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45. Payment System Indicators
Date : Oct 23, 2026
PART I - Payment System Indicators - Payment & Settlement System Statistics
System Volume (Lakh) Value (₹ Crore)
FY 2025-26 2025 2026 FY 2025-26 2025 2026
Aug. Jul. Aug. Aug. Jul. Aug.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A. Settlement Systems                
Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1. CCIL Operated Systems (1.1 to 1.3) 56.84 4.28 5.84 4.46 367014602 28151946 36265477 31005770
1.1 Govt. Securities Clearing (1.1.1 to 1.1.3) 20.08 1.50 2.23 1.71 214487317 16614170 20968267 17285561
1.1.1 Outright 11.76 0.81 1.44 1.03 17320069 1240951 1759884 1334862
1.1.2 Repo 5.62 0.47 0.50 0.44 93385356 7489700 8251953 7077210
1.1.3 Tri-party Repo 2.70 0.22 0.28 0.24 103781892 7883520 10956430 8873489
1.2 Forex Clearing 35.44 2.69 3.35 2.52 141483010 10788097 14024461 12465073
1.3 Rupee Derivatives @ 1.32 0.10 0.26 0.22 11044275 749679 1272748 1255136
B. Payment Systems                
I. Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) - - - - - - - -
1. Credit Transfers - RTGS (1.1 to 1.2) 3499.79 259.68 333.10 315.19 227372648 16371216 22307107 20583738
1.1 Customer Transactions 3485.43 258.52 331.95 314.11 206929117 14993007 20378017 19020888
1.2 Interbank Transactions 14.36 1.16 1.16 1.08 20443531 1378209 1929090 1562849
II. Retail                
2. Credit Transfers - Retail (2.1 to 2.6) 2618738.01 218816.17 253061.29 261894.57 91939186 7102303 8592159 8363619
2.1 AePS (Fund Transfers) @ 3.28 0.31 0.22 0.23 170 16 12 13
2.2 APBS $ 33854.21 3817.08 2667.40 2884.71 717040 66150 54236 50205
2.3 IMPS 49431.09 4772.62 3643.39 3599.42 7669929 597549 711704 703724
2.4 NACH Cr $ 18284.42 1854.46 1196.70 1495.61 1902293 167856 177251 218769
2.5 NEFT 100996.16 8288.60 8970.05 8825.02 50226505 3785260 4661076 4408552
2.6 UPI @ 2416168.86 200083.10 236583.53 245089.58 31423250 2485473 2987880 2982356
2.6.1 of which USSD @ 14.31 0.69 1.36 0.74 188 7 13 8
3. Debit Transfers and Direct Debits (3.1 to 3.3) 23471.34 1929.02 2100.53 2106.33 2697355 214928 262336 260458
3.1 BHIM Aadhaar Pay @ 231.96 25.38 24.42 26.75 7739 718 778 720
3.2 NACH Dr $ 21614.19 1764.13 1933.17 1936.23 2687459 214031 261381 259560
3.3 NETC (linked to bank account) @ 1625.19 139.51 142.94 143.35 2157 178 177 178
4. Card Payments (4.1 to 4.2) 73039.76 6056.57 7068.23 7363.12 2807946 228576 246118 239146
4.1 Credit Cards (4.1.1 to 4.1.2) 60237.64 4935.77 6052.67 6324.47 2362471 191170 208186 202449
4.1.1 PoS based $ 30153.21 2501.63 2937.34 3088.37 885019 72753 75740 79355
4.1.2 Others $ 30084.43 2434.15 3115.33 3236.11 1477452 118417 132445 123094
4.2 Debit Cards (4.2.1 to 4.2.2) 12802.12 1120.80 1015.56 1038.65 445475 37406 37932 36697
4.2.1 PoS based $ 9601.85 843.59 741.21 761.34 293537 24663 22176 22829
4.2.2 Others $ 3200.27 277.21 274.35 277.31 151938 12743 15757 13868
5. Prepaid Payment Instruments (5.1 to 5.2) 98699.47 7966.16 9253.65 9694.62 286429 22253 28607 27467
5.1 Wallets 78570.94 6246.19 7147.86 7449.52 223016 17169 21889 22492
5.2 Cards (5.2.1 to 5.2.2) 20128.53 1719.97 2105.78 2245.10 63414 5083 6718 4975
5.2.1 PoS based $ 8356.49 669.51 839.65 862.41 14373 1030 1247 1258
5.2.2 Others $ 11772.04 1050.45 1266.14 1382.69 49041 4054 5472 3717
6. Paper-based Instruments (6.1 to 6.2) 5587.83 446.03 446.78 413.81 7147568 540025 643873 579857
6.1 CTS (NPCI Managed) 5587.83 446.03 446.78 413.81 7147568 540025 643873 579857
6.2 Others 0.00 – – – – – – –
Total - Retail Payments (2+3+4+5+6) 2819536.40 235213.95 271930.47 281472.45 104878484 8108084 9773093 9470546
Total Payments (1+2+3+4+5+6) 2823036.19 235473.63 272263.58 281787.65 332251133 24479300 32080199 30054284
Total Digital Payments (1+2+3+4+5) 2817448.36 235027.60 271816.80 281373.84 325103565 23939275 31436327 29474427

