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45. Payment System Indicators
Date : Jun 22, 2026
PART I - Payment System Indicators - Payment & Settlement System Statistics
System Volume (Lakh) Value (₹ Crore)
FY 2025-26 2025 2026 FY 2025-26 2025 2026
Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. Mar. Apr.
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7
A. Settlement Systems                
Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1. CCIL Operated Systems (1.1 to 1.3) 56.84 5.07 4.44 4.65 367014602 29399814 30819254 32290516
1.1 Govt. Securities Clearing (1.1.1 to 1.1.3) 20.08 1.89 1.51 1.67 214487317 16657576 16548550 16817588
1.1.1 Outright 11.76 1.30 0.84 0.99 17320069 2017823 1200663 1351982
1.1.2 Repo 5.62 0.38 0.46 0.46 93385356 7078422 6833924 6706602
1.1.3 Tri-party Repo 2.70 0.20 0.22 0.22 103781892 7561331 8513963 8759004
1.2 Forex Clearing 35.44 3.07 2.76 2.81 141483010 11992139 13006222 14216020
1.3 Rupee Derivatives @ 1.32 0.11 0.17 0.16 11044275 750099 1264482 1256908
B. Payment Systems                
I. Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) - - - - - - - -
1. Credit Transfers - RTGS (1.1 to 1.2) 3499.79 262.41 367.45 315.56 227372648 16895789 23758759 19248590
1.1 Customer Transactions 3485.43 261.16 366.26 314.47 206929117 15060026 22131384 17613014
1.2 Interbank Transactions 14.36 1.24 1.20 1.09 20443531 1835763 1627375 1635576
II. Retail                
2. Credit Transfers - Retail (2.1 to 2.6) 2618738.01 194925.94 244356.27 238826.91 91939186 7126205 9619673 8240533
2.1 AePS (Fund Transfers) @ 3.28 0.30 0.27 0.27 170 16 16 17
2.2 APBS $ 33854.21 2610.51 3335.83 2372.04 717040 57566 83656 44625
2.3 IMPS 49431.09 4492.53 3656.79 3624.87 7669929 621666 740176 700909
2.4 NACH Cr $ 18284.42 1200.84 1561.87 1031.28 1902293 154683 181678 167523
2.5 NEFT 100996.16 7687.52 9390.43 8330.47 50226505 3897348 5661604 4424471
2.6 UPI @ 2416168.86 178934.24 226411.08 223467.97 31423250 2394926 2952542 2902988
2.6.1 of which USSD @ 14.31 1.22 1.23 1.15 188 13 13 12
3. Debit Transfers and Direct Debits (3.1 to 3.3) 23471.34 1869.90 2075.65 2031.08 2697355 198565 257724 241715
3.1 BHIM Aadhaar Pay @ 231.96 17.39 20.99 21.26 7739 601 800 850
3.2 NACH Dr $ 21614.19 1709.27 1927.45 1883.26 2687459 197780 256744 240687
3.3 NETC (linked to bank account) @ 1625.19 143.24 127.21 126.56 2157 184 180 178
4. Card Payments (4.1 to 4.2) 73039.76 5673.64 6787.94 6574.99 2807946 222351 257443 234281
4.1 Credit Cards (4.1.1 to 4.1.2) 60237.64 4502.70 5774.77 5596.15 2362471 184237 219495 197305
4.1.1 PoS based $ 30153.21 2281.41 2840.35 2755.84 885019 67899 78470 73849
4.1.2 Others $ 30084.43 2221.29 2934.41 2840.31 1477452 116338 141024 123456
4.2 Debit Cards (4.2.1 to 4.2.2) 12802.12 1170.93 1013.17 978.85 445475 38113 37948 36977
4.2.1 PoS based $ 9601.85 875.30 749.32 721.48 293537 26187 24346 24343
4.2.2 Others $ 3200.27 295.63 263.85 257.37 151938 11926 13602 12633
5. Prepaid Payment Instruments (5.1 to 5.2) 98699.47 6768.43 8749.63 8573.06 286429 21254 28563 28125
5.1 Wallets 78570.94 5157.38 6959.28 6768.34 223016 15896 22448 22201
5.2 Cards (5.2.1 to 5.2.2) 20128.53 1611.04 1790.35 1804.72 63414 5358 6114 5924
5.2.1 PoS based $ 8356.49 649.25 795.76 809.55 14373 1093 1343 1244
5.2.2 Others $ 11772.04 961.79 994.59 995.17 49041 4265 4771 4680
6. Paper-based Instruments (6.1 to 6.2) 5587.83 494.77 491.89 454.32 7147568 645079 691723 693190
6.1 CTS (NPCI Managed) 5587.83 494.77 491.89 454.32 7147568 645079 691723 693190
6.2 Others 0.00
Total - Retail Payments (2+3+4+5+6) 2819536.40 209732.67 262461.38 256460.36 104878484 8213454 10855126 9437844
Total Payments (1+2+3+4+5+6) 2823036.19 209995.08 262828.83 256775.92 332251133 25109243 34613885 28686433
Total Digital Payments (1+2+3+4+5) 2817448.36 209500.31 262336.94 256321.60 325103565 24464164 33922162 27993244

