{
  "id": 224937,
  "title": "Merchant charges for UPI soon? LS passes Bill allowing banks to levy fees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/merchant-charges-for-upi-soon-ls-passes-bill-allowing-banks-to-levy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T14:40:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/merchant-charges-for-upi-soon-ls-passes-bill-authorising-govt-to-allow-banks-to-levy-fees-top-facts/articleshow/133008920.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This empowers the government to allow banks and other payment service providers to impose charges on transactions conducted through the unified payments interface (UPI) and other electronic payment modes that may be notified.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}