UPI has become quite common. Crores of people use it. With this, you can send instant money to anyone. With the help of UPI, everything from shopping to mobile recharge has become very easy. However, recently UPI was down due to which people had to face a lot of trouble. But, do you know that you can make UPI payments even without internet.

As you know, apps like Google Pay, Paytm, BHIM are useful for making UPI payments. But, sometimes the internet fails and we have to make an important payment which gets stuck. In such a situation, making UPI payment without the help of internet will save you from getting into trouble.

Let us tell you that NPCI started the facility of offline payment in 2022. Which made money transactions super easy for those living in areas with poor or no internet. Here we are telling you the complete method of making offline payment without internet, step by step.

Remember the USSD code

For this, first of all you have to dial the USSD code *99# from your smartphone. After this, you will see the option of “OK” on the screen. Along with this, “Welcome to *99#” will be written. You click on “OK”. After this, many options will appear on the screen. But you have to select the option of “Send Money”.

After this, select the option of mobile number. Then enter the mobile number of the person to whom you want to send money. Then you will see the name of the person to whom you are going to send money online on the screen. After this, enter the amount you want to send and enter your UPI PIN. The money will be transferred without internet.

Take care of these things

Let us tell you that it is important to keep some things in mind for offline payment. If you want to make offline payment then your mobile number and Aadhaar number must be linked to the bank account. Without this, work will not work. If your Aadhaar is not linked to the bank account, then you can go to the bank and register a request to get it linked.

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