IMPORTANT: The only UPI resources you will need

Lokesh
3 min readNov 11, 2020

GOOGLE PAY

Google Pay is a digital wallet platform and online payment system developed by Google to support in-app and touch-to-touch purchases on mobile devices, allowing users to pay with Android phones, tablets or watches. The service also supports passes such as coupons, boarding passes, student ID cards, event tickets, movie tickets, public transport tickets, store cards and loyalty cards.

It has also inherited the branding of Google Chrome’s autofill feature. Google Pay adopts the features of both Android Pay and Google Wallet through in-store, peer-to-peer and online payment services.

Security

It replaces the credit or debit card chip and PIN or magnetic stripe transaction in point-of-sale terminals by allowing the user to upload them to the Google Pay wallet. Google Pay takes advantage of physical authentications such as fingerprint ID, where applicable. On devices without a fingerprint ID, Google Pay is activated with a passcode. When the user makes a payment to a merchant, Google Pay does not send the credit or debit card number with the payment.

Google Pay requires that a screen lock be set on the phone. Spring CEO Alan Tisch said Google Pay improves mobile shopping activity by supporting a Google Pay powered “buy button” built into the provider’s creative design.

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Technology

Service Technology keeps customers’ payment information confidential from retailers by replacing the Customer’s Primary Account Number or debit card with the Key Account Number of the encrypted device and generating a «code Dynamic security is created for every transaction ». To make payments at the point of sale, users hold their authenticated Android device to the NFC reader of the point-of-sale system.

Consumer device cardholder verification method

In EMV mode transactions, Google Pay supports the use of Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method using biometrics, phone model or passcode lake. Using CDCVM allows the device to provide self-verification of the transaction and may not require the cardholder to sign a receipt or enter their PIN.

Google Pay Installation Link: https://bit.ly/36oAdK5

PHONEPE

PhonePe is a digital wallet platform and online payment company headquartered in Bangalore, India. PhonePe was founded in December 2015 by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. PhonePe application based on Unified Payments Interface in August 2016

made available. The PhonePe app is available in more than 11 Indian languages. Using PhonePe, users can send and receive money, recharge mobile, DTH, data cards, make service payments, pay in stores, invest in tax savings funds, buy liquid funds, insurance and mutual funds, and gold. In addition, PhonePe allows users to book an Ola trip on the Switch platform, pay for Redbus tickets, order food on Freshmenu, take advantage of eaf, fit and Goibibo Flight and Hotel services.

PhonePe is for food, travel, grocery, medicine, movie ticket etc in India. Over 10 million offline and online merchants covering products are accepted as a payment option at outlets. The app surpassed 100 million user brands in June 2018 and also passed 5 billion transactions. It currently has over 200 million users. The company launched the PhonePe ATM in January 2020. PhonePe ATM allows local Kirana stores to distribute cash to customers in real time.

Innovation and Partnership

PhonePe helps merchants accept payments through all UPI-based apps, debit and credit cards, as well as the wallet in the app.

PhonePe launched a low cost POS device built in India in October 2017. PhonePe partnered with Freecharge in January 2018. This partnership enabled PhonePe users to connect their existing Freecharge wallets to the PhonePe app. PhonePe has also formed similar partnerships with Jio Money and Airtel Money.

In 2019, PhonePe launched tax savings funds to help customers minimize their tax burden by investing in equity-linked savings programs. In the same year, PhonePe became the first payment app to allow customers to bid for First Public Offers via the UPI platform.

In January 2020, PhonePe became the first digital payment platform in India to launch international travel insurance. PhonePe also launched Liquid Funds together with the Aditya Birla Mutual Fund to provide the combined benefits of a fixed deposit and a mutual fund.

Phonepe Installation Link: https://bit.ly/36kAs92

The above UPI is sufficient for official rewards programs and Digital payments.

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Lokesh

The College of Engineering, Guindy is a public engineering college in Chennai, India and is India's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794.