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MAS and Reserve Bank of India launch real-time payment linkage between PayNow and India's UPI

Felicia Tan and Bryan Wu
Felicia Tan and Bryan Wu • 5 min read
MAS and Reserve Bank of India launch real-time payment linkage between PayNow and India's UPI
At the launch event, MAS’s managing director Ravi Menon and RBI governor Shaktikanta Das executed live cross-border fund transfers to each other from their respective locations in Singapore and India. Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore
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Residents in Singapore and India will now be able to send and receive funds between their bank accounts and e-wallets across the two countries in real time.

On Feb 21, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the linkage between Singapore’s PayNow and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

The launch was officiated by Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi.

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