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Finance Ministry Says UPI Online Bookings Are Live at Burj Khalifa and Resorts World Sentosa

NPCI's international arm has extended UPI to online ticket sales at attractions abroad, with NEOPAY and Emaar Entertainment handling the Dubai integration and FOMO Pay the Singapore one. Acceptance of the Indian rail abroad spans ten countries.

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Indian visitors to the United Arab Emirates and Singapore can now pay for online bookings at two major tourist attractions with their UPI apps, the Ministry of Finance said on 30 October 2026. NPCI International Payments Limited enabled the facility at At the Top, Burj Khalifa in Dubai in partnership with NEOPAY and Emaar Entertainment. The ministry said the Dubai attraction is the first in the UAE to implement UPI for e-commerce transactions.

In Singapore, NPCI International Payments Limited worked with the payment institution FOMO Pay to extend UPI acceptance to Resorts World Sentosa, covering online bookings at Universal Studios Singapore, the Singapore Oceanarium and Adventure Cove Waterpark.

UPI is accepted in ten countries: Singapore, the UAE, France, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Greece.

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UPIFPS · NPCI · India

Headline names “UPI” · External source · The Tribune

NowHours: 24/7/365 · published scheduleService condition: not monitored

next supported item for UPI · deferred · no revised date · as of 31 Oct 2026

deferredDDLDDL India: 0.4% merchant discount rate on UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000 deferred to a date to be notified · effective · deferred
no revised date · previously 15 Oct 2026
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Took effectDigital Payments – E-mandate Framework, 2026 (21 April 2026)
Directions issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 21 April 2026 (RBI/CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S56/02.14.003/2026-27), effective immediately. They consolidate the RBI's circulars on e-mandates and apply to all payment system providers and participants processing recurring transactions, domestic or cross-border, using cards, PPIs or UPI. Recurring transactions may be authorised without an additional factor of authentication (AFA) up to ₹15,000 per transaction, or ₹1,00,000 for insurance premiums, mutual fund subscriptions and credit card bill payments; issuers must send a pre-transaction notification at least 24 hours before the debit (not required for e-mandates that auto-replenish FASTag and NCMC balances). The Directions repeal the earlier circulars, including the circular of 10 January 2020 on e-mandates in UPI.
took effect 21 Apr 2026 · Reserve Bank of Indiasource ↗

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