NPCI to Discontinue UPI P2P:
From October 1, 2025, NPCI will halt UPI peer-to-peer collect requests to prevent fraud, ensuring all P2P payments are user-initiated for better security. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that peer-to-peer (P2P) ‘collect requests’ on UPI will be discontinued from October 1, 2025. The decision affects all member banks and leading UPI apps like PhonePe, Google Pay, and Paytm, and is expected to drastically reduce fraud incidents on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) network.