Good news for PhonePe users! Now you can make payment through UPI even abroad!

In the era of digitalization, almost every work is now being done online. Along with this, the method of payment has also changed. Earlier work could not be done without cash, then it was replaced by ATM card or plastic money. Then one step further, now payments started happening online only. In which players like Paytm, Google Pay, PhonePe also joined. Among these, PhonePe has gone one step further and has now announced the facility of making payments abroad also. PhonePe is the first app which is going to start payment service abroad through UPI.

The scope of facilities available to PhonePe users has now increased. This has become the first digital payment app in which users will now be able to make international payments through UPI. of economic times Report According to this, the company has announced such a service, after the launch of which users will be able to make payments through UPI at foreign merchants. This will work in the same way as payment is made through International Debit Card. PhonePe users can activate their UPI linked bank account for UPI International in the app.

PhonePe says that this activation can be done either by visiting the place of payment or even before traveling abroad. The facility can be activated by entering the UPI PIN. This means that now users will not need credit cards etc. to make payments outside the country. Now users will be able to make payments abroad also 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, currently 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 about 50.2% share 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.