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Payment System Indicators - October 2025
Payment System Indicators
PART I - Payment System Indicators - Payment & Settlement System Statistics
  Volume (lakh) Value (₹ crore)
FY 2024-25 2024 October 2025 2025 FY 2024-25 2024 October 2025 2025
September October September October
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A. Settlement Systems                
Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1 CCIL Operated Systems 47.40 3.59 4.95 4.25 296218030 25730864 30270023 30434601
1.1 Govt. Securities Clearing 17.87 1.69 1.75 1.63 185733719 16664120 18003263 18365111
1.1.1 Outright 10.56 1.04 1.04 0.95 16056018 1626397 1499643 1439939
1.1.2 Repo 4.72 0.41 0.48 0.46 77286611 6573748 7926471 8365990
1.1.3 Tri-party Repo 2.58 0.23 0.23 0.23 92391091 8463975 8577149 8559182
1.2 Forex Clearing 28.06 1.74 3.11 2.51 100639565 8046345 11417001 11161871
1.3 Rupee Derivatives @ 1.46 0.16 0.09 0.11 9844746 1020399 849759 907620
B. Payment Systems                
I Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1 Credit Transfers - RTGS 3024.55 267.92 280.83 296.76 201387682 17070975 19836942 18732702
1.1 Customer Transactions 3010.32 266.69 279.64 295.56 181153129 15418778 18220475 17108666
1.2 Interbank Transactions 14.23 1.23 1.19 1.20 20234553 1652197 1616467 1624036
II Retail                
2 Credit Transfers - Retail 2061014.91 185187.17 213074.92 224318.23 79881976 7358283 7543380 7851867
2.1 AePS (Fund Transfers) @ 3.64 0.31 0.26 0.27 190 17 12 12
2.2 APBS $ 32964.43 4021.91 2542.90 2745.64 554034 69157 41746 43353
2.3 IMPS 56249.68 4668.23 3943.79 4035.88 7139110 629382 596847 641964
2.4 NACH Cr $ 16938.86 1463.68 1850.43 1736.26 1670223 157479 149729 165141
2.5 NEFT 96198.05 9183.38 8403.21 8790.97 44461464 4152428 4265310 4273608
2.6 UPI @ 1858660.25 165849.66 196334.33 207009.21 26056955 2349821 2489737 2727791
2.6.1 of which USSD @ 17.24 1.64 0.94 1.14 185 18 10 13
3 Debit Transfers and Direct Debits 21659.95 1871.73 1926.97 1964.66 2208583 189818 222919 223881
3.1 BHIM Aadhaar Pay @ 230.08 24.54 18.90 20.58 6907 773 591 661
3.2 NACH Dr $ 19762.28 1710.21 1786.47 1812.26 2199327 188844 222164 223048
3.3 NETC (linked to bank account) @ 1667.59 136.98 121.60 131.82 2349 202 164 172
4 Card Payments 63861.15 5759.31 5999.80 6279.14 2605110 248619 253483 256373
4.1 Credit Cards 47740.76 4332.14 4952.41 5182.90 2109197 201789 216707 214230
4.1.1 PoS based $ 24571.10 2196.73 2416.15 2609.42 795022 79293 72544 88357
4.1.2 Others $ 23169.66 2135.41 2536.26 2573.48 1314175 122496 144163 125873
4.2 Debit Cards 16120.39 1427.17 1047.39 1096.25 495914 46830 36776 42143
4.2.1 PoS based $ 11980.33 1060.17 777.56 828.79 332556 32091 22773 29104
4.2.2 Others $ 4140.06 367.00 269.83 267.46 163358 14738 14003 13039
5 Prepaid Payment Instruments 70254.08 5977.88 8551.51 8939.26 216751 20419 22637 24227
5.1 Wallets 52898.40 4425.20 6871.58 7281.56 154066 13074 17183 18515
5.2 Cards 17355.68 1552.68 1679.93 1657.70 62686 7345 5454 5712
5.2.1 PoS based $ 8240.14 718.88 688.72 649.16 11512 981 1092 1274
5.2.2 Others $ 9115.54 833.81 991.22 1008.54 51174 6365 4362 4437
6 Paper-based Instruments 6095.38 546.98 464.86 452.12 7113350 624057 570467 574554
6.1 CTS (NPCI Managed) 6095.38 546.98 464.86 452.12 7113350 624057 570467 574554
6.2 Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total Retail Payments (2+3+4+5+6) 2222885.46 199343.07 230018.06 241953.42 92025771 8441196 8612885 8930903
Total Payments (1+2+3+4+5+6) 2225910.01 199610.99 230298.89 242250.18 293413453 25512171 28449827 27663605
Total Digital Payments (1+2+3+4+5) 2219814.63 199064.01 229834.03 241798.06 286300103 24888114 27879360 27089051

