How to Recharge My Vi™ Number through UPI

India is moving fast forward with the entry of UPI payment mode in the economy. Our mobile phones are soon turning into virtual debit cards and we no longer need to rely on wallets to send or receive payments or make recharges

For quite sometime we have been dreaming to achieve a revolution in India. With UPI recharges, we have surely climbed a few notches higher, making it the world’s best public payments infrastructure in the world.

Ever since UPI was introduced in 2016, we have been asking questions like ‘What is UPI?’, ‘How to make mobile recharges using UPI?’, etc.

Below is an explanation on how to make Vi™ mobile recharges using the UPI method

How to Make Vi™ Mobile Recharges Using UPI

• Download and install your favorite UPI/Banking app
• Visit the Vi™ UPI Recharge web page
• Enter your mobile number and the recharge amount
• After you enter the payment gateway page, input your UPI ID
• Next, you’ll receive a payment request on your UPI/Banking app as notification
• Accept the request and make the recharge payment

Benefits of UPI

• All the payments and recharges that you make are free of charges
• Ideal for small purchases
• Maintains 100% bank account privacy
• Highly secure, due to the fact that none of your bank details are shared, except for the UPI ID
• ‘Request Money’ Facility available
• No loss of interest, unlike in the case of mobile wallets, when you deposit a certain amount
• Can avail cash-backs and Rewards
• UPI is backed by numerous apps
• Can support many bank accounts

Conclusion

UPI has great potential to open new gateways in the public payments arena, soon replacing the traditional wallets.