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Airtel Payments Bank Links With Upi
Date of Publish - Thursday, 12th October 2017
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Airtel Payments Bank announced the integration of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with its digital platform. “This would allow all our 20 million bank customers to create their personalised UPI handles on the Airtel app, and enable them to make digital payments in both the offline and the online space,” said Shashi Arora, MD and CEO, Airtel Payment Bank said.