About UPI Payments
UPI is the payment rail NPCI switched on in April 2016, and its real face is a laminated white QR plate leaning against a vegetable cart. The mark is almost bureaucratic: the word UPI in grey Helvetica, a saffron-and-green chevron beside it, plain white behind.
This system builds from that kit — white sheets, hard black QR modules, a single green for "paid", saffron for "waiting", and Hindi stacked under every English label.
- Origin
- India
- Era
- 2016 launched (April); QR standees and soundboxes spread 2017–2020; current brand guidelines ~2022–2024
- Key figures
- Dilip Asbe · National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) · Reserve Bank of India
- Movements
- India Stack / digital public infrastructure · Interoperable QR payments · Virtual payment addresses
UPI Payments design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
ArimoHeadings
ui-monospaceMono
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