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About 72% of financial transactions of PSBs via digital channels, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Nearly 72 per cent of financial transactions of public sector banks (PSBs) are now done through digital channels, with customers active on digital channels having doubled from 3.4 crore in 2019-20 to 7.6 crore in 2020-21.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that it is not considering a separate licensing category for digital banks at present, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat K Karad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

PSBs adopting tech

The PSBs have already started investing heavily in technology. Artificial Intelligence, blockchain technology, and robotic process automation are the key innovations that are likely to impact the banking scenario in India in a transformative way.

The field of artificial intelligence has produced several cognitive technologies. Individual technologies are getting better at performing specific tasks that only humans could do. It is these technologies that PSBs may focus their attention on. Analytics can improve customer understanding and personalisation. PSBs are in the process of aggressively adopting these technologies that enhance bank and customer engagement.

Digital payments

Digital payments recorded a growth of 30.19 per cent during the year ended March 2021, reflecting the adoption and deepening of cashless transactions in the country, RBI data showed.

As per the newly constituted Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI), the index rose to 270.59 at the end of March 2021, up from 207.84 a year ago.

“The RBI-DPI index has demonstrated significant growth in the index representing the rapid adoption and deepening of digital payments across the country in recent years,” the RBI said.

The Reserve Bank had earlier announced construction of a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country.

The RBI-DPI comprises five broad parameters that enable the measurement of deepening and penetration of digital payments in the country over different time periods.

These parameters are — Payment Enablers (weight 25 per cent); Payment Infrastructure – Demand-side factors (10 per cent); Payment Infrastructure – Supply-side factors (15 per cent); Payment Performance (45 per cent); and Consumer Centricity (5 per cent).



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As Covid wave ebbs, UPI transactions hit record in July, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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UPI continues to record growth despite lockdown restrictions aided by the pandemic.

Unified payment interface (UPI) transactions rose to record 3.24 billion transactions in July, up 15 per cent over June, while value-wise the transactions were up 10.7 per cent at Rs 6.06 lakh crore.

The performance

The platform saw 2.8 billion transactions worth Rs 5.47 lakh crore in June, up 10.6 per cent in volume terms and 11.56 per cent in value terms over May.

UPI transactions fell in volume as well as in value for the second consecutive month in May as lockdowns restricted economic activity.

About 2.53 billion transactions worth Rs 4.9 lakh were recorded in May, a 4.16% drop in volume and 0.6% fall in value compared with April, according to National Payments Corp of India data.

Digital payment index

Digital payments recorded a growth of 30.19 per cent during the year ended March 2021, reflecting the adoption and deepening of cashless transactions in the country, RBI data showed.

As per the newly constituted Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI), the index rose to 270.59 at the end of March 2021, up from 207.84 a year ago.

“The RBI-DPI index has demonstrated significant growth in the index representing the rapid adoption and deepening of digital payments across the country in recent years,” the RBI said.

The Reserve Bank had earlier announced the construction of a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) with March 2018 as a base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country.

The RBI-DPI comprises five broad parameters that enable the measurement of deepening and penetration of digital payments in the country over different time periods.

These parameters are — Payment Enablers (weight 25 per cent); Payment Infrastructure – Demand-side factors (10 per cent); Payment Infrastructure – Supply-side factors (15 per cent); Payment Performance (45 per cent); and Consumer Centricity (5 per cent).

UPI on the fast track

UPI transaction volumes surged 43.2% in the first quarter of the last fiscal, 98.5% in the second quarter 104.6% in the third and 112.5% in the fourth quarter.

While IMPS volumes degrew 9.6% in Q1, they rose 26% om Q2. 40.5% in the third quarter and 42.9% in the fourth quarter.

National Automated Clearing House (NACH) volumes grew 32.8 in the first quarter, 13 in second, 0.9 in third while they degrew 10.2 in the fourth.

BBPS volumes grew 66% in Q1, 103.2 in Q2, 84.4 in Q3 and 102.7 in Q4 while National Electronic Toll Collection, the NHAI’s Fastag system logged 83.9 growth in Q1, 249.2 in Q2, 195 in Q3 and 75.3 in the fourth quarter.

On the other hand, RTGS volumes degrew 26.2 in Q1, logged 3.1 in Q2, 10.2 in third and 31.1 in the fourth quarter.

NEFT volumes degrew 3.9% in the first quarter, grew 9.8 in second, 23.2 in third, 17.8 in the fourth quarter.



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