PART II - Payment Modes and Channels
System Volume (Lakh) Value (₹ Crore)
FY 2025-26 2025 2026 FY 2025-26 2025 2026
Aug. Jul. Aug. Aug. Jul. Aug.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A. Other Payment Channels                
1. Mobile Payments (mobile app based) (1.1 to 1.2) 2226710.88 184421.97 204168.17 210296.98 45558548 3539156 4068647 4027267
1.1 Intra-bank $ 122837.81 10513.94 11190.58 11528.33 7917883 605043 752050 749640
1.2 Inter-bank $ 2103873.07 173908.03 192977.59 198768.65 37640666 2934113 3316597 3277627
2. Internet Payments (Netbanking / Internet Browser Based) @ (2.1 to 2.2) 44541.07 3638.12 3479.52 3262.27 158930351 11554723 13107417 12076198
2.1 Intra-bank @ 10212.76 798.11 703.39 675.75 83681438 6020479 5969791 5538148
2.2 Inter-bank @ 34328.30 2840.01 2776.13 2586.52 75248914 5534243 7137626 6538050
B. ATMs                
3. Cash Withdrawal at ATMs $ (3.1 to 3.3) 53689.48 4625.94 4076.24 4144.62 2873737 240098 220592 225178
3.1 Using Credit Cards $ 81.07 6.71 6.53 6.84 4525 366 372 387
3.2 Using Debit Cards $ 53394.13 4601.37 4052.01 4120.45 2858626 238883 219308 223907
3.3 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 214.27 17.86 17.70 17.33 10586 849 912 883
4. Cash Withdrawal at PoS $ (4.1 to 4.2) 1.69 0.13 0.10 0.10 22 1 2 2
4.1 Using Debit Cards $ 1.39 0.10 0.06 0.07 18 1 1 1
4.2 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 0.30 0.02 0.04 0.03 4 0 0 0
5. Cash Withrawal at Micro ATMs @ 12126.36 1245.48 965.01 999.48 322744 31157 26170 24747
5.1 AePS @ 12126.36 1245.48 965.01 999.48 322744 31157 26170 24747

PART III - Payment Infrastructures (Lakh)
System As on March 2026 2025 2026
Aug. Jul. Aug.
1 2 3 4
Payment System Infrastructures        
1. Number of Cards (1.1 to 1.2) 11632.02 11305.38 11561.69 11608.82
1.1 Credit Cards 1186.34 1124.96 1228.58 1240.54
1.2 Debit Cards 10445.69 10180.42 10333.11 10368.29
2. Number of PPIs @ (2.1 to 2.2) 22992.54 14584.13 22885.19 23320.35
2.1 Wallets @ 18253.42 9692.18 18103.14 18389.26
2.2 Cards @ 4739.13 4891.95 4782.05 4931.09
3. Number of ATMs (3.1 to 3.2) 2.54 2.49 2.53 2.53
3.1 Bank owned ATMs $ 2.16 2.12 2.17 2.17
3.2 White Label ATMs $ 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.36
4. Number of Micro ATMs @ 13.90 14.71 13.28 13.26
5. Number of PoS Terminals 117.69 119.65 100.28 102.08
6. Bharat QR @ 56.33 65.73 52.69 53.30
7. UPI QR * 7612.17 6977.47 8030.48 8130.31
@ : New inclusion w.e.f. November 2019
# : Data reported by Co-operative Banks, LABs and RRBs included with effect from December 2021.
$ : Inclusion separately initiated from November 2019 - would have been part of other items hitherto.
* : New inclusion w.e.f. September 2020; Includes only static UPI QR Code
Note : 1. Data are provisional.
2. ECS (Debit and Credit) has been merged with NACH with effect from January 31, 2020.
3. The data from November 2019 onwards for card payments (Debit/Credit cards) and Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) may not be comparable with earlier months/ periods, as more granular data is being published along with revision in data definitions.
4. Only domestic financial transactions are considered. The new format captures e-commerce transactions; transactions using FASTags, digital bill payments and card-to-card transfer through ATMs, etc.. Also, failed transactions, chargebacks, reversals, expired cards/ wallets, are excluded.
Part I-A. Settlement systems
1.1.3: Tri- party Repo under the securities segment has been operationalised from November 05, 2018.
Part I-B. Payments systems
4.1.2: ‘Others’ includes e-commerce transactions and digital bill payments through ATMs, etc.
4.2.2: ‘Others’ includes e-commerce transactions, card to card transfers and digital bill payments through ATMs, etc.
5. Available from December 2010.
5.1: includes purchase of goods and services and fund transfer through wallets.
5.2.2: includes usage of PPI Cards for online transactions and other transactions.
6.1: Pertain to three grids – Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai.
6.2: ‘Others’ comprises of Non-MICR transactions which pertains to clearing houses managed by 21 banks.
Part II-A. Other payment channels
1: Mobile Payments –
o Include transactions done through mobile apps of banks and UPI apps.
o The data from July 2017 includes only individual payments and corporate payments initiated, processed, and authorised using mobile device. Other corporate payments which are not initiated, processed, and authorised using mobile device are excluded.
2: Internet Payments – includes only e-commerce transactions through ‘netbanking’ and any financial transaction using internet banking website of the bank.
Part II-B. ATMs
3.3 and 4.2: only relates to transactions using bank issued PPIs.
Part III. Payment systems infrastructure
3: Includes ATMs deployed by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) and White Label ATM Operators (WLAOs). WLAs are included from April 2014 onwards.

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