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Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

30 Jul 2025, 11:49 AM

Interestingly, not just payment aggregators, the has decided to charge some large merchants – who use the bank’s UPI directly.

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