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Consumers are worried a proposed bill in Congress could make credit card points a thing of the past. Meanwhile, lawmakers behind the Credit Card Competition Act

If you're going to carry a balance on multiple cards, you should be reaping those rewards.

Not only is your credit card more convenient, but it might be safer, too.

In some cases, the rewards outweigh the processing fees.

Rather than impose a 1.1% charge on UPI transactions above ₹2,000 made from prepaid payment instruments such as wallets, the NPCI should compensate intermediaries for all UPI payments using funds from the government, RBI and commercial banks

Now, you can have the convenience of keeping all your daily life transactions at one place so your savings account statement is not getting flooded and also your bank balance is no longer at risk of being prone to fraud, scam etc

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) suggested imposing an interchange fee on transactions using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) starting on April 1.

The interchange pricing will be introduced on April 1, 2023, and then again reviewed by September 30, 2023. The introduction of interchange fees is aimed at increasing revenue for banks and payment service providers.

Let’s take a closer look at UPI vs NEFT and see how they differ in terms of usage, features, and benefits

It is not true that a fee has been levied on regular bank account-to-account transfers via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)