PhonePe
Country: India (IN) | Payment Rail: real_time_payment
DigitalWallet
Market Adoption: 45%
PhonePe is India's leading digital payment app built on the UPI network, dominating instant bank transfers, bill payments, and merchant checkouts.
🔄 User Payment Flow
- Customer chooses PhonePe at merchant checkout
- Checkout redirects to PhonePe app or prompts with UPI collect request
- Customer reviews transaction details and authorizes payment using UPI PIN
- NPCI clears transaction in real-time and customer is redirected back
⚙️ Characteristics & Settlement
| Instant Payment | YES |
| Supports QR | YES |
| Supports Recurring | YES |
| Supports Refund | YES |
🛠️ Merchant Integration Steps
- Merchant calls payment creation API to request PhonePe UPI transaction
- PSP triggers collect request or QR code
- PSP triggers real-time payment webhook callback once NPCI confirms clears
🚀 Supported Payment Gateways & Acquirers (PSPs)
🔌 Razorpay