Letting AI Pay: Will NPCI's New UAP Framework Will Allow Bot-Led UPI Spending?

NPCI is developing a Unified Agent Protocol (UAP) framework to enable AI agents to initiate UPI payments on behalf of users without modifying underlying infrastructure, similar to existing AutoPay and Reserve Pay features.

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