National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the UPI ecosystem have announced the UPI Safety and Awareness initiative. NPCI and the ecosystem comprising leading banks and fintech will observe February 1 to 7 as UPI Safety and Awareness Week and the whole of February as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness Month’, said a statement on Monday.
NPCI has urged users to follow the concept of UPI Safety Shield which mentions 5 tips for safe UPI transactions.