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Amazon Pay has launched a person-to-person (P2P) payments for Android users in India.
According to a press note, Amazon customers can now make instant bank-to-bank transfers using UPI platform on the Amazon app. Customers can use this Amazon P2P payment to settle bills/expenses with friends, lend/return money to family, pay rents, pay for services like house-help, newspaper bills, milk subscription, etc. Customers can also make payments from their bank account to local stores nearby or to Amazon delivery associate at doorstep by scanning UPI QR codes using the Amazon app.
The release said the Govt. of India backed UPI platform can be used to send or receive P2P payments by simply selecting a contact from their phone contact book or entering UPI ID or Bank Account of the recipient.
With this launch, the customers can now send or request money instantly directly from the Amazon Mshop app. Further, Amazon Pay has made it easier for customers to make repeat payments by displaying recent transactions.
