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Update: PayU gets a semi-closed wallet licence from the RBI

Update: PayU CEO Nitin Gupta spoke to MediaNama and said that the wallet licence will allow them greater user experience and would cut on some of the commercial expenses associated with getting a wallet licence from RBL Bank. He added that it is the company's priority to shift their balances from the existing wallet on RBL Bank to their new wallet and customers will have the option to take out money into their accounts. Gupta also said that the wallet will also have an offline presence and customers can pay for purchases on PayU's POS terminal. "The POS terminals can accept wallet transactions. It's just a matter of changing a line in the back end infrastructure," he added. PayU has more than 5,000 terminals in the country since its launch and is adding 1,350 terminals later this month. It has more than 10 million registered users in India and more than 175,000 online merchants. Earlier: Payment gateway aggregator PayU has got a semi-closed prepaid wallet licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Note that the company already has digital wallet in place called PayU Money which was issued by RBL Bank. Some of PayU Money's clients include Myntra, MakeMyTrip, OYO Rooms, GoIbibo and BookMyShow. Currently, the wallet allows users to send and receive money, pay electricity and gas bills among others, recharge mobile phones and DTH connections. It also allows users to make direct payments to merchants by entering a phone number, email or merchant ID. We have written to…

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