Airtel Payments Bank has launched a new feature called ‘pay to contacts’, which will allow customers to start a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment by just selecting the recipient’s mobile number from their phonebook.
‘Pay to contacts’ will show the valid UPI ID connected with the selected contact, other than the UPI app used by the receiver. This will eliminate the need to enter the UPI ID or bank account details to make a payment and will save time. A customer can make a payment by clicking on the ‘Pay Money to Contacts’ option under the BHIM UPI section and then selecting the receiver’s contact.

Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, Chief Operating Officer, Airtel Payments Bank, said: “We aim to offer a simple, secure, and flawless payment experience to our customers. With ‘Pay to Contacts’, our users no longer have to worry about entering the bank details or UPI ID every time they make a payment. We believe that this feature will outstandingly add to customer’s convenience.”

The customers can now even open an Airtel Payments Bank account within few minutes with a video call with the help of the Airtel Thanks app. The bank offers a digital savings account Rewards123, which gives more power to customers when they do a transaction digitally using their account.