Archive · 12 Aug 2025
BoB Enhances UPI App for Global Payments and Remittances
Bank of Baroda has updated its UPI app, allowing users to make international payments.
This means customers can now pay at stores abroad using their phones in countries like Singapore and the UAE.
People in India can also receive money from Singapore through this updated app.
Furthermore, NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) can now use the app to manage their money more easily when they are in India, similar to how they use it locally.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) upgraded its UPI app with international features.
The update enables cross-border digital payments and remittances.
Customers can make QR code-based payments in 8 countries.
BoB customers can receive real-time remittances from Singapore.
NRIs can now send and receive money via UPI using NRE/NRO accounts.
- Who
- Bank of Baroda (BoB) customers and NRIs
- What
- BoB upgraded its UPI app, bob e-Pay, with international features for payments and remittances.
- When
- Published on August 12, 2025
- Where
- Available in 8 countries, including Singapore, UAE, and USA.
- Why
- To facilitate seamless cross-border digital payments and remittances.
- App Name
- bob e-Pay
- New Features
- UPI Global Acceptance, Foreign Inward Remittance, and UPI Services for NRIs
- Transaction Limit
- ₹1 lakh (per transaction/day)
- Countries with UPI Acceptance
- Mauritius, Singapore, UAE, USA, France, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan
Sources
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