed in the country, and this feature will help boost the UPI ecosystem even further, Sharath Bulusu, Director of Product Management from Google said...

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