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Who has to pay MDR on UPI and who stands to gain the most? | Explained
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The article explains the new UPI Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework, detailing who will bear the charges and which transactions remain free. It outlines the cost structure for merchants, banks, and payment platforms, and estimates potential earnings for the financial institutions. The piece clarifies how the revised MDR could reshape the digital payments landscape in India.
WHY IT MATTERS
The new MDR rules will change the cost burden on merchants and influence how banks and payment platforms generate revenue, affecting the broader digital payment ecosystem.
What is the new UPI MDR system? Who will have to pay the charges? Which transactions will remain free? How much could banks and payment platforms earn?
This story was originally reported by The Hindu — Business. As an automated real-time news aggregator, NewsToolBar provides multi-perspective indexing and AI summarization while directing full readership directly to primary publisher sources.
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