Real-Time Payment System IMPS - Future & Challenges
Real-Time Payment System IMPS - Future & Challenges
Real-Time Payment System IMPS - Future & Challenges
challenges
Term Paper
By
Rahul Amin Choudhury
MBA Banking Finance
Under the supervision of
Dr. Sunil Joshi
School of Business Studies
Abstract
In this paper researcher has been tried to examine the developments of payment
system in Indian banking system and analyzed mobile based payments and settlement
service IMPS (immediate payment service). In recent years Indian banking system
have been undergoing from modernization phase and implementing many innovation
ideas in the system. This article focused on only payment and settlement system and it
is based on secondary data sources. Data consist in it has been analyzed by the simple
statistical tools. This article consist IMPS based payment system and services
provided by NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India) a subsidiary of RBI, level
of transaction volume, value as well as includes threats of payment system as suggest
applicable measures to enhance payment system.
Introduction
Every country has a financial system of its own that serves as backbone of its entire
development. A financial system is a set of institutional arrangements through which financial
surplus in the economy is mobilized from surplus units and transferred to deficit spenders. The
financial system of any country consists of banking and non banking financial institutes, these
institutes are providing various types of financial services to the customers. In the financial
services, financial clearing and fund transfer service is most important service than other
services. Payment systems improve financial intelligibility, stimulating business growth and
consumption .The success of the banking system has depends upon the efficient and quality of
clearing system of the industry. The system is changing drastically with technological
advancements. Last few years evident that, technology have become a mean for improvement of
financial system worldwide. In India, most of banks and financial institutions are using internet
and mobile based financial products and services to improve their business efficiency and speed
of services e.g. called e-banking, internet banking, electronic fund transfer, electronic clearing,
mobile banking etc.
Reserve Bank of India, after setting up of the Board for Payment and Settlement Systems
in 2005, released a vision document incorporating a proposal to set up an umbrella institution for
all the RETAIL PAYMENT SYSTEMS in the country. The core objective was to consolidate and
integrate the multiple systems with varying service levels into nation-wide uniform and standard
business process for all retail payment systems. The other objective was to facilitate an
affordable payment mechanism to benefit the common man across the country and help financial
inclusion.
IBA's untiring efforts during the last few years helped turning this vision a reality. National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in December 2008 and the Certificate
of Commencement of Business was issued in April 2009. It has been incorporated as a Section
25 company under Companies Act and is aimed to operate for the benefit of all the member
banks and their customers. The authorized capital has been pegged at Rs 300 crore and paid up
capital is Rs 100 crore so that the company can create infrastructure of large dimension and
operate on high volume resulting payment services at fraction of the present cost structure.
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IMPSCurrently majority of interbank mobile fund transfer transactions are channelised through NEFT
mechanism. Under NEFT, the transactions are processed and settled in batches, hence are not
real time. Also, the transactions can be done only during the working hours of the RTGS system.
With the above context in mind, NPCI conducted a pilot study on the mobile payment system
with the banks like SBI, BOI, UBI and ICICI in August 2010. Also the banks like Yes bank, Axis
and HDFC bank joined this league in the month of september, october and november 2010
respectively. Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) public launch happened on 22nd November
2010 by Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, DG RBI at Mumbai and this service is now available to the
Indian public.
IMPS offers an instant, 24X7, interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile
phones.IMPS is an emphatic tool to transfer money instantly within banks across India through
mobile,internet and atm which is not only safe but also economical both in financial and non
financial perspectives.
This facility is provided by NPCI through its existing NFS switch.
Objectives of IMPS
To enable bank customers to use mobile instruments as a channel for accessing their
banks accounts and remit funds
Making payment simpler just with the mobile number of the beneficiary
To facilitate mobile payment systems already introduced in India with the Reserve Bank
of India Mobile Payment Guidelines 2008 to be inter-operable across banks and mobile
operators in a safe and secured manner
To build the foundation for a full range of mobile based Banking services.
Remitter (Sender)
Beneficiary (Receiver)
Banks
Get Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) and MPIN from the bank
Download Software (Application) for mobile banking (ensure the compatibility of mobile
with the application) or use the SMS facility in your mobile if your bank provides IMPS
on SMS
Login to the application and select the IMPS menu from the IMPS or use the SMS
facility in your mobile if your bank provides IMPS on SMS
Enter Beneficiary Mobile number, beneficiary MMID, Amount and your MPIN to send
Await confirmation SMS for the debit in your account and credit in beneficiary account
Check the confirmation SMS for credit to your account from the remitter
MMID
The Mobile Money IDentifier (MMID) is the key identifying detail of a user participating in a
transaction. An MMID is a seven-digit number given to a customer upon registration with a bank
for the service. In the seven digits of the MMID are four digits used to identify the bank of the
user and three digits used to identify the account of the user.
