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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Malhotra stated that a small Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will be introduced for UPI transactions starting October 15, 2026. He emphasized that this fee will not significantly affect UPI transaction volumes.
Consumers and merchants using UPI will incur a small fee, but transaction volumes are expected to remain stable.
Read from 4 reports across 4 independent newsrooms. Model gpt-4o-mini, 19d ago.
Importance weights independent corroboration far above article count. A wire story carried by fifty outlets is one story; four separate newsrooms each choosing to report something is a development.
The full evidence, oldest first. How each one joined is shown, so a wrong grouping is diagnosable rather than merely present.
| when | headline | publisher | joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Oct 07:19 | Paying Rs 5,000 by UPI after Oct 15? Who pays new charge and what RBI governor said today | indianexpress.com | seed |
| 07 Oct 08:24 | MDR a small fee, will not have major impact on UPI volumes: RBI Guv Malhotra | economictimes.indiatimes.com | seed |
| 07 Oct 11:58 | MDR a small fee, will not have major impact on UPI volumes: RBI Governor Malhotra | thehindu.com | 0.98 · semantic_entity · 1 shared |
| 07 Oct 15:14 | A small fee on UPI transactions will not have a major impact on volumes: RBI GUV | thehindubusinessline.com | 0.86 · semantic_entity · 1 shared |
