Add UPI payment to the donation

[gouri-panda]

In India, almost everyone carries a phone and uses UPI pay. Currently the donation method only includes master card, visa and google pay(USA) which is very difficult to process in India. Most people don't familiar with this system. They directly start with the UPI payment. Kind of like we skipped Walmart and directly went to Amazon :) In India they pay 5 Rupees in UPI. Someone want to donate, yet walk away simply because they don't have easy system or a card. With UPI, that moment doesn't slip away. A quick scan, a few taps(absurdly easy) instantly.By adding UPI, everyday goodwill into real support making donating as easy as sending message. In a country where digital payments are key part of daily life, it means more people can give, anytime, anywhere.

[Popolechien]

Need to check whether Donorbox does that.

[kelson42]

Interesting point, but this depends mostly of our payment facilitator. We should check what is doable. In general I'm in favour ofmproposing alternatives to Mastercard and Visa.

[Popolechien]

We need to establish a Razorpay account, which probably requires us being based in India. Will check. But otherwise doable.

[gouri-panda]

yes, also a NGO Account, if you don't have for in India i think.

[Popolechien]

Ok turns out that Razorpay only accepts business based in the US, Malaysia, India or Singapore.

[gouri-panda]

@Popolechien Instead of third party payment partners you can Open a bank account in india and link that account to a UPI ID or QR code.

[Popolechien]

We would need to have an office in India for that. We do have a partner in India who is mission-aligned, let us see if we can work somenthing out.

[gouri-panda]

@Popolechien Maybe PayU, Cashfree, Easebuzz any other payment Gateways?