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ICICI Bank: India is currently trying to extend its UPI services to the whole world. Agreements have also been signed with many countries in this regard. Apart from this, many other countries are also ready to start UPI service in their countries. In this sequence, ICICI Bank has taken steps to make this service easily available to Indians settled abroad. NRI customers of ICICI Bank will now be able to use their international mobile numbers for UPI payments in India.
Will be able to pay utility bills easily
ICICI Bank on Monday said NRI customers will now be able to easily pay utility bills like electricity and water. Apart from this, merchant and e-commerce transactions can also be done. For this, he will be able to use the international bank number registered in NRE account and NRO account of ICICI Bank. The bank has started this service through its mobile banking app iMobile Pay. Till now NRIs had to register their Indian mobile number for UPI payments.
This service started in 10 countries
The bank said it has leveraged the international infrastructure established by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch this service. The bank will provide this service in 10 countries. These include America, Britain, UAE, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Now NRI customers of the bank will be able to send money to the bank account using UPI ID, mobile number by scanning any Indian QR code.
This service will run with the help of NPCI
Siddharth Mishra, Digital Channel and Partnership Head of the bank said that we are very excited to launch this facility in collaboration with NPCI. Now Indians living in these 10 countries will not need to register an Indian mobile number in their account.