India by the numbers

Bank reliability

bank approval and decline rates

bank approval and decline rates: 88.6% in August 2026

88.6%

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Sending-bank approval rate for Baroda U.P. Bank.

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UPI
The Unified Payments Interface, India’s shared network for instant payments between bank accounts. Definition and conventions

Notes

The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.

Sending and receiving banks retain their separately reported periods. Business and technical declines are distinct causes.

Publication cadence: Monthly. Missing observations are not zero.

Sending banks

Sending banks
NameTransactionsApprovedBusiness declineTechnical decline
Baroda U.P. Bank109.67 million88.6%8.96%2.44%
Central Bank of India478.28 million84.06%13.6%2.34%
Punjab and Sind Bank76.94 million85.18%12.88%1.95%
Maharashtra Gramin Bank45.87 million84.4%14.36%1.23%
Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank78.46 million83.38%15.44%1.18%
NSDL Payments Bank Limited85.06 million75.87%22.96%1.17%
Kerala Gramin Bank68.61 million91.87%7.29%0.84%
ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd41.09 million90.6%8.63%0.77%
Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank33.23 million87.53%11.79%0.68%
Canara Bank1.28 billion90.23%9.12%0.65%
Bandhan Bank Limited110.42 million92.71%6.7%0.59%
Telangana Grameena Bank56.38 million87.03%12.4%0.57%
Federal Bank Ltd.312.6 million89.64%9.8%0.55%
Saraswat Co-operative Bank36.43 million92.75%6.78%0.47%
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited72.54 million90.91%8.73%0.36%
Fino Payments Bank Ltd.303.47 million76.37%23.28%0.35%
Indian Bank868.94 million88.19%11.47%0.34%
IndusInd Bank Ltd.275.94 million84.64%15.02%0.34%
Jio Payments Bank Ltd101.65 million78.02%21.64%0.34%
Karnataka Gramin Bank67.33 million87.91%11.86%0.23%
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited70.35 million85.77%14.02%0.21%
Equitas Small Finance Bank31.34 million86.76%13.02%0.21%
Union Bank of India1.6 billion89.49%10.32%0.2%
Karur Vysya Bank117.08 million92.19%7.61%0.2%
IDBI Bank Ltd.243.24 million90.59%9.21%0.19%
The South Indian Bank Limited91.45 million92.98%6.84%0.18%
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank57.58 million89.33%10.5%0.16%
DBS Bank India Limited33.15 million90.28%9.56%0.16%
UCO Bank373.51 million87.38%12.49%0.14%
Karnataka Bank Ltd.171.82 million89.3%10.56%0.14%
India Post Payments Bank Limited950.23 million81.42%18.44%0.13%
Airtel Payments Bank Limited804.88 million73.3%26.58%0.12%
Bank Of India791.93 million90.62%9.26%0.12%
Punjab National Bank1.54 billion88.81%11.08%0.11%
State Bank of India6.85 billion90.78%9.11%0.1%
Yes Bank Ltd.178.17 million92.02%7.88%0.1%
The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited134.16 million92.34%7.57%0.08%
AU Small Finance Bank104.43 million85.48%14.44%0.08%
City Union Bank67.95 million91.23%8.7%0.07%
Indian Overseas Bank483.83 million90.29%9.65%0.06%
Bank of Maharashtra274.23 million90.49%9.45%0.06%
Bank of Baroda1.83 billion86.18%13.79%0.04%
ICICI Bank Ltd.829.39 million95.14%4.83%0.03%
IDFC Bank Ltd.180.56 million92.63%7.34%0.03%
slice Small Finance Bank Limited111.85 million94.25%5.72%0.03%
Kotak Mahindra Bank1.21 billion88.72%11.26%0.02%
HDFC Bank Ltd.1.79 billion93.07%6.93%0%
Axis Bank Ltd.1.07 billion92.81%7.19%0%
Tri O Tech Solutions Private Limited219.49 million100%0%0%
One Mobikwik Systems Limited30.04 million100%0%0%

