Guides to India payments for high-risk merchants. Coverage includes consumer rails (UPI, RuPay, cards with mandatory 2FA/3DS), UPI Autopay and eNACH for recurring, IMPS/NEFT/RTGS for bank transfers, and wallets (PhonePe/Paytm/Google Pay). We discuss on-shore vs cross-border setups (FEMA context), KYB/KYC, AML/KYT, geofencing, routing (local vs international acquiring), fraud/chargebacks, refunds/reversals, payouts, reconciliation, and PSP/acquirer selection where high-risk acceptance policies vary by provider.
Authoritative outbound resources
NPCI — UPI overview & guidelines: https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/upi
NPCI — RuPay: https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/rupay
NPCI — UPI Autopay (e-mandates): https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/upi/upi-autopay
Reserve Bank of India — Payment & Settlement Systems: https://rbi.org.in/scripts/PaymentSystems.aspx
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