ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank introduces EMI facility for UPI payments by scanning QR code
Mumbai: ICICI Bank Tuesday announced that it has introduced an easy EMI facility for UPI payments made by scanning QR code.
Customers eligible for PayLater, the bank’s ‘buy now, pay later’ service can avail of the EMI facility in an instant, easy and seamless manner.
This first-of-its-kind facility enhances the affordability of lakhs of the bank’s customers as they can now instantly buy products or services just by scanning the required merchant QR code at a store and making payments in EMIs.
The facility can be availed across a host of categories such as electronics, groceries, fashion apparel, travel and hotel bookings.
Customers can pay transaction amounts above Rs 10,000 in easy installments in three, six or nine months.
The EMI facility for PayLater will shortly be extended for online shopping as well.
Talking about the new facility, ICICI Bank Head- Digital Channels & Partnership Bijith Bhaskar said the maximum payments these days are made through UPI.
In addition, we have observed that customers are increasingly opting for UPI transactions from PayLater, the Bank’s ‘buy now, pay later’ service.
"Combining these two trends, we are introducing the facility of instant EMI for UPI payments done through PayLater. With this facility, lakhs of our customers making UPI payments by scanning a merchant QR code can shop for mid to high-value items and pay in easy EMIs."
We believe, this facility provides immense convenience and improves affordability of our customers, as they can purchase high-value products on EMIs in a secure, instant and digital manner.”
ICICI Bank was the first bank to introduce PayLater facility in 2018 to enable customers to buy small ticket items immediately in a completely digital and paperless manner.
PayLater facility enables customers to shop online, pay bills and pay to any merchant UPI ID at physical stores instantly.
Below are easy steps to avail the EMI facility on PayLater:
· Visit any physical store and choose your preferred product or service
· To make the payment, use iMobile Pay app and choose ‘Scan any QR’ option
· Select PayLater EMI option if transaction amount is ₹10,000 or more
· Select tenure among 3, 6 or 9 months
· Just confirm the payment and the transaction is completed successfully
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
