UPI payment service 'Jio Pay' rolled out to JioPhone users: Report

Reliance Jio has reportedly started rolling out a UPI-based payment platform for some JioPhone users. This is according to BGR , which claims that the service was in internal testing for over a year before being released to the public. The rollout reportedly began on August 15 , but the company has not officially announced anything on the subject yet. The initial rollout will be limited to around 1,000 users, according to the report, with no mention of when it will be rolled out to a wider user base.

Interestingly, it is not immediately clear when this feature will be rolled out to JioPhone 2 as it is only available on the original JioPhone for now. Meanwhile, the blog also published three images that it claims show the new feature in action. As you can see below, the image is of low resolution and it’s difficult to see anything from it. Of course, JioPhone devices don’t have a screenshot feature, but in this case it was extremely helpful.

According to the report, JioPay for JioPhone uses ‘tap and pay’ contactless payments via NFC on NFC-enabled POS (point of sale) machines. Launch partners include Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Standard Chartered, IndusInd, SBI, Kotak, YesBank, and RBL Bank. This means that you can use both credit and debit cards (Mastercard and VISA) from these banks for payment.

It is worth noting that earlier reports suggested that Jio is in talks with the National Payments Corporation of India to bring UPI payment services to affordable 4G feature phones. However, this is the first time that we have seen concrete action on this front. It will be interesting to see if Jio rolls out UPI payment services on more platforms in the coming days.