{
  "id": 274069,
  "title": "Payments Council backs UPI merchant charges, says users, small businesses will remain exempt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/payments-council-backs-upi-merchant-charges-says-users-small",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:04:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/payments-council-backs-upi-merchant-charges-says-users-small-businesses-will-remain-exempt/articleshow/133037949.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PCI said small merchants, including kirana stores, should not be charged for accepting UPI payments. Any merchant service charge would be a commercial arrangement between merchants and payment providers, not a charge on customers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Economy",
        "title": "UPI to remain free for users; nominal MDR may apply to select merchant transactions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/upi-to-remain-free-for-users-nominal-mdr-may-apply-to-select-merchant",
        "published": "2026-08-08T13:28:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}