{"id":13490,"date":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13490"},"modified":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:18:08","slug":"amazon-pay-launches-android-p2p-payments-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/amazon-pay-launches-android-p2p-payments-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Pay launches Android P2P payments in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Android users in India can now make instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay through a government-backed unified payments interface (UPI) platform. The new service will also allow customers to make direct payments to local stores from their bank accounts or even to Amazon delivery associates on their doorsteps via a UPI QR code. Multi-factor authentication (involving the customer\u2019s phone number, SIM details and UPI PIN) is used to ensure security. As a launch incentive, Amazon \u2013 which is lagging behind P2P rivals in India \u2013 is offering its users up to INR 120 (USD 1.73) in cash back rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon is also piloting a business-to-business (B2B) inventory supply and management program in three Indian cities as part of its efforts to serve the country\u2019s 12 million small independent stores. If successful, the program will be expanded across all of India in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13490 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Survey: Financial Institutions Seeing the Benefits of Open Banking'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/survey-financial-institutions-seeing-the-benefits-of-open-banking\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3929017f-4aa4-9337-d72d-da7d0adea1881-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-16142\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-16142'>\n\t\t\t\tSurvey: Financial Institutions Seeing the Benefits of Open Banking\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Infographic: the top 10 trends in payments for 2018'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/infographic-the-top-10-trends-in-payments-for-2018\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Top-10-trends-in-payments-2018-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9604\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9604'>\n\t\t\t\tInfographic: the top 10 trends in payments for 2018\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinTechHub created to train Russian youth in digital technologies'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintechhub-created-to-train-russian-youth-in-digital-technologies\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fintechhub-created-to-train-russian-youth-in-digital-technologies-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12416\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12416'>\n\t\t\t\tFinTechHub created to train Russian youth in digital technologies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android users in India can now make instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay through a government-backed unified payments interface (UPI) platform. The new service will also allow customers to make direct payments to local stores from their bank accounts or even to Amazon delivery associates on their doorsteps via a UPI QR code. 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