BHIM App Finally Launched for iPhone

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By Press Trust of India | Updated: 13 February 2017 15:22 IST
Highlights
  • BHIM app for iOS was launched on Saturday
  • PM Modi launched the app for fast and secure cashless transactions
  • BHIM is designed to make payment through UPI and USSD modes simpler

Indigenous digital payments app BHIM, which the government has developed for fast and secure cashless transactions, has been launched for the iOS platform.

"The much awaited #BHIM for iOS is now available on the App Store. Apple users, download #BHIM now! #ItPaystoBHIM," Niti Aayog on Saturday said in a tweet.

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The Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app was available on Android platform till now.

On December 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the BHIM app for fast and secure cashless transactions using mobile phones.

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BHIM is a platform designed to make payment through UPI and USSD modes simpler.

Last month, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the number of downloads for BHIM app has crossed the 1-crore mark.

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The BHIM app downloads, which have shot up in a matter of a few days, "show how India is changing" with regard to adoption of digital payments and cashless transactions, the Minister had pointed out.

Digital payments channels like mobile wallets, USSD and RuPay have seen massive uptake and rise in transactions post demonetisation.

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According to government data, the number of transactions on USSD (mobile short code message used mainly for banking services on feature phone) saw a whopping 5,135 percent jump, from 97 such deals a day on November 8 to 5,078 on December 25.

UPI transactions - which allows users to transfer funds from one bank account to another using a smartphone - grew 1,342 percent, from 3,721 such transactions a day on November 8 to 53,648 on December 25.

 

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