Razorpay Becomes First Payment Gateway Live on BHIM Vega UPI Plugin

Published : 11 April 2025
Updated : 30 April 2025
Razorpay Becomes First Payment Gateway Live on BHIM Vega UPI Plugin

What Is BHIM Vega?

Into the phase of development in UPI applications, BHIM Vega has been built on the BHIM platform with one specific feature-cutting capability- in app payment solution for businesses to incorporate UPI payment in their applications. Now the payments can be done directly through the app without switching onto another app like in most traditional UPI flows, leading to seamless and significantly more reliable transactions.

Razorpay's New Magic of UPI Payment

Razorpay is the frontiers person in UPI from 2017 and has always gone further to understand beyond itself the possibilities of a seamless digital payment ecosystem for businesses across India. This also marked the entry of Turbo UPI plugin with BHIM Vega, eliminating redirection and further enhancing payments success rates.

Harshil Mathur, CEO & Co-Founder of Razorpay, commented: 

"Indeed, this is going to change game rules. It makes it possible to complete the transaction in real-time while in the application; lower conversion to transaction times, faster payments, therefore an entirely frictionless checkout. Just another advancement in extending the availability and, digitizing every bit of payment, making reliability and intuition for everyone."

Benefits for Businesses and End-Customers

Connecting a solution with these payments makes for a broad range of benefits that address some long-standing pain points in online payments:

  • In-App Payments: Customers can complete their transactions without having to go through a third-party UPI app, within the app interface.

  • Reduced Drop-offs: Redirection during checkout is a critical factor that causes payment failures. Removing this step could help businesses bring about a significant reduction in drop-offs.

  • Increased Success Rates: With intelligent routing, the solution can try routing payment requests through different banks if there is an issue with the first bank, making sure that more transactions actually go through.

  • Faster Payment Processing: A faster, cleaner flow enhances the overall user experience, especially during times of high sales.

  • Quicker Onboarding: Partner businesses can integrate the solution very quickly without diving into complex manual setups.

Driving India Toward a Frictionless Digital Payment Future

UPI has become the backbone of India's digital payment ecosystem, and products like Razorpay Turbo UPI in BHIM Vega act as a key player in shaping the online commerce experience. Onboarded into business applications with the aim of streamlining the payment workflow, this union seeks to provide consumers with a consistently delightful and dependable digital payment experience.

Conclusion

The launch of the Turbo UPI plugin on BHIM Vega through a joint venture by Razorpay, NBSL, and Axis Bank marks a milestone in India's journey toward digital payments. This next-gen solution offers seamless transactions, faster checkouts, reduced friction, and increased reliability, thus aiming to set the benchmark in the industry.

For the businesses, it removes yet another hurdle toward enhancing customer satisfaction and conversion. For consumers, it translates into a promise of a smoother and intuitive payment experience—one that remains completely in-app, as it should have been.