{"id":258895,"date":"2023-09-06T21:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=258895"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T07:04:06","slug":"upi-qr-code-central-bank-digital-currency-interoperability-how-does-it-work-and-how-do-customers-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upi-qr-code-central-bank-digital-currency-interoperability-how-does-it-work-and-how-do-customers-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"UPI QR Code-Central Bank Digital Currency interoperability: How does it work and how do customers benefit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cUPI QR Code-Central Bank Digital Currency interoperability: How does it work and how do customers benefit?\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in <\/span><b>Indian Express on 6th September 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several banks <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are enabling the interoperability of Unified Payments Interface\u2019s (UPI) Quick Response (QR) code with their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/digital-rupee-advantages-and-challenges\/#:~:text=The%20CBDC%20will%20be%20backed,to%20launch%20the%20digital%20rupee.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Bank Digital Currency(CBDC) <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or e\u20b9 application.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Interoperability?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interoperability is the technical compatibility that enables a payment system to be used in conjunction with other payment systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It allows system providers and participants in different systems to undertake, clear and settle payment transactions across systems without participating in multiple systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is QR Code?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A QR code consists of black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device such as a camera.QR contains information about the item to which it is attached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QR code is an alternate contactless channel of payments.It allows merchants or businesses to accept payments from their customers directly into their bank accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is UPI QR code-CBDC interoperability?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interoperability of UPI with the digital rupee means all UPI QR codes are compatible with CBDC apps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, when the pilot for the retail digital rupee was launched, the e\u20b9-R users had to scan a specific QR code to undertake transactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, with the interoperability of the two, payments can now be made using a single QR code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How will this benefit customers and merchants?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interoperability of UPI and CBDC will ensure seamless transactions between a customer and merchant without having the need to switch between multiple digital platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will allow a digital rupee user to make payments for their daily needs, such as groceries and medicines, by scanning any UPI QR codes at any merchant outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even merchants are not required to keep a separate QR code to accept the digital rupee payments.They can accept CBDC payments on their existing QR code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How will interoperability help in increasing CBDC adoption?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, UPI is a widely used payment method and the interoperability between it and the CBDC will propel the adoption of the digital rupee.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cUPI QR Code-Central Bank Digital Currency interoperability: How does it work and how do customers benefit?\u201d published in Indian Express on 6th September 2023 What is the News? Several banks are enabling the interoperability of Unified Payments Interface\u2019s (UPI) Quick Response (QR) code with their Central Bank&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upi-qr-code-central-bank-digital-currency-interoperability-how-does-it-work-and-how-do-customers-benefit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPI QR Code-Central Bank Digital Currency interoperability: How does it work and how do customers benefit?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3127,9],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-258895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}