Why the NPCI UPI launch will spark a fintech revolution in India,. What may change, and what wont. Why Intuit should care.

1. INDIA - A CASHLESS ECONOMY
THE NPCI UPI LAUNCH WILL SPARK
A FINTECH REVOLUTION IN INDIA
ARVI KRISHNASWAMY (@twitortat)
M T RAJAN (@mtrajan)
INTUIT
PM-XD

2. What is India’s
current
population?

3. 1.3 Billion

4. How many mobile
phone users does
India have?

5. 69%
900 Million Users of a total of 1310 Million

6. How many Indian
consumers have
bank accounts?

7. 53%
700 Million Users of a total of 1310 Million

8. How many Indian
consumers have
credit cards?

9. 1.6%
21 Million Users of a total of 1310 Million

10. How many Indian
consumers
electronic
wallets?

11. 7.6%
100 Million Users of a total of 1310 Million

12. Why does a cashless economy matter?

13. What is UPI?
United Payments Interface Service
launched by National Payments
Corporation of India
National Payments Corporation of
India is the umbrella organization for
all retail payments systems in India.
Setup via RBI and IBA.
Launched IMPS/MMID.
Launched RuPay card.
Non-profit community organization.
Nandan Nilekani is an advisor.
http://www.npci.org.in/aboutus.aspx

14. UPI is open source

15. UPI is mobile first

16. UPI is interoperable

17. UPI is instantaneous

18. UPI is secure

19. UPI is cheap

20. UPI ROLLOUT IN 2016
“The next billion in a cashless economy.”
January 2015
NPCI published unified
payment interface
platform specification
April 2016
21 Banks join NPCI
platform*
June 2016
New Payment Bank
licences awarded*
July 2016
Launch of payment apps
with Aadhar integration*
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
* Current projections

21. UPI - Diving Deeper
Virtual Addresses
Push and Pull
Authentication and Authorization
Leveraging the platform - recurring payments

22. UPI - What Changes?
No need for retail payments infrastructure. No POS systems, no smartphone readers
No need for your friend to have the same wallet. Wallets lose their network effects.
No PII needs to be shared for monetary transactions. Sub 10K phones have biometric.
More benefits of using Aadhar. Payments is expected to be the Aadhar ‘killer app’.
No need for cash payment via COD. Immediate transfer upon delivery of goods.
No need for peer to peer transfer walled gardens. App is decoupled from payments.

23. What else may change?
What may not change?

24. Why do you think Intuit should care?

25. Additional Reading
About NPCI
UPI Payments Architecture
UPI API Specification
Forbes article - Digital consent and Loans
YourStory article - UPI and Wallets