UPI HELP CENTRE

Get help with a UPI payment

SUSPECT FRAUD? ACT NOW

Report financial cyber fraud immediately.

Call 1930, contact your bank, and report the incident through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Never share your UPI PIN, OTP or screen-control access.

Choose the situation that matches your transaction, keep the payment details ready and follow the escalation path in order.

Jump to your issue: Failed payment · Pending payment · Wrong recipient · Unrecognised payment

Reviewed 17 September 2026

What happened?

Use the transaction status shown inside your UPI app or bank statement.

FAILED

Money was debited, but the payment failed

Open the transaction in your UPI app and use its report-issue or complaint option. NPCI states that failed debits should be reversed; contact your bank if the reversal does not arrive promptly.

Keep the transaction ID, amount, date and bank reference ready.

PENDING

The payment is still pending

Refresh or recheck the transaction status before paying again. Raise a complaint from the transaction history if the status does not resolve.

Avoid sending a duplicate payment while the first transaction remains unclear.

WRONG RECIPIENT

You paid the wrong person

A UPI payment cannot be stopped after it is initiated. Contact your UPI app and bank immediately with the transaction details and ask what recovery process is available.

Do not pay anyone who promises to recover the money for an advance fee.

UNRECOGNISED

You do not recognise the payment

Treat an unauthorised debit as urgent. Contact your bank, secure the account and report financial cyber fraud through 1930 or the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.

Preserve messages, screenshots and transaction references as evidence.

Escalate in this order

Keep the complaint reference from each step.

1

Start with the UPI app or bank

Open the transaction and raise the issue in the app. For an unauthorised transaction, contact the bank immediately through an official channel.

2

Use the NPCI complaint route

If needed, use the NPCI complaint portal with the relevant transaction and bank details.

3

Check RBI CMS eligibility

If the regulated entity rejects the complaint, gives an unsatisfactory response, or does not respond within 30 days, review the current rules and use the RBI Complaint Management System.

Keep these details together

Transaction ID or UPI reference number

Date, time and amount

Payer and recipient UPI IDs, when visible

Bank account and UPI app used

Screenshots of the status and relevant messages

Complaint reference numbers and responses

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Official help links

NPCI UPI FAQs   /   NPCI complaint portal   /   RBI CMS   /   National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

Indian Decode explains the process for general information. Your bank, NPCI, RBI and law-enforcement channels decide complaints and outcomes.