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UPI’s New Merchant Fee Tests Who Can Turn Payment Scale Into Revenue

The 0.4% MDR begins with high-value merchant payments, but the economic test is whether providers can retain the fee without changing the behaviour that made UPI valuable.
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The 0.4% MDR begins with high-value merchant payments, but the economic test is whether providers can retain the fee without changing the behaviour that made UPI valuable.
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