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In the country, sending and receiving money through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has made our lives very easy. People pay everyone from grocery shop owners to vegetable vendors through UPI. Now UPI payment is being used in many countries of the world. Do you know that you can make UPI payments even from button phones/feature phones? Let us know how you can do this.

According to NPCI, feature phone users will be able to make UPI transactions through IVR numbers. For this, you have to call the IVR numbers (080-45163666, 08045163581, and 6366200200) and get your UPI ID verified. Now you have to make your payment after following the instructions given on the call.

UPI payment can also be done through USSD without the internet, just remember *99#
Apart from UPI 123Pay, there is another way to make payments without the internet. You will have to use the USSD service. For this, first of all, you have to dial '*99#' on your GSM smartphone and follow the instructions. However, not all mobile service operators support this service.

What is UPI
For digital payment, a facility like UPI allows you to transfer money easily from home. For this, you need UPI-supporting apps like Paytm, PhonePe, Bhim, GooglePay, etc. The special thing is that UPI allows you to transfer money even if you have only one piece of information out of the scanner, mobile number, UPI ID.