
MDR a small fee, will not have major impact on UPI volumes: RBI Governor Malhotra
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the newly introduced merchant discount rate, a modest charge on Unified Payments Interface transactions, is not expected to substantially affect transaction volumes. He noted that, to date, there has been no observable decline in UPI usage and he does not anticipate the small fee to cause a major impact.