Summary✨
- Nepalis can now send money to friends and family in India through a new cross-border money transfer service launched in June 2023.
- This service connects Nepal’s National Payments Interface (NPI) with India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for seamless transactions.
- Users can send up to INR 15,000 per day and INR 100,000 per month from Nepal to India, while India users can send up to INR 200,000 per day to Nepal.
- Currently, around 10 commercial banks in Nepal, such as Nabil Bank and Global IME Bank, are offering this service via their digital platforms.
- The service aims to expand further, enhancing real-time remittance capabilities between the two countries.
Nepalis can now send money to their family and friends in India. The facility comes as part of the further realization of cross-border payment between Nepal and India, formalized in June 2023. This initiative came into fruition during Nepal’s foreign minister Shishir Khanal’s visit to India.
The cross-border Person-to-Person (P2P) remittance service allows people in both countries to transfer funds. For this service, Nepal’s National Payments Interface (NPI) and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) have been linked.
On the occasion, NCHL said, “The cross-border Person-to-Person (P2P) remittance service between Nepal and India has been officially launched with the linkage of Nepal’s National Payments Interface (NPI) and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), inaugurated during a Government-to-Government (G2G) level meeting.”
It added that the move is a major step towards “enhancing seamless, secure, and real-time cross-border remittance services.”
As of now, multiple commercial banks have already started facilitating cross-border remittance services through their digital platforms, such as mobile banking apps. The service can be availed of through the ConnectIPS app, too. NCHL says that so far, about 10 commercial banks have started providing this cross-border digital transaction service. For e.g., you can use Nabil Bank’s nBank app to initiate a fund transfer to another user in India. As of now, Global IME Bank, Machhapuchchhre Bank, Everest Bank, etc. have initiated this service.
NCHL adds that the service will expand to more banks and financial institutions in both Nepal and India in the coming days. The service has gone live after internal testing for the past week.
✅Transaction limit for digital wallets, bank, NFC, etc. in Nepal
Nepal-India cross-border money transfer limit
The money transfer limit has been established for transactions through banks in Nepal and India. A user in Nepal can send up to INR 15,000 in a day and up to INR 100,000 a month. Similarly, from India, a user can send up to INR 200,000 per day.
- Nepal to India: Up to INR 15,000 per day and INR 100,000 per month
- India to Nepal: Up to INR 200,000 per day
The transaction limit is applicable to all banks that have joined the P2P cross-border remittance transfer service between Nepal and India.
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KEY FAQs on Nepal-India Money Transfer Through Mobile Banking Apps
Yes. Nepal and India have launched a cross-border P2P remittance service, allowing users to send money directly between the two countries.
The service works through the linkage of Nepal’s National Payments Interface (NPI) and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
You can use participating banks’ mobile banking apps and the ConnectIPS app to transfer money to recipients in India.
Users in Nepal can send up to INR 15,000 per day and INR 100,000 per month.
Several banks, including Nabil Bank, Global IME Bank, and Machhapuchchhre Bank, have already started offering the service, with more banks expected to join soon.
