India by the numbers

UPI network

merchant payments and person-to-person transfers

merchant payments and person-to-person transfers: 15.23 billion in September 2026

15.23 billion

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Merchant payment value: ₹8.87 trillion (≈ ₹8.87 lakh crore) · $92.1 billion.

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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.

Publication cadence: Monthly. Missing observations are not zero.

payment types

UPI payment types
Total volume millionTotal valueP2p volume millionP2p valueP2m volume millionP2m value
24.07 billion₹29.37 trillion (≈ ₹29.37 lakh crore) · $305 billion8.84 billion₹20.5 trillion (≈ ₹20.5 lakh crore) · $213 billion15.23 billion₹8.87 trillion (≈ ₹8.87 lakh crore) · $92.1 billion

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Source: National Payments Corporation of India, India Dispatch Research

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India by the numbers, UPI merchant payments and person-to-person transfers, September 2026. 15.23 billion. Source: National Payments Corporation of India. https://data.indiadispatch.com/payments/upi-merchant-and-p2p

Published content updated . This is separate from the source observation period.

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