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MDR to help fintechs recover costs, boost their IPO hopes

MUMBAI: India's payment industry has long been calling for higher subsidies or a controlled introduction of merchant discount rate (MDR) to recover transaction costs. The decision to allow MDR or higher value business payments will help to turn many business models sustainable and thereby increase competition in an industry that is currently a near duopoly of PhonePe and Google Pay.

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MDR to help fintechs recover costs, boost their IPO hopes

India enables 15-30 bps MDR on UPI payments >Rs 2,000, generating Rs 5-10k crore annually for fintechs PhonePe, Razorpay, PayU. Unlocks profitability and competition in Google/PhonePe duopoly, accelerates IPO plans, funds fraud-detection innovation across Rs 10-12k crore annual ecosystem costs.

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Payment Bill rekindles MDR hopes for large-value UPI

Proposed amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act may bring back merchant discount rates. This move could help banks and fintech firms recover technology and infrastructure investments. The government is…

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lunedì 3 agosto 2026·economictimes.indiatimes.com
Govt to move amendments to IT Act to pave way for levy of MDR - The Economic Times
ET was the first to report on July 16 that the government could reintroduce MDR on UPI transactions for large merchants. This has been an issue plaguing the online payments…
lunedì 3 agosto 2026·economictimes.indiatimes.com
Payment Bill rekindles MDR hopes for large-value UPI
Proposed amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act may bring back merchant discount rates. This move could help banks and fintech firms recover technology and…

MDR to help fintechs recover costs, boost their IPO hopes

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MDR to help fintechs recover costs, boost their IPO hopes

Payment Bill rekindles MDR hopes for large-value UPI

Timeline cronologica

Govt to move amendments to IT Act to pave way for levy of MDR - The Economic Times

Payment Bill rekindles MDR hopes for large-value UPI

Payments bill revives hopes of MDR return on large-ticket UPI transactions - The Economic Times

Jefferies sees Paytm, Pine Labs gaining from proposal to levy MDR on UPI transactions - The Economic Times

Government moves closer to restoring MDR on UPI merchant payments

MDR to help fintechs recover costs, boost their IPO hopes