A mobile number and a MMID will uniquely identify a customers account with the respective
bank. The design of the MMID allows customers to operate multiple bank accounts linked to a
single mobile number; each bank account has its own MMID. Additionally, since the MMID of
the payee must be entered along with the payee's mobile phone number, it serves to reduce the
possibility of an erroneous transaction when the payer inadvertently enters an incorrect mobile
number.
The MMID is not intended to be a secret it is simply an identifier and it does not give away any
sensitive information about the customer. For example, a merchant will advertise his mobile
number and MMID publicly in order to receive payments from the customers.
Using MMID(P2P)
Using Account No. & IFS Code(P2A)
Active Channels
1
Allahabad Bank
0.25
Mobile
2
Andhra Bank
9.55
Mobile/ ATM
3
Axis Bank
113.40
Mobile/Internet
4
Bank of Baroda
7.41
Mobile/Internet
5
Bank of India
22.87
Mobile/Internet
6
Bank of Maharashtra
0.04
Mobile
7
BNP Paribas
0.00
Mobile
8
Canara Bank
4.95
Mobile/ATM/Internet
9
Catholic Syrian Bank
0.00
Mobile
10
Central Bank of India
0.16
Mobile/Internet
11
Citibank
3.75
Mobile/Internet
12
Corporation Bank
14.12
Mobile/Internet
13
Dena Bank
0.01
Mobile
14
Development Bank of Singapore
0.00
Mobile
15
Development Credit Bank
0.62
Mobile
16
Dhanalakshmi Bank
6.49
Mobile
17
Federal Bank
1.20
Mobile/ Internet
18
HDFC Bank
4.89
Mobile/ Internet
19
HSBC
0*
Mobile/Internet
20
ICICI Bank
234.40
Mobile/Internet
21
IDBI Bank
0.00
Mobile
22
Indian Bank
45.00
Mobile/ Internet
23
Indian Overseas Bank
.96
Mobile
24
Indusind Bank
0.74
Mobile/ATM/Interne
25
ING Vysya Bank
0.11
Mobile/Internet
26
Jammu And Kashmir Bank
0.01
Mobile
27
Karnataka Bank
32.66
Mobile
28
Karur Vysya Bank
0.36
Mobile/ Internet
29
Kotak Mahindra Bank
36.95
Mobile/ Internet/ATM
30
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
7.49
Mobile/ ATM
31
Oriental Bank of Commerce
19.66
Mobile
32
Punjab and Sind Bank
0.61
Mobile
33
Punjab National Bank
4.05
Mobile/ATM/Internet
34
Ratnakar Bank
0.00
Internet
35
South Indian Bank
3.47
Mobile
36
Standard Chartered Bank
0.00
Mobile
37
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
0.22
Mobile
38
State Bank of Hyderabad
0.33
Mobile
39
State Bank of India
64.41
Mobile/Internet
40
State Bank of Mysore
0.06
Mobile
41
State Bank of Patiala
0.08
Mobile
42
State Bank of Travancore
0.20
Mobile
43
Syndicate Bank
0.99
Mobile
44
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
0.27
Mobile
45
UCO Bank
0.63
Mobile/Internet
46
Union Bank Of India
17.02
Mobile/ATM/Internet
47
United Bank Of India
0.45
Mobile
48
Vijaya Bank
0.59
Mobile
49
Yes Bank Ltd
10.81
Mobile/ Internet
RRBs/DCB/UCB
No. of MMID
issued (in
lakhs)
Sr.
RRB/DCB/UCB
No.
0*
IMPS Remittance
Using
Accoun
Using
t No. &
MMID(P2P
IFS
)
Code
(P2A)
Active
Channels
Nationa
l
IMPS
Unified
Merchan
USSD
t
Platfor
Payment
m
(NUUP)
Not applicable
(#)
0*
Not applicable
(#)
0*
Mobile
0*
0*
Not applicable
(#)
0*
Not applicable
(#)
0*
Not applicable
(#)
0.03
Mobile/Interne
t
1.85
Mobile
10
0.03
Mobile
11
0.56
Mobile
12
0.10
Mobile
13
0.50
Mobile
14
0.42
Mobile
15
0.01
Mobile
16
Kallappanna Awade
Ichalkaranji Janata Sahakari
Bank
0*
Mobile
Not applicable
(#)
17
0*
Mobile
18
0.04
Mobile
19
0.27
Mobile
20
0*
Mobile
21
Nainital Bank
0*
Mobile
22
Saraswat Bank
0.26
Mobile
23
Mobile
Not applicable
(#)
24
Pochampally Urban Co
Operative Bank
# As beneficiary
0* No. of MMID issued lesser than 1000.
Mobile
(Dial*400#)
GI Technology
14.31
Mobile/ Internet
2.46
Mobile/Internet
Mobile/Internet
Mobile
(Dial*400#)
Internet
Mobile/ Internet
Mobile/Internet/S
MS
Internet
Oxigen Services
21.28
1.4
IMPS Statistics
Month
No. of
Inter Bank Volume
MMID
No. of
s
Memb
No. of
Issue
er
Transactio
d
Banks
(in lacs)
ns
(in
lacs)
(in lacs)
Total
Total No.
