PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
The newest UPI feature on-device biometric authentication crossed more than 611 million UPI transactions in June 2026, with the total value of such transactions crossing Rs 25,416 crore, indicating growing adoption of fingerprint and facial recognition for everyday digital payments. The biometric authentication feature allows users to authorise UPI payments using their smartphone’s fingerprint or facial recognition instead of entering a UPI PIN. The facility is available for both Person-to-Person (P2P) and Person-to-Merchant (P2M) payments and is increasingly being used for routine transactions. “The growing adoption of biometric authentication reflects the increasing preference among UPI users for payment experiences that are simple and efficient. With over 600 million transactions in June, the solution is seeing strong acceptance across use cases, including RuPay Credit Card on UPI. Several banks and UPI apps already offer biometric authentication to their customers, and we expect adoption to grow further as more users choose this secure and convenient way to make payments,” said Sohini Rajola, executive director – Growth, NPCI.
