Good news for PhonePe users! Now you can make payments through UPI abroad too!

In the era of digitalization, now almost everything is being done online. Along with this, the method of making payment has also changed. Earlier where work could not be done without cash, then ATM card or plastic money took its place. Then one step ahead of that, now the payment is being done online only. In which players like Paytm, Google Pay, PhonePe also joined. Of these, PhonePe has gone one step further, which has now announced the facility of making payments abroad as well. PhonePe is the first such app which is going to start payment service abroad through UPI.

PhonePe The scope of convenience available to the users has now increased. It has become the first such digital payment app in which users will now be able to make international payments through UPI. Economic Times Report According to the company, the company has announced such a service, after its launch, users will be able to make payments to foreign merchants through UPI. It will work in the same way as payment is made through International Debit Card. User using PhonePe can activate UPI linked bank account for UPI International in the app.

PhonePe says that this activation can be done either at the place of payment or even before traveling abroad. The facility can be activated by entering the UPI PIN. That is, now users will not need credit cards etc. to make payments outside the country. Now users will be able to make payments in foreign countries only through the mobile app.

For this, the company has also released a list of some countries in which this service has been started. That is, at present this service is being started in the mentioned countries which include UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan. PhonePe is the most popular digital payment app in India with a share of around 50.2% in UPI payments. UPI International is expected to be launched in more countries in the coming days. These will soon include Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, America, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom etc.