Transacti
on
(in lacs)
December,
2014
73
745.5
7
8,380,921
603655.48
1,121,502
30621.86
9,502,423
634277.34
November,
2014
71
704.9
9
7,090,697
525901.11
720,531
15659.04
7,811,228
541560.15
October,
2014
71
685.0
1
6,508,147
489880.15
327,618
20501.33
6,835,765
510381.48
September,
2014
69
670.2
5
5,862,292
429463.76
307,689
18503.53
6,169,981
447967.29
August,
2014
67
632.3
4
4,797,349
351974.01
259,487
15818.38
5,056,836
367792.39
July, 2014
65
629.7
1
4,260,701
301864.46
236,333
17775.67
4,497,034
319640.13
June, 2014
63
618.9
6
3,706,309
261005.6
195,556
13543.81
3,901,865
274549.41
May, 2014
62
606.2
8
3,296,212
241600.27
194,638
12130.89
3,490,850
253731.16
April, 2014
60
595.2
1
3,114,716
215724.49
163,242
10868.45
3,277,958
226592.94
March, 2014
60
584.8
8
2,998,331
205002.57
168,478
10420.54
3,166,809
215423.11
February,
2014
59
581.5
1
2,227,142
145560.13
132,932
7556.73
2,360,074
153116.86
January,
2014
59
568.4
3
2,030,898
132027.91
122,985
7460.71
2,153,883
139488.62
December,2
013
59
557.6
2
1,837,216
117015.42
105,707
6505.07
1,942,923
123520.49
November,
2013
59
543.2
3
1,309,270
88159.88
85,580
5330.65
1,394,850
93490.53
October,
2013
59
537.5
5
1,223,796
73183.73
86,994
5288.45
1,310,790
78472.18
September,
2013
59
531.4
9
1,015,087
55274.81
86,334
4508.63
1,101,421
59783.44
NEFT
NEFT transactions are usually used to transact in small amounts as there is
no minimum amount, but the maximum* amount possible is Rs 2 lakhs. Also
NEFT transactions are conducted between banks on net settlements basis,
meaning they are conducted in batches and not at the same time as the
transactions.
NEFT operates from 8AM to 6:30PM on weekdays and 8AM to 12:30PM on
Saturday,in hourly batches. There are twelve settlement batches on week
days and six settlements on Saturdays. Timings might vary slightly from
bank to bank.
Transactions made during this time slot are settled within the same day and
after the ones ones conducted after the end time are carried out the next
day.
RTGS
RTGS transactions are usually to transact in larger amounts in real time, the
minimum amount required is Rs 2 lakhs and above. RTGS transactions
happen between banks in real time and on a gross basis. As this mechanism
operates in real time, i.e sans any waiting period, and on a gross basis, i.e
settled individually unlike in batches, it is the fastest way to transfer money
electronically.
RTGS can be accessed between 9AM and 4:30PM on weekdays and 9AM and
1:30PM on Saturdays. Timings might vary slightly from bank to bank.
IMPS
Using IMPS, a relatively newer service, users can transfer money
immediately from one account to the other account, within the same bank or
accounts across other banks. Similar to NEFT, there is no minimum amount
for transactions, but the maximum* amount possible is Rs 2 lakhs.
Users can carry out Person to Person(P2P), Person to Account(P2A) and
Person to Merchant(P2M) transactions from their mobile, Internet or ATM.
One of the advantages of IMPS transaction is that it is available 24X7 and
even on holidays. This can be payments for utility bills, mobile or DTH
recharge, credit card bills, grocery bills, travel ticketing, online shopping and
even educational institutes fee payments through this channel.
Charges
For NEFT and RTGS charges vary from bank to bank, but the RBI has set a
maximum limit on what the banks can charge customers.
IMPS were offered free of cost in order to promote this channels, but most
banks usually charge amount similar to their NEFT tariff.
* The RBI has not set a value for the maximum amount possible to be
transferred using NEFT/RTGS/IMPS, but RBI allows banks to place per
transaction limits based on their own risk perception with the approval of its
Board.
ConclusionEven though mobile operators in India are not allowed to operate mobile wallets unless they
become banking correspondents in partnership with banks, mobile payment in India has been
becoming popular through IMPS (customer to customer) service. This can be gauged from the
above spate in number of IMPS transactions in last 6 months. Undoubtedly, given the 600
million active mobile users, ease of enabling fund transfer on fingertips and low charges over
transactions, the adoption of IMPS is going to get a strong leg up.
With IMPS service now opened to merchant payments, it has potential to do wonders to the way
merchants receive payment. Apart from point of sales (POS) payment, IMPS could benefit etailers offering Cash on Delivery (COD) s a payment option to a greater extent. IMPS can be
used to receive such payments via mobile phone, at the time of delivery and it will reduce the
time-cycle for getting the payments for COD orders