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UPI Switch

NPCI-certified UPI switching infrastructure engineered for the transaction volumes and regulatory requirements of India's fastest-growing payment rail.

10M+
TPS Throughput
< 5ms
Routing Latency
99.999%
Uptime SLA
NPCI
Certified
What is UPI Switch

The routing backbone of your UPI payment infrastructure

Vurico UPI Switch is a high-performance, NPCI-certified switching platform that handles the full lifecycle of UPI transactions — from collect and pay requests to mandate management, dispute resolution, and settlement reconciliation.

Designed for banks acting as PSPs, issuer banks, and acquiring banks, the switch provides a single integration point for all UPI flows while delivering the throughput, latency, and resilience that India's real-time payment ecosystem demands.

P2P
Person to Person
P2M
Person to Merchant
Mandate
Recurring Payments
Collect
Pull Requests
e-NACH
Auto-Debit
Dispute
Chargeback & Refund
Core Capabilities

Full-stack UPI switching, out of the box

High-Throughput Routing

Handles 10M+ TPS at peak load with sub-5ms routing latency. Stateless architecture ensures linear horizontal scaling without performance degradation.

10M+ TPS

NPCI Certified Switch

Fully certified by NPCI for UPI 2.0. Supports all transaction types: P2P, P2M, collect, pay, mandate, and recurring payments.

UPI 2.0 Certified

Mandate & Recurring Payments

Complete mandate lifecycle management — creation, modification, revocation, and execution. Supports e-NACH and auto-pay flows for lending and subscription use cases.

e-NACH Ready

Intelligent Routing Engine

Dynamic routing based on bank availability, transaction type, and load balancing rules. Automatic failover to secondary routes with zero transaction loss.

Smart Failover

Dispute & Chargeback Automation

Automated dispute lifecycle management aligned with NPCI's dispute resolution framework. SLA-driven escalation with full audit trail and regulator-ready reporting.

NPCI Dispute API

Settlement & Reconciliation

Real-time settlement tracking with automated reconciliation against NPCI settlement files. Breaks and exceptions flagged instantly with root-cause classification.

T+0 Reconciliation
Integration Specs

Built for fast, low-friction integration

REST API

OpenAPI 3.0 documented REST endpoints for all UPI flows. JSON over HTTPS with OAuth 2.0 and mTLS authentication.

  • OpenAPI 3.0 spec
  • OAuth 2.0 + mTLS
  • Sandbox on day 1
ISO 8583 / CBS Bridge

Native ISO 8583 bridge for banks with legacy core banking systems. No middleware required — direct integration with Finacle, BaNCS, and Flexcube.

  • ISO 8583:2003
  • Finacle / BaNCS / Flexcube
  • Zero-middleware path
Kafka Event Stream

Real-time event streaming for transaction notifications, settlement events, and dispute updates. Guaranteed delivery with at-least-once semantics.

  • Apache Kafka 3.x
  • At-least-once delivery
  • < 50ms event latency
Technical Architecture

Resilience and scale by design

1

Load Balancer & TLS Termination

Active-active load balancing across availability zones. TLS 1.3 termination with certificate pinning for PSP connections.

  • Active-active HA
  • TLS 1.3
  • < 1ms overhead
2

Routing & Orchestration

Stateless routing microservices with dynamic rule evaluation. Supports A/B routing for phased rollouts and disaster recovery drills.

  • Stateless microservices
  • Dynamic rule engine
  • DR drill support
3

State & Session Store

Distributed Redis cluster for transaction state management. Idempotency keys prevent duplicate processing under retry storms.

  • Redis Cluster
  • Idempotency keys
  • < 1ms state lookup
4

Persistence & Audit Log

Immutable append-only audit log for every transaction event. 7-year retention aligned with RBI record-keeping requirements.

  • Immutable audit log
  • 7-year retention
  • RBI compliant
Certifications & Standards

Certified for India's payment infrastructure

NPCI UPI 2.0 Certification

Full certification covering all UPI transaction types, mandate flows, and dispute resolution APIs. Annual re-certification with NPCI's technical audit team.

RBI Payment System Operator Guidelines

Compliant with RBI's PSO guidelines including data localisation, business continuity, and cyber security framework requirements.

PCI DSS Level 1

Annual QSA-audited PCI DSS Level 1 certification. All transaction data encrypted at rest and in transit. Tokenisation for sensitive payment identifiers.

ISO 27001:2022 & CERT-In Empanelled

Certified ISMS with bi-annual penetration testing by CERT-In empanelled agencies. Vulnerability disclosure programme with 48-hour SLA.

Use Cases

Powering UPI across the financial spectrum

PSP Banks

Challenge

Scaling UPI infrastructure to handle 5x transaction growth during festive seasons without SLA breaches.

Outcome

Zero SLA breaches during Diwali peak. Auto-scaling handled 8.2M TPS with p99 latency of 4.1ms.

Issuer Banks

Challenge

Legacy CBS integration causing UPI transaction failures and customer complaints during high-load periods.

Outcome

ISO 8583 bridge eliminated CBS bottleneck. Transaction success rate improved from 94.2% to 99.6%.

NBFCs & Fintechs

Challenge

Building UPI mandate infrastructure for recurring loan repayments and subscription billing from scratch.

Outcome

Mandate infrastructure live in 6 weeks. 2.4M active mandates managed with 99.8% execution success rate.

See Vurico UPI Switch in action

Our NPCI-certified engineers will walk you through a live sandbox demonstration with real transaction flows, failover scenarios, and settlement reconciliation.