PART II - Payment Modes and Channels
  Volume (lakh) Value (₹ crore)
FY 2024-25 2024 October 2025 2025 FY 2024-25 2024 October 2025 2025
September October September October
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A. Other Payment Channels                
1 Mobile Payments (mobile app based) 1756976.91 154876.80 181008.61 190876.05 39206221 3532243 3618114 3928495.79
1.1 Intra-bank $ 110801.96 9126.58 10469.49 10981.41 7207439 657333 633733 687557
1.2 Inter-bank $ 1646174.95 145750.22 170539.12 179894.64 31998782 2874910 2984381 3240939
2 Internet Payments (Netbanking / internet browser based) @ 47478.09 4259.90 3755.37 3803.42 131858133 11281098 13654298 13199799
2.1 Intra-bank @ 13056.37 1152.19 853.80 872.08 69086996 5801815 7091903 6840494
2.2 Inter-bank @ 34421.72 3107.71 2901.57 2931.34 62771136 5479282 6562395 6359305
B. ATMs                
3. Cash Withdrawal at ATMs $ 60308.11 5545.04 4395.48 4661.98 3063077 285506 230952 251643
3.1 Using Credit Cards $ 97.25 8.32 6.69 7.12 5084 444 369 404
3.2 Using Debit Cards $ 59965.70 5515.23 4370.90 4636.34 3046987 284076 229713 250321
3.3 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 245.16 21.49 17.89 18.53 11005 985 870 917
4. Cash Withdrawal at PoS $ 3.58 0.29 0.12 0.15 37 3 2 2
4.1 Using Debit Cards $ 3.33 0.28 0.10 0.13 35 3 1 2
4.2 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 0.25 0.01 0.02 0.02 3 0 0 0
5. Cash Withdrawal at Micro ATMs @ 11640.55 1227.30 1034.96 1084.34 296622 31480 26356 29379
5.1 AePS @ 11640.55 1227.30 1034.96 1084.34 296622 31480 26356 29379

PART III - Payment Infrastructures (lakh)
  As on March 2025 2024 October 2025 2025
September October
1 2 3 4
Payment System Infrastructures        
1 Number of Cards 11006.97 10878.00 11381.99 11411.69
1.1 Credit Cards 1098.85 1068.90 1133.90 1140.18
1.2 Debit Cards 9908.12 9809.11 10248.09 10271.50
2 Number of PPIs @ 13401.46 15503.38 16180.40 17710.95
2.1 Wallets @ 8678.44 11439.31 11478.95 12993.66
2.2 Cards @ 4723.02 4064.07 4701.45 4717.28
3 Number of ATMs and CRMs 2.56 2.56 2.49 2.50
3.1 Bank owned ATMs$ and CRMs# 2.20 2.21 2.12 2.13
3.2 White Label ATMs $ 0.36 0.35 0.37 0.37
4 Number of Micro ATMs @ 14.82 14.51 14.60 14.65
5 Number of PoS Terminals 110.98 95.09 121.24 123.17
6 Bharat QR @ 67.18 64.31 60.95 60.73
7 UPI QR * 6579.30 6168.52 7090.66 7175.25

