{"id":295307,"date":"2025-05-01T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/upi-payments-down-in-april-amid-outages-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:58:19","slug":"upi-payments-down-in-april-amid-outages-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/upi-payments-down-in-april-amid-outages-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"UPI payments down in April amid outages &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120803761,imgsize-26192,width-400,resizemode-4\/120803761.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UPI payments down in April amid outages &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"UPI payments down in April amid outages &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: Digital payment volumes in India dipped in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/april\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">April<\/a> even as the momentum remained steady. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/upi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">UPI<\/a> processed 1,789 crore transactions during the month, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/down\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">down<\/a> from 1,830 crore in March. The dip comes as the system contended with brief service outages. Despite these disruptions, average daily volumes hit a record 59.6 crore, up from 59 crore the previous month.<br \/>In value terms, UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/payments\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">payments<\/a> totalled nearly Rs 24 lakh crore in April, compared to Rs 24.8 lakh crore in March. 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