{
  "id": 132735,
  "title": "India paves way for return of merchant fees on UPI; what it means",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/india-paves-way-for-return-of-merchant-fees-on-upi-what-it-means",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-04T13:23:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/merchant-discount-rate-on-upi-transactions-amendments-to-payments-act-may-pave-way-what-it-means/articleshow/132862189.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) is the fee merchants pay to banks and payment service providers for processing digital transactions. In India, credit card payments generally attract an MDR of around 1.5%.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}