PART II - Payment Modes and Channels
System Volume (Lakh) Value (₹ Crore)
FY 2025-26 2025 2026 FY 2025-26 2025 2026
Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. Mar. Apr.
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7
A. Other Payment Channels                
1. Mobile Payments (mobile app based) (1.1 to 1.2) 2226710.88 165826.22 208803.96 206900.26 45558548 3504510 4386940 4207121
1.1 Intra-bank $ 122837.81 9304.80 10802.29 10611.15 7917883 617807 764233 719824
1.2 Inter-bank $ 2103873.07 156521.42 198001.67 196289.11 37640666 2886703 3622707 3487297
2. Internet Payments (Netbanking / Internet Browser Based) @ (2.1 to 2.2) 44541.07 3653.49 3869.61 3504.17 158930351 11633517 16819300 13660002
2.1 Intra-bank @ 10212.76 838.00 888.88 853.50 83681438 6048107 8836592 7063192
2.2 Inter-bank @ 34328.30 2815.49 2980.72 2650.67 75248914 5585409 7982708 6596810
B. ATMs                
3. Cash Withdrawal at ATMs $ (3.1 to 3.3) 53689.48 4602.65 4465.04 4153.80 2873737 244747 249762 232482
3.1 Using Credit Cards $ 81.07 6.86 7.08 6.42 4525 373 408 365
3.2 Using Debit Cards $ 53394.13 4578.06 4439.99 4130.07 2858626 243494 248419 231206
3.3 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 214.27 17.73 17.97 17.32 10586 881 935 911
4. Cash Withdrawal at PoS $ (4.1 to 4.2) 1.69 0.17 0.14 0.11 22 2 2 2
4.1 Using Debit Cards $ 1.39 0.15 0.10 0.08 18 1 2 2
4.2 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 0.30 0.02 0.04 0.03 4 0 0 0
5. Cash Withrawal at Micro ATMs @ 12126.36 928.36 1075.37 903.83 322744 25662 30529 26214
5.1 AePS @ 12126.36 928.36 1075.37 903.83 322744 25662 30529 26214

PART III - Payment Infrastructures (Lakh)
System As on March 2026 2025 2026
Apr. Mar. Apr.
1 2 3 4
Payment System Infrastructures        
1. Number of Cards (1.1 to 1.2) 11632.02 11064.21 11632.02 11428.28
1.1 Credit Cards 1186.34 1104.37 1186.34 1194.36
1.2 Debit Cards 10445.69 9959.84 10445.69 10233.92
2. Number of PPIs @ (2.1 to 2.2) 22992.54 13449.86 22992.54 23185.47
2.1 Wallets @ 18253.42 8724.36 18253.42 18390.92
2.2 Cards @ 4739.13 4725.51 4739.13 4794.55
3. Number of ATMs (3.1 to 3.2) 2.54 2.55 2.54 2.54
3.1 Bank owned ATMs $ 2.16 2.19 2.16 2.16
3.2 White Label ATMs $ 0.38 0.36 0.38 0.38
4. Number of Micro ATMs @ 13.90 14.74 13.90 13.68
5. Number of PoS Terminals 117.69 112.83 117.69 114.47
6. Bharat QR @ 56.33 66.64 56.33 56.16
7. UPI QR * 7612.17 6623.85 7612.17 7708.12
@ : New inclusion w.e.f. November 2019
# : Data reported by Co-operative Banks, LABs and RRBs included with effect from December 2021.
$ : Inclusion separately initiated from November 2019 - would have been part of other items hitherto.
* : New inclusion w.e.f. September 2020; Includes only static UPI QR Code
Note : 1. Data is provisional.
2. ECS (Debit and Credit) has been merged with NACH with effect from January 31, 2020.
3. The data from November 2019 onwards for card payments (Debit/Credit cards) and Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) may not be comparable with earlier months/ periods, as more granular data is being published along with revision in data definitions.
4. Only domestic financial transactions are considered. The new format captures e-commerce transactions; transactions using FASTags, digital bill payments and card-to-card transfer through ATMs, etc.. Also, failed transactions, chargebacks, reversals, expired cards/ wallets, are excluded.
Part I-A. Settlement systems
1.1.3: Tri- party Repo under the securities segment has been operationalised from November 05, 2018.
Part I-B. Payments systems
4.1.2: ‘Others’ includes e-commerce transactions and digital bill payments through ATMs, etc.
4.2.2: ‘Others’ includes e-commerce transactions, card to card transfers and digital bill payments through ATMs, etc.
5. Available from December 2010.
5.1: includes purchase of goods and services and fund transfer through wallets.
5.2.2: includes usage of PPI Cards for online transactions and other transactions.
6.1: Pertain to three grids – Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai.
6.2: ‘Others’ comprises of Non-MICR transactions which pertains to clearing houses managed by 21 banks.
Part II-A. Other payment channels
1: Mobile Payments –
o Include transactions done through mobile apps of banks and UPI apps.
o The data from July 2017 includes only individual payments and corporate payments initiated, processed, and authorised using mobile device. Other corporate payments which are not initiated, processed, and authorised using mobile device are excluded.
2: Internet Payments – includes only e-commerce transactions through ‘netbanking’ and any financial transaction using internet banking website of the bank.
Part II-B. ATMs
3.3 and 4.2: only relates to transactions using bank issued PPIs.
Part III. Payment systems infrastructure
3: Includes ATMs deployed by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) and White Label ATM Operators (WLAOs). WLAs are included from April 2014 onwards.

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