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Receiving banks

Receiving banks
NameTransactionsApprovedBusiness declineTechnical decline
Punjab and Sind Bank31.99 million97.06%0.62%2.32%
Baroda U.P. Bank57.07 million97.66%0.35%1.99%
Central Bank of India198.72 million96.83%1.38%1.79%
Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank (Erstwhile Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank)18.79 million98.22%0.38%1.4%
Maharashtra Gramin Bank19.29 million98.71%0.24%1.05%
Canara Bank563.76 million98.9%0.3%0.79%
Kerala Gramin Bank38.99 million99.2%0.13%0.67%
NSDL Payments Bank Limited122.74 million95.82%3.54%0.64%
Karnataka Gramin Bank30.27 million98.83%0.57%0.6%
Bandhan Bank Limited64.04 million99.2%0.24%0.56%
Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank31.92 million98.68%0.81%0.52%
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited45.01 million98.85%0.73%0.42%
Telangana Grameena Bank23.71 million99.33%0.31%0.36%
Bank of Maharashtra95.17 million99.14%0.53%0.32%
Indian Bank347.96 million99.5%0.24%0.26%
Indian Overseas Bank194.77 million99.38%0.37%0.25%
Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd19.25 million99.48%0.27%0.25%
IDBI Bank Ltd.90.63 million99.25%0.52%0.22%
Karnataka Bank Ltd.69.15 million99.32%0.46%0.22%
Fino Payments Bank Ltd.91.11 million93.15%6.64%0.21%
India Post Payments Bank Limited418.52 million98.71%1.09%0.19%
UCO Bank152.16 million99.55%0.28%0.17%
Federal Bank Ltd.351.12 million99.6%0.24%0.16%
Union Bank of India586.32 million99.69%0.16%0.15%
City Union Bank34.65 million99.58%0.27%0.15%
One Mobikwik Systems Limited73.45 million99.85%0.01%0.14%
The South Indian Bank Limited56.01 million99.67%0.2%0.13%
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited31.77 million99.61%0.26%0.13%
IndusInd Bank Ltd.203.99 million99.18%0.71%0.12%
AU Small Finance Bank45.29 million99.08%0.82%0.1%
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank27.85 million99.41%0.49%0.1%
Bank Of India323.66 million98.73%1.18%0.09%
Punjab National Bank625.45 million99.54%0.38%0.08%
Jio Payments Bank Ltd80.27 million97.55%2.37%0.08%
Karur Vysya Bank51.52 million99.73%0.19%0.08%
RBL Bank Ltd.55.66 million99.82%0.11%0.07%
ICICI Bank Ltd.451.18 million99.49%0.46%0.05%
The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited74.32 million99.18%0.78%0.05%
slice Small Finance Bank Limited55.04 million93.77%6.18%0.05%
State Bank of India2.44 billion99.75%0.21%0.04%
Airtel Payments Bank Limited592.8 million95.69%4.26%0.04%
Citibank Corporate23.61 million99.16%0.81%0.04%
Kotak Mahindra Bank502.93 million99.26%0.7%0.03%
Tri O Tech Solutions Private Limited98.19 million98.85%1.13%0.03%
IDFC Bank Ltd.60.02 million98.71%1.26%0.03%
HDFC Bank Ltd.1.23 billion99.69%0.29%0.02%
Bank of Baroda649.87 million99.61%0.37%0.02%
Unity Small Finance Bank Limited319.11 million99.98%0%0.02%
Yes Bank Ltd.10 billion99.99%0%0.01%
Axis Bank Ltd.2.48 billion99.85%0.15%0%

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Source: National Payments Corporation of India, India Dispatch Research

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India by the numbers, UPI bank approval and decline rates, August 2026. 88.6%. Source: National Payments Corporation of India. https://data.indiadispatch.com/payments/upi-bank-declines

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UPI: The Unified Payments Interface, India’s shared network for instant payments between bank accounts. Definition and conventionsRepo rate: The Reserve Bank of India’s policy rate for lending to banks against eligible securities. It is a policy rate, not a consumer loan rate. Definition and conventions