PART IV - Payment Modes and Channels (International)
  Details of International transactions done using cards (credit, debit and PPI) issued in India
  Volume (lakh) Value (₹ crore)
2025 2025 2025 2025
September October September October
1. Card Payments 136.04 145.70 10212 10097
1.1 Credit Cards 87.55 91.24 7821 7695
1.1.1 PoS based 36.09 38.35 2547 2671
1.1.2 Online 51.46 52.89 5274 5024
1.2 Debit Cards 48.48 54.46 2391 2403
1.2.1 PoS based 23.55 27.89 799 918
1.2.2 Online 24.93 26.57 1592 1485
2. Prepaid Payment Instruments 35.26 36.27 1463 1390
2.1 PoS based 30.33 31.28 1153 1122
2.2 Online 4.93 4.99 309 268
3. Cash Withdrawal at ATMs 5.32 6.00 1299 1399
3.1 Using Credit Cards 0.42 0.47 78 88
3.2 Using Debit Cards 3.29 3.84 631 725
3.3 Using PPIs 1.61 1.69 591 585
Total International Payments 176.62 187.97 12974 12886

PART V - Domestic Payment Frauds
  Volume (Lakh) Value (Crore) One in every X payment transaction fraudulent FTS (Fraud / Payment Value * 10000)
September 2022 1.71 249 58177.41 0.127 bps
October 2022 1.79 220 59533.35 0.127 bps
November 2022 2.06 257 50620.69 0.143 bps
December 2022 1.54 204 72426.75 0.103 bps
January 2023 1.57 195 71681.44 0.106 bps
February 2023 2.29 317 47018.00 0.177 bps
March 2023 2.25 333 53907.48 0.142 bps
April 2023 1.75 273 68927.36 0.152 bps
May 2023 2.03 285 63051.71 0.147 bps
June 2023 1.74 265 72554.96 0.128 bps
July 2023 2.24 286 59898.87 0.146 bps
August 2023 2.40 320 58391.71 0.157 bps
September 2023 2.52 366 55057.76 0.174 bps
October 2023 2.23 335 66950.05 0.164 bps
November 2023 2.57 428 57618.81 0.209 bps
December 2023 2.92 432 53327.09 0.187 bps
January 2024 2.69 435 56335.82 0.207 bps
February 2024 2.57 507 61162.60 0.231 bps
March 2024 2.57 471 67394.38 0.177 bps
April 2024 2.38 414 70681.81 0.191 bps
May 2024 2.81 545 62637.44 0.240 bps
June 2024 2.36 480 73786.50 0.206 bps
July 2024 2.54 462 71157.30 0.194 bps
August 2024 2.34 401 79284.04 0.170 bps
September 2024 2.19 401 84751.16 0.158 bps
October 2024 2.35 411 87719.87 0.159 bps
November 2024 2.03 345 93298.98 0.155 bps
December 2024 2.59 425 78851.58 0.155 bps
Jauuary 2025 2.30 361 90183.15 0.140 bps
February 2025 1.83 288 107458.55 0.121 bps
March 2025 1.84 291 121303.33 0.094 bps
April 2025 1.80 307 119659.70 0.121 bps
May 2025 1.87 329 120406.36 0.129 bps
June 2025 1.87 303 118068.41 0.111 bps
July 2025 2.87 440 81444.84 0.160 bps
August 2025 2.40 411 100735.94 0.166 bps
September 2025 3.03 431 77798.50 0.150 bps
October 2025 2.81 407 88209.52 0.146 bps

@: New inclusion w.e.f. November 2019
#: Data reported by Co-operative Banks, LABs and RRBs included with effect from Dec 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 is 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.
5. Data on domestic payment fraud statistics as reported by Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Non-bank PPI issuers and Non-bank Credit Card issuers in CPFIR (Central Payments Fraud Information Registry).
6. Data does not include attempts to perpetrate frauds.


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